24 hours in pictures : June 292007

Upton on Severn, UK: Flood defences hold back the swollen river Severn as it flows past the the Plough Inn in Upton on Severn. Photograph: David Jones/PA

Berlin, Germany: A portrait of former East German leader Willi Stoph hangs on the wall of a double room at the Ostel hotel in the east Berlin district of Friedrichshain. The Ostel, which is a play on the words for 'east' and 'hotel', is furnished in the style of the former communist East Germany. The hotel's owners have tapped into a growing nostalgia for the DDR. Ostel, which opened its doors May 1, has been in instant hit with tourists. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

Moscow, Russia: Russian Communist party supporters hold a red flag during their rally in front of a TV station as they protest against one-sided representation of political events. Photograph: Alexey SAZONOV/AFP

Lagos, Nigeria: A woman carrying a bag painted in the colors of the US flag walks along a street at a market. Amid an unpopular war in Iraq, a new report charting global attitudes shows America's image continues to sag virtually worldwide, except on the world's poorest continent, where Africans still love Uncle Sam. Photograph: George Osodi/AP

New York, USA: A skateboarder who was waiting in line performs a trick as he and others wait around the corner from Apple's flagship store on Fifth Avenue to be among the first to buy the iPhone. Photograph: Dima Gavrysh/AP

London, UK: A mother duck with her four ducklings on Court Five at Wimbledon. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian

Dallas, USA: The swollen Trinity river is seen from west of downtown Dallas. Water from month-long rains has almost filled the flood plain of the river to the top of the levies. Photograph: G.J. McCarthy/AP

Police officers search a phone booth and buildings near Piccadilly Circus. London, UK: British police defused a bomb found in a parked car in central London today, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate what many feared could have been a planned terror attack in the capital. Photograph: Akira Suemori/AP

Gunsan, South Korea: South Korean workers load packs of rice for North Korea into a Vietnamese ship at Gunsan port. South Korea said on Tuesday that it would start sending promised rice aid this weekend after the North moved to follow through on its nuclear disarmament pledges. Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP

Beirut, Lebanon: Palestinian children search among the rubbish in front of a building that still carries the scars of war in the refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut, where Palestinian refugees who fled the besieged camp of Nahr al-Bared organised a sit-in. Scores of Palestinians across Lebanon staged sit-ins to protest against the continued clashes between Lebanese army and Islamic militants in Nahr al-Bared. Photograph: MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP

Pilion, Greece: A wild fire burns the forest in Lefokastro area. A heatwave believed to be the longest ever recorded in Greece has left 11 people dead over the past week, including two killed in forest fires. Photograph: PARIS PAPAIOANNOU/AFP

Deming, USA: Worn by an illegal immigrant caught by the US Border Patrol, these shoes were outfitted with rubber cutouts in the shape of cows' hoofs, and are seen on display now. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Beer Sheva, Israel: A Sudanese boy plays in the gardens of the Beer Sheva hotel in southern Israel after the government agreed to shelter 100 of them here. Photograph: YOAV LEMMER/AFP

Bangalore, India: Greenpeace activists dressed as vegetables participate in a mock funeral of vegetables during a protest. Greenpeace protested against the government's decision to approve large-scale open-air field trials for genetically modified food crops. Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan shopkeeper washes his hands after finishing his work in front of his shop. Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/AP

Cairo, Egypt: A belly dancer performs during a competition at the Oriental Dance Festival. Photograph: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP