24 hours in pictures

Mexico City, Mexico: A worker stacks wooden boxes in the Central de Abastos market. More than 70,000 people work in the sprawling market, which is thought to be the largest of its kind in the world Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

Nouakchott, Mauritania: Girls stand near a house built on top of a dune in the poor neighbourhood of Hay Sakin Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Paris, France: Firefighters rescue a Chinese teenager injured after falling on the stairs in Notre Dame Cathedral Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

Managua, Nicaragua: A street vendor pushes his cart past a Sandinista banner in Revolution Square Photograph: Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Johannesburg, South Africa: Limdokuhle Ndekera, eight, who shares her birthday with Nelson Mandela, poses between the legs of a statue of the former president in Mandela square Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP

Rome, Italy: China competes in the synchronised swimming technical team final at the 13th FINA World Championships Photograph: Patrick B. Kraemer/EPA

Beijing, China: Police wearing protective masks stand outside the Yanxiang hotel, where four British students were diagnosed with swine flu, and 52 of their classmates and teachers quarantined Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Nachterstedt, Germany: The remains of a semi-detached house which collapsed in a landslide. According to a police statement, three people are missing Photograph: Klaus-Peter Voigt/AFP/Getty Images

Taitung, Taiwan: Aborigine dancers in traditional outfits stand backstage before performing during the 2009 Amis Harvest Festival Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: An elderly supporter of the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, attends an election gathering Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

British Columbia, Canada: A forest fire burns on the edge of Kelowna. The blaze consumed at least 300 hectares and destroyed at least nine houses in a residential area Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

Prague, Czech Republic: Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic hits her shoes to clean them during her semi-final match against Sybille Bammer of Austria, at the ECM Prague Open 2009 tennis tournament Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA

Spain: A volunteer grabs a flamingo chick on the Fuente de Piedra lake, near Malaga, during a tagging and control operation to monitor the evolution of the species Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

Koyra, Bangladesh: A woman works at a shrimp farm. The impoverished country's shrimp trade has taken a massive hit after a cyclone in May wiped out 40% of the nation's 1 million-plus farms Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Rome, Italy: Tania Cagnotto of Italy competes in the women's one metre springboard diving preliminaries at the World Championships Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters