24 hours in pictures : July 25 2007

Jammu, India: A professional thread maker prepares threads for flying kites Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Duesseldorf, Germany: A woman uses her mobile phone at the Igedo fashion fair Photograph: VOLKER HARTMANN /AFP

Hallein, Austria: A rehearsal of of the play 'Moliere. A passion', which will form part of the Salzburg festival Photograph: HANS KLAUS TECHT/EPA

Jerusalem, Israel: An ultra-orthodox Jew takes part in the mourning ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Delhi, India: India's outgoing president, Abdul Kalam, takes a walk in the Mughal Garden at the presidential palace premises on the day before he leaves office Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Mananpona, Madagascar: A young boy sits amid the shadows of his family members falls at the Jean Marie tomb during the Famadihana, or exhuming of the dead, ceremony. The Merina tribe conduct the ceremony once every five years Photograph: KIM LUDBROOK/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: An man weeps during the funeral of the country's former King Mohammed Zahir Shah at the Eidga mosque Photograph: SHAH Marai/AFP

Standlake, UK: The joint owner of The Maybush pub, Elizabeth Parker, surveys the damage to her bar area after the Thames broke its banks Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Cape Town, South Africa: A rainbow forms over the city centre Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP

Narashino, Japan: A journalist inspects a new robot, Halluc II, developed by the Future Robotics Technology Center at the Chiba Institute of Technology Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP

Nicosia, Cyprus: The funeral of Odysseas Ylia, who has been missing since 20 July 1974, takes place at the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery in divided capital. Ylia had been listed as a missing person since the Turkish invasion in Cyprus his remains were found during exhumations and identified from DNA Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP

Peschici, Italy: Smoke from a forest fire rises over the resort town on the in the Gargano peninsula Photograph: Nicola Lanese/EPA

Cap-Haitien, Haiti: People offer animals, food and drink to spirits during the annual voodoo ceremony in Bassin St Jacques Photograph: Thony BELIZAIRE/AFP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Runners compete in the 100m hurdles semifinal during the XV Pan American Games Photograph: ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP

Lake Balaton, Hungary: European aerobatics champion Zoltan Veres flies his plane between the pillars of the road bridge crossing the Koroshegy valley Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP