24 hours in pictures : September 18 2007

Herat, Afghanistan: A man cycles through the old quarter of the town Photograph: MASSOUD Hossaini/AFP

Mumbai, India: A Hindu is weighed during a ritual in which devotees then make offerings to the gods of an equivalent weight in coconuts or rice Photograph: PAL PILLAI/AFP

London, UK: The LomoWorldWall in Trafalgar Square at the launch of the London Design Festival 2007. The wall is made up of 100,000 images taken by people with Lomographic cameras from all over the world Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Tehran, Iran: MPs listen to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing parliament Photograph: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP

Dublin, Ireland: Customers queue outside a Northern Rock branch to withdraw their savings in the midst of a crisis of confidence over the bank's future Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Duesseldorf, Germany: An employee at Christie's walks past Gerhard Richters 'Jet Fighter'. The painting is expected to fetch up to £3.5m at auction, which would be a record for a work of art by a living German artist Photograph: Franz-Peter Tschauner/EPA

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: Palestinian women make their way down a street Photograph: MAHMUD HAMS/AFP

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Looters flee as a policeman approaches the ruling Sierra Leone People's party headquarters Photograph: Katrina Manson/Reuters

Chernobyl, Ukraine: The concrete shroud covering the defunct nuclear power station's fourth reactor, which was damaged in the worst nuclear power accident in history Photograph: SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA

Fawnskin, USA: A wildfire burns in early hours of the morning. Nearly 500 homes in the area are under mandatory evacuation orders Photograph: David McNew/Getty

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: The Marissant neighbourhood, one of the city's most violent communities Photograph: DAVID FERNANDEZ/EPA

Philadelphia, USA: Anti-war activists hold hands during a protest against the war in Iraq Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Lyon, France: 'Flower Tree', a 6.5m-high sculpture by Korean artist Jeong Hwa Choi, forms part of the city's 9th contemporary art biennial Photograph: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP

London, UK: A model rests backstage before the Paul Smith for Women show at the Royal Horticultural hall Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Hong Kong, China: Hotel guests relax next to a swimming pool under a hazy sky as the city's air pollution index reached 'high to very high' Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP