24 hours in pictures: December 7 2007

Milan, Italy: The Dalai Llama acknowledges the crowd at Palasharp palace during his 10-day visit to Italy Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA

Florida, US: Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre after its mission was postponed due to a faulty fuel tank sensor Photograph: Eliot J. Schechter/Getty

Havana, Cuba: The director of the National Ballet, Alicia Alonso. Now in her eighties and with her sight failing, Alonso depends on her hearing to conduct rehearsals with her dance company Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Sydney, Australia: Spectators duck dive-bombing birds at Taronga Zoo's bird show Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP

Riberelta, Bolivia: Residents surround a Venezuelan Hercules plane. Demonstrators threw stones at the plane in protest against the influence of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, in Bolivian affairs Photograph: Str/EPA

Nevada, US: Museum visitor Lauren Gifford looks at Mengejar Kebehagiaan (The Pursuit of Happiness) by Peter Goin at the Nevada Museum of Art Photograph: Kevin Clifford/AP

Seoul, South Korea: Soldiers carry memorial tablets for 81 commandos believed to have been killed in action during the Korean War Photograph: Lee Jin-Man/AP

Yokohama, Japan: Football fans lean through a fence to take photographs of an AC Milan practice session, ahead of the Club World Cup Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP

Taipei, Taiwan: Construction workers remove the name of the late National Party leader Chiang Kai-shek from the main gate of his memorial Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Near Karbala, Iraq: A camel follows an Iraqi army vehicle patrolling near the al-Ukhaidar fortress Photograph: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP

Nusa Dua, Bali: Body-painted environmental activists take part in a demonstration near the venue of the UN climate change conference Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP

Lee on Solent, England: Cunard's new cruise liner, the Queen Victoria, sails into Southampton docks on her maiden voyage from Venice Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA