24 hours in pictures : April 25 2007

Havana, Cuba: A member of staff at Cuba's National Aquarium performs a show with a dolphin. Hundreds of Cuban boys and girls gathered at the aquarium today for a three-day congress to discuss how to protect the marine environment. Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Young Thai Buddhist novice monks look at an alligator in a zoo as they take a break from a day-long demonstration in support of Buddhism, Thailand's majority religion, to be enshrined as Thailand's national religion in the rewritten constitution planned by the new government. Photograph: BARBARA WALTON/EPA

Fort Ross, USA: Abalone divers brave Pacific Ocean surf as they hunt for the shellfish at low tide. Four people perished in the past week in California while pursuing abalone, which is used in sushi and a variety of other Asian dishes and can sell for $100 apiece on the black market. Photograph: Ben Margot/AP

Moscow, Russia: Honour guards stand as the coffin of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin is taken inside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi girl inspects the destruction at her house in an area that was allegedly bombed overnight by US military, according to residents at Baghdad's Adhamiyah district. Photograph: WISAM SAMI/AFP

Mexico City, Mexico: Different groups of people demonstrate in favour and against a law that legalises abortion. Photograph: Alfredo ESTRELLA/AFP

Lyon, France: A young woman enjoys the sun in a park in the central French city as temperatures soared over 25 degrees celsius over the past days. Photograph: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan youths raise a cloud of dust as they play football, the most popular game in Afghanistan. Photograph: SHAH MARAI/AFP

Boretto, Italy: The dry feather bed of the river Po. The Italian minister for the environment, Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, said he would ask the government to declare a state of emergency as fears of drought intensify after the warmest winter in Italy in 200 years. Photograph: GIORGIO BENVENUTI/EPA

Nicosia, Cyprus: Turkish Cypriots cross the Ledra checkpoint next to the UN buffer zone (Green Line) that divided Greek and Turkish Cypriot controlled areas in divided capital. A UN poll found that 57% of Greek Cypriots and 70% of Turkish Cypriots do not see a settlement of the decades-old problem in the near future. Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP

Nairobi, Kenya: Iconic Swahili musician, Zanzibar's Bi Fatuma Binti Baraka (popularly known as Bi Kidude). A documentary on the life of the artist, As Old As My Tongue, premiered in Zanzibar in February, and is set to tour the world's film festivals. Photograph: TONY KARUMBA/AFP

Gurgaon, India: Construction worker Laloo, left, lifts road-building material along with his wife as their child seeks attention at a construction site in a suburb of New Delhi. Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

Bamako, Mali: Supporters of presidential candidate Ibrahim Boubacar Keita ride thought the streets on motorcycles and minibuses. More than 1,000 foreign observers will monitor presidential elections in the west African nation of Mali that are due to take place on April 29. Photograph: GEORGES GOBET/AFP

Liverpool, UK: Women play bingo at Carlton Bingo Hall in Orrell Park. Liverpool will become the first UK city to institute a smoking ban in public places. The Bingo Association, which represents 550 clubs across the country, is asking the government to rethink its policies. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Stanley, Falklands Islands: Adult and young monarch penguins stand at Volunteer Point beach. Photograph: Daniel GARCIA/AFP