24 hours in pictures: August 24 2007

Najaf, Iraq: Coffins are carried to the Imam Ali shrine. Family members gathered to hold a prayer for eight of their relatives that were among the 30 bodies recovered from a mass grave Photograph: Alaa al-Marjani/AP

Canterbury, England: A truck empties its load of waste at Shelford landfill. The site receives 200 truck loads of waste weighing 2,100 metric tonnes a day Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Jericho, West Bank: Members of Mahmoud Abbas' security force hold gun-shaped wooden sticks during a police graduation ceremony Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Brussels, Belgium: Maria Magdalena, painted by Leonardo da Vinci and his assistant Giampietrino, is seen at the exhibition the European Genius in the National Basilica of Koekelberg Photograph: John Thys/AFP

Djibi, Ivory Coast: Agbo N'guessan shows her skin problems, believed to be caused by toxic waste dumped nearby Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP

Vienna, Austria: A giant panda holds her baby in her mouth at Schoenbrunn Animal Garden. The photograph was taken by a surveillance camera Photograph: Schoenbrunn Tiergarten/EPA

Donje Lubinje, Kosovo: A Bosnian woman takes part in a circumcision festival. Every five years the people of the village organise a three-day Sunet festival, where this year 125 boys were circumcised in one day Photograph: Ermal Meta/AFP

London, England: Margaret Tyler with some of the estimated 2,000-3,000 items of Diana memorabilia in her home Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP

August 30 2007: Great Falls, US: An ant climbs up a brown-eyed susan plant

This caption was amended on August 30 2007. We mistakenly referred to the plant as a sunflower. This has been corrected.

Photograph: Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune/AP

Slantsy, Russia: A miner looks out of a carriage in Leningradskaya slate mine Photograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Two base jumpers leap from Kuala Lumpur Tower Photograph: Shamshahrin Shamsudin/EPA

Bokombayevo, Kyrgyzstan: A hunter holds a golden eagle during a festival of traditional methods of hunting Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP

Osaka, Japan: Children cool off before rehearsals for the opening ceremony for the 11th IAAF World Championships Photograph: Kimasa Mayama/EPA