24 hours in pictures : September 20 2007

Brighton, UK: A classroom wall at Varndean sixth form college adorned with posters for a visit by the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA

Pyrgos, Greece: Trees burned in a forest fire are reflected in Lake Kaiafas lake on the southern Peloponnese peninsula. The 200-hectare beauty spot was one of the last remaining vestiges of a huge forest of stone pines in the region but was gutted in fires that swept through much of southern Greece last month Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Tam Coc , Vietnam: Dinh Thi Nhien, 57, rows her boat in Ninh Binh province, a destination for tourists who come to explore the caves on the river Photograph: Chitose Suzuki/AP

Al-Quneitra, Golan Heights: Druze bride Wa'd Monther from the village of El Kinia in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights waves goodbye to her family before she crosses from Israel into Syria. She is leaving her village, annexed by Israel since 1967, to marry her cousin in Syria and is not allowed to go back Photograph: PAVEL WOLBERG/EPA

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Thousands of Muslims take part in a protest to demand the government punish the editor of a local newspaper over a sketch about the Prophet Muhammad Photograph: Farjana KHAN GODHULY/AFP

Alexandrov Gai, Russia: A welder works inside a section of a new pipeline which will transport gas from Central Asian countries to Europe Photograph: SERGEI ILNITSKY/EPA

Irbil, Iraq: Tapestries depicting Kurdish figures, Jesus and the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, on sale at a local store Photograph: Yahya Ahmed/AP

Satory, France: Pedestrians, highlighted on the in-car screen, cross the road in front of a BMW car equipped with the automatic brake system during a display of new technology at the Prevent exhibition Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP

New York, USA: Visitors to the city's Metropolitan Museum of Art view 'Man in Oriental Costume' by Rembrandt - part of an exhibition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the painter's birth Photograph: JUSTIN LANE/EPA

Santiago, Chile: Chilean air force F16 fighters take part in the annual Army Day military parade Photograph: Roberto Candia/AP

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Hebe de Bonafini, the leader of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, leaves a housing project for the poor built by the organisation with state and city funding Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Bishop, USA: Ancient bristlecone pines in the White Mountains of the Inyo national forest. Some are 4,700 years old, making them the oldest trees in the world Photograph: GABRIEL BOUYS /AFP

London, UK: The Dior outfit 'Musique de Nuit' recreates a black and white photograph by Richard Avedon used in Harper's Bazaar magazine from 1956 at the Golden Age of Couture exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Paris, France: The Montmartre vineyard on the day of the 2007 grape harvest. It takes half a day to collect the fruit from the 1,700 vines Photograph: JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP

Monterrey, Mexico: Life-sized clay statues by Mexican artist Alejandro Santiago dot the landscape in preparation for the Universal Forum of Cultures 2007 exhibition Photograph: MARCOS DELGADO/EPA