24 hours in pictures : August 2 2007

Essaouira, Morroco: Young boys chat in Essaouira harbour amid flocking seagulls attracted by fishermen gutting their catch. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

Naama Bay, Egypt: Fish swim along a coral reef near a water bottle label and a plastic bag off the coast of the Red Sea. Egypt's Red Sea coast is a popular holiday destination, and water sports, such as snorkling and diving, burden the delicate underwater environment. Photograph: MIKE NELSON/EPA

Buekkabrany, Hungary: Pond cypress branches up to eight million years old stand in an opencast mining area. The 16 ancient trees are unique in the world because some neither fossilised nor carbonised during aeons. Photograph: ZSOLT SZIGETVARY/EPA

Scheveningen, Netherlands: Children write their parents' mobile phone numbers on themselves, meaning that - if they get lost - they can find their parents more easily. Photograph: Marco de Swart/EPA

Chongqing municipality, China: An investor plays cards as she waits for information at a securities company. According to a report, China's economy is on the verge of overheating following soaring industrial output and money supply. Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Dresden, Germany: Tourists crowd around the Martin Luther monument, located in front of the Frauenkirche. Photograph: Matthias Hiekel/EPA

Minneapolis, US: Vehicles are scattered along the broken remains of the Interstate 35W bridge, which collapsed into the Mississippi during the evening rush hour, sending vehicles, tons of concrete and twisted metal crashing into the water. Photograph: Stacy Bengs/AP

Plzen, Czech Republic: A giant poster, designed to look like a matchbox, shows three former communist revolutionaries - Lenin, Marx and Engels - with the ironic caption: 'The Three Liars ... they will not cause trouble any more'. The Czech Republic will mark the 39th anniversary of the occupation of the former Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army in 1968 and the end of the Prague Spring reformatory movement on 21 August. Photograph: Radim Beznoska/EPA

Baquba, Iraq: An Iraqi policeman patrols in the village of Sweb in search of al-Qaida members. Photograph: OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/Getty

New Delhi, India: A hippopotamus yawns as he lies in his enclosure at the zoo. Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

Las Vegas, US: Attendees are seen through a Black Hat logo during the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences at the Caesars Palace hotel and casino. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Suez, Egypt: The USS Enterprise passes behind a mosque as it makes its way through the Suez canal. The US navy announced the arrival of the USS Enterprise strike group in the Middle East on Wednesday, replacing two carriers that had left the Gulf region after a deployment aimed at sending a signal of strength to Iran. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Beijing, China: Two monks work on an oil lamp inside the Baiyun Guan, or White Cloud Taoist temple. Photograph: STR/AP

Fuessen, Germany: The sun sets over the Alps. Photograph: Christof Stache/AP

Lake Malawi, Malawi: A young Malawi boy watches fishermen pick their catch on the shores of Lake Malawi, the most southerly lake in the Great African Rift Valley system. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP