24 hours in pictures: July 19 2007

Guwahati, India: Villagers carry wood from nearby hills walk through newly planted paddy fields in the outskirts of the city Photograph: STR/EPA

Jebaliya, Gaza Strip: Palestinians carry flour outside a UN food aid distribution centre Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP

Audrieu, France: A French farmer harvests his fields following weather reports predicting heavy rain Photograph: Mychele Daniau/AFP

Rome, Italy: A child plays in a fountain as temperatures soar Photograph: Alessandro di Meo/EPA

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A Mayan Indian woman sits on the stairs of the local market selling tomatoes and chiles Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA

Nosy Varika, Madagascar: A mother sits with her seriously malnourished child at a feeding centre run by German Agro Action Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Chongqing, China: Workers sluice floodwater. Thirty-two people died and 12 went missing as rainstorms hit south-west China's Chongqing Mung municipality Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Gera, Germany: Visitors walk past flowers in full bloom at Germany's national garden show Photograph: Jens-Ulrich Koch/AFP

Helmand Province, Afghanistan: British soldiers read magazines while taking a break from counter-Taliban operations Photograph: Marco Di Lauro/Getty

Islamabad, Pakistan: Blood-stained political posters and other debris at the site of a bomb blast that killed 16 and injured dozens yesterday Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty

Santa Marina del Rey, Spain: Strings of garlic are piled up next to a newsstand during their traditional Garlic fair that will be held until July 20 Photograph: J Casares/EPA

Sofia, Bulgaria: A woman casts a shadow as she signs a 12-meter long poster in support of Bulgarian medics jailed in Libya Photograph: Boryana Katsarova/AFP

Canton of Grison, Switzerland: Workers cover the slopes on the Vorab glacier in the sk resort of Flims/Laax with a white fleece in an effort to protect the ice from melting in the summer sun Photograph: Arno Balzarini/EPA

Athens, Greece: Deers are seen in the burnt forest of Mount Parnitha national park. Hundreds of other fires have ravaged Greece since a record-breaking heatwave swept southern Europe in mid-June Photograph: Takis Takatos/AFP