24 hours in pictures : May 15 2007

Oberlaindern, Germany: The Sleepless, a sculpture featuring a man sitting on a huge bed was installed years ago as a protest against Radio Free Europe, a radio station that was shut down in 2003 when residents complained about health problems due to the transmitting power of the radio station. Photograph: SASCHA SCHUERMANN /AFP

Tokyo, Japan: Japanese businessmen take afternoon naps in a rest room at an upscale department store. Photograph: EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN/EPA

Turkey: The sunrise as seen through a window of an aircraft during a flight on Turkey's airspace. Photograph: EMINE DOGRAMACI/AFP

Beijing, China: A man waters the garden at an office and residential complex despite the fact that rice farmers on the outskirts of Beijing have been told to stop growing China's staple crop to ensure the water supply for the 2008 Olympic Games. Photograph: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP

Cannes, France: Two men install a photo of Alfred Hitchcock in preparation for the 60th Cannes film festival. Photograph: VALERY HACHE/AFP

Karachi, Pakistan: Pakistani children play cricket on a deserted street during a strike called by opposition parties in Karachi. Strikes called by opposition parties brought Karachi and other cities to a standstill as gunmen killed a top court official in continued violence over the suspension of Pakistan's top judge. Photograph: RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP

East Rutherford, USA: New Jersey Nets' Richard Jefferson tries to block the view of Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James in the third quarter of the NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals. The Cavaliers won 87-85. Photograph: Mel Evans/AP

New York, USA: A member of the public walks past the painting "Jacques le Fataliste" by Frank Stella during a preview for the 2007 Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby's. Photograph: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP

Greensburg, USA: This aerial image shows destroyed property in Greensburg, Kansas after a tornado hit. Photograph: GeoEye/AP

Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Over 100 light beams illuminate the fire limits of the city centre. The fire limits mark the boundaries of those areas of the city that were destroyed during second world war by German bombing and the ensuing fires that broke out 67 years ago, on May 14 1940. Photograph: Bas Czerwinski/AP

Washington , USA: A demonstrator shields herself from the sun under an umbrella decorated with peace signs during a protest against the war in Iraq in front of the White House. Photograph: Nicholas KAMM/AFP

New Orleans, USA: A bolt of lightning appears to strike the Louisiana Superdome as a storm moves through New Orleans. Photograph: Eliot Kamenitz/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Around 1,000 firearms seized from gangs during the last four years, ready to be destroyed. Photograph: Moises Castillo/AP

Samarra, Iraq: Iraqis are transported across the Tigris river. A daytime vehicle curfew following a bomb attack in Samarra in May has been lifted, according to police sources. Photograph: DIA HAMID/AFP

Mumbai, India: A man walks past an elaborate mural at the Indian naval dockyard. Photograph: Sajjad HUSSAIN/AFP