24 hours in pictures: July 13 2007

Madrid, Spain: The Vertical Garden by Frenchman Patrick Blanc spreads over the walls of the CaixaForum building Photograph: J.J. Guillen/EPA

Halifax, Canada: Torunn Andersen takes a photo of the Picton castle as it rolls in through the fog for the Tall Ships Nova Scotia festival Photograph: Ryan Taplin/AP

Mumbai, India: A worker cleans a rubbish-strewn Juhu beach. For the last week the sea around Juhu beach has being churning out more than 300 tonnes of solid waste everyday Photograph: PAL PILLAI/AFP

Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqis gather at the site where an Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters were killed. Photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and driver Saeed Chmagh were killed in eastern Baghdad at a time when clashes had been taking place between US forces and militants in the area Photograph: ALI ABBAS/EPA

Bogota, Colombia: A girl looks at one of the 73 sculptures at the exhibition Equus Art, A Legend that Builds Hope Photograph: Alejandra VEGA/AFP

El Alto, Bolivia: A man sells counterfeit books in a street market Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistani soldiers stand under the bullet-riddled roof of the Red Mosque Photograph: Aamir QURESHI/AFP

Baotou, China: The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 metres (7.9 feet), shakes hands with He Pingping, who only measures 73cm (2.4 feet). Nineteen-year-old He is applying for the Guinness world record as the world's shortest man Photograph: str/AP

Fujiyoshida, Japan: People walk around an 18-metre-tall animated character robot called Gundam Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP

Bossangoa, Central African Republic: A child rests on her mother's lap outside an infant nutrition centre Photograph: Lionel Healing/AFP

Aita al-Shaab, Lebanon: Nayfa Tahini hangs clothes near a tent where she lives with her family after their house was destroyed during the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah fighting last summer Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/AP

Chablis, France: A blue-and-red painted cow wearing a hat in field near the route of the fifth stage of the 94th Tour de France Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP

Switzerland: An avalanche in central Switzerland killed six mountain climbers on Thursday Photograph: PETER KLAUNZER/EPA

Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot workers push soil to cover the graves of first identified Turkish Cypriot 'missing' during a mass funeral in Turkish. Turkish Cypriots laid to rest today 13 men killed in violence during Turkey's 1974 invasion of northern Cyprus, in the first such mass burial of people who have been missing for at least three decades Photograph: PATRICK BAZ/AFP

Germany: A painting of a 7.5mm miniature nude sculpture that prevented the children's book Winter-Wimmelbuch by illustrator Rotraut Susanne Berner from being published in the US Photograph: Gerstenberg Verlag/EPA

San Sebastian, Spain: Tourists and citizens take a walk along Zurriola avenue were 23 sculptures created by Polish artist Igor Mitoraj are being exhibited Photograph: Juan Herrero/EPA