24 hours in pictures : July 18 2007

Nosy Varika, Madagascar: Fishermen paddle traditional canoes Photograph: KIM LUDBROOK/EPA

Shey, India: Ladakhi women offer prayers at the Shey Palace, built by Shinge Namgoyal in 1645 Photograph: Manpreet ROMANA/AFP

Sarajevo, Bosnia: A sparrow takes a bath in a city centre fountain Photograph: Amel Emric/AP

Briancon, France: The ninth stage of the 94th Tour de France between Val d'Isere and Briancon Photograph: JOE KLAMAR/AFP

Agadez, Niger: An overloaded vehicle makes its way through the town, in a region where clashes between the army and Touareg rebels have reduced the number of illegal immigrants trying to get to Europe Photograph: Boureima HAMA/AFP

Tripoli, Lebanon: Two Lebanese soldiers (c) stand next to a Red Cross vehicle amid the rubble of a building hit by a Lebanese artillery shell during fighting at the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Szeged, Hungary: A 22m-long violin weighing three tonnes is built in front of the city's cathedral ahead of an open-air performance of Emmerich Kalman's Countess Maritza Photograph: HO/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan child yawns Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/AP

Lake Seliger, Russia: Members of the pro-Kremlin youth movement Nashi attend a summer camp Photograph: Thomas Peter /Rueters

El Alto, Bolivia: A police officer helps a man and his daughter caught in a cloud of tear gas as riot police break up a march by cooperative miners Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP

Starr Valley, Nevada: Jon Dahl hoses down the roof of his parents' ranch house in preparation for an approaching wildfire Photograph: Ross Andreson/AP

Greenland: A melting iceberg Photograph: John McConnico/AP

Saut d'Eau, Haiti: A woman takes part in a purification ceremony at the Sita waterfall Photograph: DAVID FERNANDEZ/EPA

Ningbo, China: A man prepares to bathe in front of a power plant on the Qiantang river estuary Photograph: China Photos/Getty