24 hours in pictures: October 1 2007

Akaki, Cyprus: Potato farmer Antonis Lazarou walks through his field as it is watered Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP

Nanjing, China: Students draw the Chinese flag on a blackboard during activities to mark National Day Photograph: Getty

Juba, Sudan: Benjamin Lokoron, 75, lives in a derelict hut and suffers physical abuse at the hands of his son, who is an alcoholic, and often goes for several days without food Photograph: KATE HOLT/EPA

Negev desert, Israel: Palestinian prisoners stand in a holding cell pending their release from the Ketziot prison camp Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A fundraising event for the Pink Ribbon foundation organised in aid of breast cancer research and relief Photograph: Marcel Antonisse/EPA

Blackpool, UK: The Conservative candidate to become mayor of London, Boris Johnson, addresses delegates at the party's 2007 conference at the Winter Gardens Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Stuttgart, Germany: The pack ride through the city during the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP

Bucharest, Romania: Orthodox nuns wait to catch a glimpse of the new patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox church at his inauguration Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Cangahua, Ecuador: An indigenous woman carrying her baby votes in the country's parliamentary election Photograph: Rodrigo BUENDIA/AFP

Haskanita, Sudan: Soldiers plunder an African Union peacekeepers' camp after rebel forces stormed the base, killing 10 AU soldiers Photograph: Alfred de Montesquiou/AP

Konya, Turkey: A Mevlevi sheikh observes the sema, a ritual performed by whirling dervishes, during a ceremony to mark the 800th birthday of the mystic Sufi poet Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi Photograph: Ibrahim Usta/AP

Mae La, Thailand: Burmese refugees queue for food at the Mae La refugee camp near Thai-Burmese border. Photograph: Pornchai KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP

Hiroshima, Japan: Transparent tadpoles bred by scientists at the Institute for Amphibian Biology Photograph: HO/EPA

Kampungu, Congo: A 43-year-old man confirmed as having the ebola virus is attended to by medics from Doctors without Borders Photograph: Christopher Black/WHO/AP

Paris, France: A model presents a creation by the German designer Bernhard Willhelm at the Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear fashion show Photograph: PIERRE VERDY/AFP

Rotterdam, The Netherlands: The world's largest zeppelin docks in a field near the city Photograph: RICK NEDERSTIGT/EPA