24 hours in pictures

Annonay Davezieux, France: young Tour de France fans on horses wave to the cyclists, with Britain's Bradley Wiggins seen to the right in the yellow jersey, during the 226km 12th stage of the race Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/Getty Images

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a UN helicopter circles overhead as peacekeepers from Uruguay patrol in a show of force to reassure the local population Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP

Lima, Peru: an Andean and an Amazonian woman prepare to box in an event organised to promote a market of regional products and mark the Olympics Photograph: Enrique Castro-mendivil/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: a ray eats a fish at the Sunshine Aquarium Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP

Peshawar, Pakistan: supporters of the Islamic political party Jamat e Islami hold party flags during a rally against the re-opening of a Nato supply route Photograph: Arshad Arbab/EPA

Tarnichane, Bulgaria: a woman harvests lavender in a field. It's the busiest time of year for local distillers, who industry experts say have already dethroned France from its position as the world's top lavender oil producer Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: children play on rope swings Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Los Angeles, US: Children take in the view from beneath a giant rock on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 340-tonne granite boulder forms the centre of the sculpture Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer, who conceived the idea in 1969 and spent many years looking for the right rock Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images

London, UK: Iggy Pop of Iggy and the Stooges performs at the Hard Rock Calling music festival in Hyde Park Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

Mexico City, Mexico: Artists dressed as Thor and Iron Man pose for photographers next to a line of police officers during a demonstration outside the federal district government building in Zocalo Square. The artists were requesting that the police allow them to conduct their street performances in public places Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Linville, US: Tim Propst, of Lincoln County, North Carolina, throws the hammer during the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Photograph: Chuck Burton/AP

Calgary, Canada: Wes Stevenson of Lubbock, Texas, loses his hat as he rides the horse Hurricane Terry in the bareback event during the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo in Alberta Photograph: Todd Korol/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: a riot police officer threatens demonstrators outside the Spanish socialist PSOE party headquarters. Spain has created an emergency fund to protect its regional governments from defaulting and warned pensions would be overhauled as public anger mounted over the deep spending cuts needed to dodge an international bailout Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

San Diego, US: a girl in makeup attends the zombie walk as part of the four-day Comic-Con event in California Photograph: Krista Kennell/Corbis