24 hours in pictures: August 30 2007

Prague, Czech Republic: Spanish flamenco dancer Belen Maya dances during the rehearsal of her performance Dibujos in Archa Theatre Photograph: MICHAL CIZEK/AFP

London, UK: Former South African president Nelson Mandela watches a display of African dancing with the British prime minister, Gordon Brown, following the unveiling of a statue of the South African icon in Parliament Square Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Cape Town, South Africa: A child and his mother attend a meeting of the Treatment Action Campaign (Tac) at St Georges Cathedral. The Tac protested in support of the former deputy minister of health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, who was fired by President Thabo Mbeki for attending an Aids conference in Spain without permission from the government Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

El-Fasher, Sudan: A Sudanese boy holds onto the barb wire fence surrounding a water point in the Abu Shouq internally displaced people's camp. Photograph: Stuart Price/AFP

Qalqiliya, West Bank: A Palestinian boy runs away from Israeli soldiers, not pictured, during a military operation Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Beijing, China: A Chinese worker near a huge portrait of the late Communist leader Mao Zedong. When the Communist party holds its congress in October the rest of the world will be watching more intently than ever, reflecting the Asian giant's rapidly growing global importance Photograph: Teh Eng Koon/AFP

Osaka, Japan: British athlete Christine Ohuruogu makes a phone call after winning the 400 metres gold medal at the World Championships Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty

Port-au-Prince, Haiti : Clowns practise prior to a show of Clowns Without Borders at the Lakou Centre, which provides children with a safe place to play, laugh and learn Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Sydney, Australia: Sydney Harbour Bridge climbers cross the narrow walkways at the bridge's summit Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

Nottingham, UK: Striking prison officers sit outside a prison as thousands of their colleagues staged a national strike over pay, plunging the service into a fresh state of crisis Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Kallithea, Greece: A fire still burns the forest of Kallithea. More than 60 people were killed due to wildfires, villages were completely destroyed and 190,000 acres of forest have been burnt Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

Santiago, Chile: Protesters run from a water cannon during the start of protests called by union groups to demand greater social equality and better working conditions Photograph: Ian Salas/EPA

Pisco, Peru: A street in Pisco two weeks after a powerful earthquake, 7.9 on the richter scale, devastated large parts of southern Peru, killing at least 500 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless Photograph: Paolo Aguilar/EPA

Hefei, China: Two squirrel monkeys with their babies at the Wildlife Zoo Photograph: Xinhua/AP

Houston, USA : Sam Houston state university assistant professor of paleontology, Patrick Lewis, takes a close look at Lucy's recreated likeness from her 3.2m-year-old fossilised bones. The exhibit, Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia, will open on Friday August 31 Photograph: Kevin Fujii/AP

New Orleans, USA: Protesters march down the bridge spanning the Industrial canal into the Lower Ninth ward on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty