24 hours in pictures : May 16 2007

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A commuter talks on his mobile phone as takes a ferry to work during a rain shower. Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Gubbio, Italy: The build up to the 'race of candles' festival, which takes place each year to express gratitude to the 12th century bishop Ubaldo, who led the town in a military victory. Photograph: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP

Sderot, Israel: Locals wait outside a shelter after the town was hit by a Qasam rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip. Photograph: PAVEL WOLBERG/EPA

Mt Elgon, Kenya: Young Ogiek boys grind maize. Photograph: TONY KARUMBA/AFP

Bangalore, India: The Reuters building. The company has agreed to a $17.2bn takeover that would make it the largest financial data and news provider in the world. Photograph: STR/AP

Prihrazy, Czech Republic: The view from inside a customised Trabant at the start of an owners' club meeting. Photograph: MICHAL CIZEK/AFP

Fallujah, Iraq: Images of US marines is reflected in the sunglasses of an Iraqi policeman. Photograph: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: A Palestinian security officer loyal to the Fatah movement runs for cover during clashes with Hamas militants. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany: Workers roll out huge plastic mats on the glacier at the summit of the Zugspitze mountain in an effort to slow down its melting due to global warming. Photograph: Diether Endlicher/AP

Havana, Cuba: Students hold photographs of Cubans believed to have been killed in attacks by anti-government forces during a symbolic trial of the anti-Castro militant Luis Posada. Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Guangzhou, China: Twin Koalas cling to their mother at the Xiangjiang safari park. Photograph: EyePress/AP

Cojutepeque, El Salvador: Police officers scuffle with a street vendor who stopped the traffic on the Panamerican highway in protest at being banned from selling his merchandise. Photograph: Nubia Rivas/AP

Washington, USA: George Bush talks to a woman after speaking at the Annual peace officers memorial service in front of the Capitol. Photograph: STEFAN ZAKLIN/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan girl holds the curtain at the entrance to her home on a windy day. Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/AP

Mount Ararat, Turkey: Horses carry wood for the construction of a new Noah's arch, planned by Greenpeace as a means of warning world leaders and pushing them to act to counter global warming. Photograph: STRINGER/AFP