24 hours in pictures : June 4 2007

Tripoli, Lebanon: The setting sun shines through smoke from the shelling of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Sanboche height, Nepal: A porter with empty baskets looks for work at an altitude of 3,840m. Nepalese potters receive less than $10 a day to carry up to 35kg packs for a day. Photograph: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA

Sydney, Australia: The light of a full moon falls on a golden orb spider on its web. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty

Nablus, West Bank: A Palestinian woman and her baby pass through the Hawarra checkpoint. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty

Amsterdam, Netherlands: More than 2000 people took part in the latest photoshoot of the famous photographer of nudes Spencer Tunick. Photograph: Robin Utrecht/EPA

Rostock, Germany: A policeman arrests an activist dressed as a clown after a protest theatre performance inside a McDonald's restaurant. Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP

Nairobi, Kenya: An acacia tree on the Masai Mara reserve. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/PA

Wuxi, China: A man uses a net to push clear blue-green algae on Taihu lake. Photograph: STR/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Female students at the Islamist Jamia Hafsa seminary attend a conference. Photograph: Farooq NAEEM/AFP

Riga, Latvia: Participants in the city's Gay Pride parade march in a park closed for fear of angry protests from neoconservative groups. Photograph: JANEK SKARZYNSKI /AFP

Monrovia, Liberia: Former child soldier David Zizi washes the floor of the room he shares with two other ex-combatants in an abandoned government building that is home to hundreds of squatters. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Visonta, Bulgaria: An aerial view of a lignite mine. Photograph: SANDOR H. SZABO /EPA

Sikandra, India: Members of the ethnic Gujjar community show off their weapons during a protest. Photograph: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP

Lijiang, China: Actors perform 'Impression Lijiang' by director Zhang Yimou. Photograph: DIEGO AZUBEL/EPA

Beit Liqqiya, West Bank: A Palestinian boy plays in a pile of wheat in a field. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP