24 hours in pictures : September 11 2007

Jenin, West Bank : A Palestinian peers from a street corner during an Israeli military operation for wanted Palestinian militants. Photograph: SAIF DAHLAH/AFP

Aksu, China : A man dries chillis in the desert sun in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala : A man slaps an unidentified woman during a protest over the results of local municipal elections a day after Guatemala's general elections. The woman is a supporter of mayor Sotero Chumuj Reyes, the winning candidate, and the man who is slapping her is a supporter of a loosing candidate. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Troy, USA : An alpaca steps out of its barn on a farm. Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP

Freetown, Sierra Leone : Children attempting to catch fish mingle with pigs in a stream used as a toilet by local residents, in the Kroo Bay slum. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

al-Bayda, Libya : A security guard walks through the ruins of the Agora, which was once a public square, forum and market in the ancient Greek city of Cyrene. Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi unveiled an ambitious plan to protect the country's spectacular Greek ruins, conserve its Mediterranean coastline and draw eco-tourists to this former pariah state. Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Sao Paulo, Brazil : Brazilian stock traders negotiate at the Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F). Europe's stock exchanges followed Wall Street downwards on Monday as the market mulled the implications of a weak US employment report that caused a big sell-off last week. Photograph: Mauricio LIMA/AFP

Boulou, France : Trailers are unloaded from wagons of the first fret-highway line, linking Luxembourg to the Franco-Spanish border. Photograph: RAYMOND ROIG/AFP

Lalibela, Ethiopia : An Ethiopian farmer uses cows to till a field and make a terrace in the Amhara highlands. Photograph: STEPHEN MORRISON/EPA

New York, USA : The Anna Sui spring/summer collection is modeled during Fashion Week. Photograph: Stephen Chernin/AP

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A motorcycle taxi pulls a cart on a road. Photograph: MAK REMISSA/EPA

Washington, USA : A protester sits in the during a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and House Foreign Relations Committee featuring Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty

Baghdad, Iraq : An American soldier scales a wall next to a Sunni mosque in the Hurriyah neighborhood. Photograph: John Moore/Getty

Baranovichi, Belarus : Belarus special police detain protestors from the opposition organization "Young Front". The group had gathered outside the town's court in order to support their fellow member Yaroslav Grishcheniya who is on trial. Photograph: VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP

Oulu, Finland : winner Ochi 'Dainoji' Yosuke of Japan perform during the finals of the Air Guitar World Championships. The title 'King of Air Guitar' went to Ochi 'Dainoji' Yosuke of Japan, who retained his title. Contestants from 10 countries, both prefessional and amateur performers, took part in the two-day event in northern Finland. Photograph: HO/EPA