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24 hours in pictures : September 21 2007

Agartala, India
Agartala, India: Indian women carry bundles of tree leaves against the backdrop of a sunset near the India-Bangladesh border outside the village of Narayanpur. Photograph: Parthajit Datta/AFP
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya: People practice Yoga for International Peace Day at the United Nations compound. Photograph: STEPHEN MORRISON/EPA
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa: Khutsong residents protest as their case is being heard at the Constitutional Court after they clashed with police. The residents lawyers are arguing against the municipality's move from Gauteng to the North Western province. Photograph: KIM LUDBROOK/EPA
London, UK
London, UK: A Chrisite's auction house staff holds a photograph by mountaineer Eric Shipton (1907-1977) shows what is believed to be the footprint of a Yeti taken in the Himalays in 1951. A selection of mysterious images of footprints from the Menlung Basin in the Himalayas will go under the hammer. Photograph: ANDY RAIN/EPA
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon: A relatives of Toni Daou, one of the bodyguards of assassinated anti-Syrian deputy Antoine Ghanem, mourns during his funeral procession. Photograph: RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP
Jena, USA
Jena, USA: Protesters gather outside the La Salle Courthouse. With thousands of protesters expected to march through this tiny central Louisiana town on Thursday, schools in Jena will be closed Thursday and many businesses in the town of 3,500 also say they will shut down, concerned about whether the march will remain peaceful. Photograph: Frank Franklin/AP
New Delhi, India
New Delhi, India: A disabled Indian Muslim man waits for alms as people leave after Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid (Friday Mosque). Photograph: Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP
Beney Brak, Israel
Beney Brak, Israel: Boys watch an ultra-Orthodox man holding a chicken as he says a prayer while performing the 'Kaparot' ceremony. Kaparot is a ceremony whereby one's sins accumulated during the past year are transferred to the fowl. It is performed prior to the start of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Photograph: PAVEL WOLBERG/EPA
Phom Penh, Cambodia
Phom Penh, Cambodia: Nuon Chea (C), 82, one of the Khmer Rouge leaders, is escorted by Cambodian police at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC). The Cambodian court set up to bring former leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime to justice, took custody of the man known as Brother Number 2, Nuon Chea, and began interviewing him regarding alleged crimes against humanity. Photograph: STR/EPA
Kabul, Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan policeman looks on as an army helicopter hovers above the site of a suicide attack. A suicide car bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing a French soldier with NATO's International Security Assistance Force. Photograph: MASSOUD Hossaini/AFP
London, UK
London, UK: A giant statue of a female figure sprawled across Victoria train station's concourse, her upper body squeezing into a photobooth. The huge life-like model is tattooed by artist Louis Molloy. Photograph: BEN STANSALL/AFP
Sofia, Bugaria
Sofia, Bugaria: An actress from the British group Science Made Simple is multiplied on a screen during the presentation of the decomposition of light to basic colors -- red, green and blue (RGB) -- during the "Visualise-The Beauty of Science" show. Photograph: BORYANA KATSAROVA/AFP
Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqi detainees mill about and others pray at the Camp Cropper detention center. Photograph: John Moore/Getty
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany: A sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero stands in front of the Cathedral. Botero who is considered by many to be one of the most important modern artists in Latin America has 16 pieces on show in Berlin. Photograph: AXEL SCHMIDT/AFP
Guwahati, India
Guwahati, India: Women laborers shorting out rotten onions in Changsari. Assam currently faces a shortage of onion, due to the failure on the part of the railway to ensure timely arrival of goods trains to the State. Photograph: STR/EPA
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