24 hours in pictures : May 4 2007

Rangoon, Burma: Children play on a flooded street. Photograph: Khin Maung WIN /AFP

Bangkok, Thailand: Rajendra Pachauri (l), the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivers the IPCC's report on the mitigation of global warming. Photograph: BARBARA WALTON/EPA

Berlin, Germany: People enjoy the spring sunshine at a bar on the banks of the river Spree. Photograph: NIGEL TREBLIN/AFP

Yokohama , Japan: Holidaymakers dig for shellfish on a packed beach. Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP

Sydney, Australia: A model wears an outfit by designer BamBam at Australian Fashion Week. Photograph: Lucas Dawson/Getty

Chicago, USA: Ashley Santuso, 4, plays inside the reflective interior of Niki de Saint Phalle's sculpture La Cabeza - The Head. Photograph: Nam Y. Huh/AP

Richmond, USA: The Queen addresses a special session of the Virginia assembly, during her visit to the US to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent English settlement in America. Photograph: STEVE HELBER/EPA

Havana, Cuba: People fish from dinghies made out of tractor inner tubes. The VI Hemispheric Summit Against Free Trade Agreements and for People Integration takes place this week in the Cuban capital. Photograph: RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP

Setif, Algeria: Fans of the Entente Setif football team hold a national flag as they cheer their team at the start of the Arab champions league final. Photograph: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP

Begnimato, Mali: Masks are very important in Dogon culture, playing a significant role in ceremonies honouring ancestors and special guests, and welcoming rain. Photograph: NIC BOTHMA/EPA

Bangalore, India: Labourers tip mangos onto a lorry for delivery to market. The first consignment of Indian mangoes in 18 years was exported to the US after winning clearance from regulators. Photograph: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP

Valencia, Spain: The Emirates Team New Zealand tests the wind off the coast. Lack of wind postponed the fifth flight of Louis Vuitton Cup match racing Thursday. It is the second delay in three days. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Chester, UK: The Conservative party leader David Cameron gives the thumbs-up following local elections in England and parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales. Photograph: Dave Thompson/AP

Tehran, Iran: An Afghan worker sorts through waste plastic, produced by some of Tehran's almost 8-million population living in the metropolitan capital, for recycling, in Qaleh Sheikh village. Photograph: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP

Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi woman gives money to a beggar before attending Friday prayers at the Imam al-Kadim mosque. Photograph: ALI YUSSEF/AFP