24 hours in pictures: July 12 2007

Antrim, UK: People sit in the rain to enjoy a giant bonfire made from pallets and old tyres on the Loyalist Ballycraigy estate Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

San Bernardino County, USA: A new gated community housing project overlooks farms that are being rapidly converted into a vast suburb. By 2008, 3.3 billion people, more than half the world's population, are expected to be living in urban areas Photograph: David McNew/Getty

Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Charelle and Lucas rehearse before their performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival for Kids Photograph: ROBIN UTRECHT/EPA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A sand sculpture of a woman hugging Cue, the mascot of the XV Pan-American Games, on Copacabana beach Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA

London, UK: Competitors participate in the All You Can Eat Breakfast Championships Photograph: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP

Tokyo, Japan: Goldfish swim in a special water tank at the newly installed Sky Aquarium at the Roppongi Hills, one of Tokyo's landmark tower buildings Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

Beijing, China: A model wears clothes made from condoms during the 4th China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty

Baghdad, Iraq: A man passes through the rubble left behind after an overnight raid in the Azamiyah neighbourhood by US troops Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP

New York, USA: The Abora III, a vessel built of reeds, departs on a scientific journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship is meant to prove that ancient cultures had the ability to cross oceans in similar crafts Photograph: JUSTIN LANE/EPA

Worcester, UK: Dead fish on Worcester racecourse after the floodwaters have receded. Thousands of larger fish are thought to have died after being starved of oxygen on the racecourse, sending a 'horrendous' stench across the city Photograph: HO/PA

Budak, Bosnia: A broken skull lies exhumed in a newly discovered mass grave site just a few hundred metres away from the Memorial Centre of Potocari. The site is expected to contain approximately 100 bodies of Bosnian Muslims, victims of Bosnian Serb ethnic cleansing in 1995 Photograph: HRVOJE POLAN/AFP

Beijing, China: A Chinese woman sells goods by chanting Photograph: TEH ENG KOON/AFP

London, UK: Artist Brian Griffiths poses next to his new installation entitled Life Is A Laugh at Gloucester Road tube station Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

Basti Abdullah, Pakistan: Mourners stand on a wall during the funeral ceremony of pro-Taliban cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was killed during the siege of the Red Mosque Photograph: Khalid Tanveer/AP

Rayya, India: Recruits take part in an army recruitment rally Photograph: RAMINDER PAL SINGH/EPA