24 hours in pictures : June 18 2007

Milan, Italy: Two hares run on Linate airport runway as they try to escape during a three-hour hunt. The airport was forced to close between 5 and 8 am and 12 flights were rescheduled, as 200 volunteers used some 4km of nets in order to capture more than 50 hares. Photograph: Alberto Pellaschiar/AP

Assisi, Italy: Paper doves are seen over the streets. The Pope began a pilgrimage to the Italian hill town of Assisi earlier in the day to mark the 800th anniversary of the conversion of St Francis. Photograph: MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI/EPA

Mumbai, India: Women wash clothes in the streets of Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums. A fortnight after global tendering began for the $2.3bn Dharavi Redevelopment Project, locals plan to demonstrate demanding that the government listen to their demands, according to news reports. Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP

Callao, Peru: One of the players in the National Andean communities soccer championship takes a shot. Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP

Zhengxin, China: A girl eats dinner in front of a poster of Mao Zedong at a farmhouse. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Takeo province, Cambodia: Cambodian children view portraits of their deceased parents, who died of HIV/Aids. The UK and US will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the joint funding and management of a new five-year programme providing up to $27m to support Cambodia. Photograph: MAK REMISSA/EPA

London, UK: Baroness Thatcher (in pink) meets Falklands veterans on the Mall for service to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Tripoli, Lebanon: Lebanese tanks are seen during fighting in the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. Lebanese troops continued their raid on an Islamic militant position inside the besieged camp yesterday, in renewed fighting in the four-week-old siege of the camp. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Barcelona, Spain: Spanish matador Jose Tomas is knocked to the ground during a bullfight after his return to bullfighting following a five-year absence. Photograph: CESAR RANGEL/AFP

Jerusalem, Israel: Thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews protest against the upcoming gay parade in Jerusalem. Photograph: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP

Jakarta, Indonesia: A young beggar on the steps of a footbridge. Nearly 50% of the Indonesian population lives on less than $2 per day. Photograph: BAY ISMOYO/AFP

Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani man rides his loaded donkey cart through a flooded street after a heavy downpour. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP

Chongqing, China: Chaotianmen Gate, the biggest harbour along the upstream of the Yangtze river. The Chaotianmen Square has 36 spotlights shining to mark the 10th anniversary of the municipality's establishment. Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Rome, Italy: Women arrange floral carpets for the Infiorata, a huge flower carpet divided into many images. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP