24 hours in pictures : January 24 2008

Limuru, Kenya: Children at a camp for internally displaced people Photograph: Jon Hrusa/EPA

Zagreb, Croatia: Russian pair Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov perform their free programme to win the bronze at the European figure skating championships Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Harare, Zimbabwe: A man counts money to buy some bananas in Zimbabwe, which has the world's highest rate of inflation Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP

Berlin, Germany: The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, follows a speech by Bill Gates during the Government Leaders Forum organised by Microsoft Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

Gieshof, Germany: Two swans search for food in a pond Photograph: Patrick Pleul/EPA

Cadiz, Spain: Members of Que Bahio group perform at the Cadiz carnival contest Photograph: Jorge Zapata/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan widows line up for food rations at a distribution centre Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Police commandos escort opposition leader Nawaz Sharif as he addresses party supporters after being stopped near the home of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Paris, France: A model presents a creation by Italian designer Valentino Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP

Shanghai, China: A demonstrator is held by police after protesting over land and housing issues outside the municipal people's congress Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP

Philadelphia, US: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton gets a pat on the shoulder from Pennsylvania's governor, Edward G. Rendell (L), and Philadelphia's mayor, Michael Nutter, after Rendell announced his endorsement for Clinton Photograph: Robin Beck/AFP

Bonn, Germany: A visitor to the exhibition Sicily - From Ulysses to Garibaldi looks at a statue Photograph: Oliver Berg/EPA

Blaengarw, Wales: A view of the village where 17 year old Natasha Randall committed suicide last week. Seven young people around the Bridgend area of South Wales have died in a spate of suicides over the past 12 months Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

La Paz, Bolivia: Two women look at the remains of their house after heavy rains caused a landslide Photograph: Aizar Raldes/AFP