24 hours in pictures : June 12 2007

Wismar, Germany: The sun sets over the Baltic Sea on the island of Poel Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Bangladeshi villager uses a banana leaf to protect himself from the rain. More than 100 people many more injured in mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in a hilly port city in south-eastern Bangladesh. Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP

Calcutta, India: Vendors take a rest at Sealdha railway station during a hot afternoon. Scores of people have been killed as a heatwave intensified across northern and central India. Photograph: PIYAL ADHIKARY/EPA

Berlin, Germany: People relax in a swimming pool set up on the river Spree. Photograph: NIGEL TREBLIN /AFP

Giza, Egypt: Egyptian anti-riot policemen block the entrance of Osim village polling station. The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, accused the government of arresting some 100 of its members yesterday, barring many more from polling stations and rigging the vote, as Brotherhood candidates competed for the first time in Shura council elections. The government denies the allegations. Photograph: Mohamed al Sehety/AP

Basel, Switzerland: Atomimage (2007), by Katharina Grosse, is shown at the exhibition Art Unlimited, part of the international art show Art38 Basel. Art38 Basel features about 300 leading art galleries from 30 countries. Photograph: Georgios Kefalas/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi boy, dressed as an angel, stands in front of a poster during a ceremony in Sadr City. The ceremony commemorates the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the al-Mahdi army militia. Photograph: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty

St. Joseph, USA: Crowds gather at Silver Beach to take advantage of the 80 degree temperatures Photograph: Don Campbell/AP

Meizhou, China: A Chinese man carrying food aboard a raft makes his way through a flooded street. The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern China has risen to at least 71, with more rain forecast for the area. Photograph: Color China Photo/AP

Brasilia, Brazil: Members of the Brazilian MST (Landless Workers Movement) take a rest at a provisional camp. Around 18,000 peasants are expected to take part in the Fifth National Congress to discuss a new programme of agrarian reform which prioritises the production of food for the domestic market, combined with an economic model with good income distribution, education to all levels, good housing and jobs for the youth. Photograph: Joedson ALVES/AFP

Ness City, USA: Cyclists pass a field of winter wheat as the early morning fog softens the horizon. Photograph: Jeff Giraldo/AP

Multan, Pakistan: A Pakistani boy changes the oil on a motorbike. Despite legislation that greatly limits child labour and indentured servitude, some 1.1 million children, aged four to 14, keep the country's factories operating, often working in brutal and squalid conditions. Photograph: MK CHAUDHRY/EPA

Willow Springs, USA: Cicadas cling to a tree in a forest preserve. Millions of cicadas have emerged from the ground and taken to the trees during the past couple of weeks, part of a 17-year hatch cycle. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty

Ghazni Province, Afghanistan: US and Afghan soldiers question a farmer after they found a field full of marijuana plants during a search for Taliban insurgents in an unidentified village. Photograph: Nicolas ASFOURI/AFP

Rabat, Morocco: Moroccan children hold placards showing portraits of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished in Portugal more than a month ago. Photograph: ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP