24 hours in pictures : December 6 2007

Medellin, Colombia: Christmas lights decorate the river Photograph: Luis Benavides/AP

Tokyo, Japan: Toyota launches violin-playing robot at Universal Design Showcase Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty

Moscow, Russia: Members of the pro-Kremlin movement Nashi protest outside the British embassy Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Marka beach, Somalia: Men unload sacks of sorghum provided by the World Food Programme Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP

Rome, Italy: Japanese dancer Akira Kasai performs during the J-dance 07 festival Photograph: Domenico Stinellis/AP

Washington, US: A visitor standing in front of the Christmas Tree on Capitol Hill Photograph: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP

Western Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo: A rape victim photographed at a clinic Photograph: Cedric Gerbehave/MSF/AP

Kabithigollewa, Sri Lanka: Villagers gather at Kabithigollewa hospital to identify the bodies of family members killed when a roadside bomb tore through a crowded bus Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Local drug traffickers set a bus on fire to impede the police from carrying out an operation in the Vila Cruzeiro shantytown Photograph: Guilherme Pinto/AFP

Rennes, France: Becky Jacobs, singer of the British band Tunng, performs with her group during the 29th Transmusicales music festival Photograph: DAVID ADEMAS/AFP

New Delhi, India: Hindus and Muslims clash after activists of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party disrupted a gathering of Muslims protesting against the 1992 destruction of the 16th-century Babri Mosque by Hindu extremists Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP

Baghdad, Iraq: Internally displaced Iraqi Shia women weep as they arrive on a bus to an impoverished district of Sadr City Photograph: WISSAM AL-OKAILI/AFP

Singapore: A worker walks past a pile of old tyres in a recycling plant Photograph: HOW HWEE YOUNG/EPA

Washington, US: Nettie McGee (l), 73, of Chicago, Illinois, testifies before the senate judiciary committee hearing entitled The Looming Foreclosure Crisis: How To Help Families Save Their Homes Photograph: TIM SLOAN/AFP

London, UK: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Pipe Band at Marble Arch Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Labuk Bay, Malaysia: Female proboscis monkeys and baby on the tropical island of Borneo where a small strip of natural forest has been saved by the owner for the wild endangered animals Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA