24 hours in pictures : October 8 2007

Woodford, US: Houses and trees reflected in Big Pond in the early-morning mist Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP

Hong Kong, China: A pro-democracy activist stands atop a truck on a demonstration demanding universal suffrage in 2012. The protest took place three days before the closing of a major public consultation on the city's future democratic development Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP

Kamakura, Japan: Burmese pro-democracy activists, holding Buddhist flags, march around the Great Buddha during a protest against their country's military rulers Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Targoviste, Bulgaria: A Romany man uses a horse and cart to transport the chassis of an old car Photograph: Petko Momchilov/AP

Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam: Two men dry books and clothes on the roof of their flooded home Photograph: Xuan Truong/AP

Moscow, Russia: People hold portraits of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya during a rally to mark the first anniversary of her death Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: A member of the 'concerned citizens', a movement of armed civilians who seek to provide security in their communities, at an elementary school as students register for the new academic year in the suburb of Jabour Photograph: Maya Alleruzzo/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: A family waits at Senen train station for a train to East Java after the world's most populous Muslim country began its annual mass exodus to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan Photograph: Achmad Ibrahim/AP

New York, US: Visitors to the art project the Encampment, at Roosevelt island, peer inside one of 100 tents containing installations that tell the stories of the people who were once confined there. The island was used at various times as a hospital, a penitentiary and a lunatic asylum Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Budapest, Hungary: A robot, called the Cubinator, solves a Rubik's cube on the final day of the 2007 Rubik's Cube World Championships Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP

Montevideo, Uruguay: Members of the Candombe parade celebrate Cultural Heritage Day Photograph: Ivan Franco/EPA

Mexico City, Mexico: A man works to remove tinsel on a large image of the Mexican flag in the Zocalo square as the country's independence celebrations come to an end Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

Bremen, Germany: The Slovenian dance group Urska (Ghosts) performs at the HipHop World Championships at the Stadthalle, an event in which some 3,500 dancers from 30 nations participated Photograph: Ingo Wagner/EPA

Wuhan, China: Monkey on its back, a goat walks the tightrope at the Jiufeng zoo during National Day celebrations Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Miami, US: A girl at the Miami carnival masquerade parade Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty