24 hours in pictures : September 17 2007

Baghdad, Iraq : An American soldier leaves the heavily fortified Joint Security Station Maverick. Dozens of such outposts were set up around Baghdad as part of this year's American troop surge in the capital. Photograph: John Moore/Getty

Mumbai, India : Devotees carry idols of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha for immersion on the second day of the ten day long festival Ganesh Chaturthi. Photograph: STR/EPA

Granada, Spain : The pack ride during the 14th stage of the Spanish Vuelta. Photograph: Manuel Bruque/AP

Paris, France : A man holds the " Human Rights Torch" during a rally organised by Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) in protest against the Chinese government and to alert the public opinion about the human rights question in China. Photograph: OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP

Sofia, Bulgaria : Bulgarian artists cast their shadows on graffito during the annual National Graffiti Fest. Photograph: DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP

London, UK :Usman Haque's Golden Spectacle is seen during the Moet and Chandon 'Mirage' evening in Holland Park. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

Jeju Island, South Korea : A South Korean woman fighting heavy rain and wind wades through a flooded street as Typhoon Nari hit on Jeju Island. Photograph: Kim Ho-chun/AP

Phuket, Thailand : Thai rescuers remove an injured passenger out of a plane crash site at Phuket International Airport. The budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew from Bangkok to Phuket when it skidded off a runway while landing in driving wind and rain, catching fire and engulfing some passengers in flames. The crash killed 90 people, mostly foreigners. Photograph: HO/AP

Arnsberg, Germany : two gliders gliding in the sunset light. A camera was attached to the glider's wing. Photograph: JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/EPA

Teso, Uganda : People wade through a flooded road with washed away bridges. Torrential downpours and flash floods across Africa have submerged whole towns and washed away bridges, farms and schools. This summer's rains have killed at least 150 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and prompted the U.N. to warn of a rising risk of disease outbreaks. Photograph: STR/AP

Bad Arolsen, Germany : This photograph shows a postcard with a satirical scene from Nazi-occupied Warsaw, hand-painted by art student Michal Porulski in 1940, shortly before he was sent to the Auschwitz and Dachau Nazi death camps. The writing reads, "First they will distribute soup then bread." Photograph: HO/AP

Baghdad, Iraq : A man, with the words "unidentified" written on his chest, injured by a car bomb, recuperates in a hospital. The blast occurred at the start of Iftar, the evening meal at which Muslims break their dawn-to-dusk fast during the month of Ramadan. Photograph: Adil al-Khazali/AP

White Sands, USA : A hot-air balloon drifts a few feet over a rolling sea of dunes. Photograph: Norm Dettlaff/AP

London, UK : A model appears on the catwalk during the Gareth Pugh show in the BFC tent of the London Fashion Week. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Scheveningen, The Netherlands : Cavalry trains on the beach in advance of tomorrows yearly 'Prinsjesdag', the opening day of the Dutch parliament, traditionally held on the third Tuesday in September. Photograph: EVERT-JAN DANIELS/EPA

Baghdad, Iraq : Iraqis fill a container with filthy water from the Diyala river. According to the WHO the cholera outbreak in northern Iraq has infected some 16,000 people since late August, of whom at least 10 have died. Photograph: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP