24 hours in pictures: August 15 2007

Raypur, Bangladesh: Flood victims wait to receive rice distributed by local authorities. Devastating floods have laid waste to much of northern India and Bangladesh in recent weeks, killing more than 2,000 people and displacing millions Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP

La Plaine, Haiti: Residents wait for free medical attention outside the Saint Spirit medical centre Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Kerem Shalom, Israel: Israeli soldiers walk out of Gaza following an operation on the Israeli-Gaza border Photograph: Moti Milrod/AP

Sofia, Bulgaria: A Roma minority group stands on guard in a suburb of Sofia. Some 200 people armed with cudgels, knifes and stones, including women and children, gathered to defend themselves against a skinhead attack Photograph: Georgi Kozhouharov/AFP

Jakarta, Indonesia: An environmental activist takes part in a demonstration to protest against illegal logging Photograph: Ahmad Zamroni/AFP

New Delhi, India: Officers from the Delhi police force stand to attention at the Red Fort to mark the 60th anniversary of independence Photograph: Findlay Kember/AFP

Manila, Philippines: Schoolchildren brave strong rains and floods caused by typhoon Sepat Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: A member of the Amariyah Volunteers, former insurgents who have joined forces with the US and Iraqi troops, adjusts his ammunition belt in front of their newly established headquarters Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

Beirut, Lebanon: Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah is seen on a giant screen erected on top of a building during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the war with Israel Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP

Antigua, Guatemala: Children sit in bouncing chairs at the Casa Quivira children's home. The children are being sent to shelters following an order by a judge while authorities investigate whether the American and Guatemalan owners of their group home were stealing children or forcing parents to give them up for foreign adoptions Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Blackpool, England: Holidaymakers ignore the grey skies to take a dip in the sea Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

New York, US: A group of people kisses in Times Square. The event, which coincided with the 62nd anniversary of the end of the second world war, imitated the famous photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in the same spot in 1945 Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Paris, France: People ride 'Velib' bicycles a few days after the launch of the first self-service bicycles Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP