24 hours in pictures : September 4 2007

Debre Birhan, Ethiopia : A woman rides her horse along a muddy trail. As urban Ethiopians prepare for the Coptic millennium celebrations on September 11, life in the countryside continues with little fanfare Photograph: Amanda Rivkin/AP

Kingston, Jamaica : Local residents relax after voting in the country's presidential election Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Calcutta, India : Leftwing activists demonstrate against a major joint naval exercise with the US in the Bay of Bengal Photograph: Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY/AFP

Baghdad, Iraq : A giant statue of Saddam Hussein lies face down on the ground near the US embassy in the green zone Photograph: John Moore/Getty

Tenerife, Spain : Provisions are handed out to would-be immigrants in a hospital tent in the port of Los Cristianos after their arrival from Africa by canoe Photograph: Arturo Rodriguez/AP

Wuhan, China : Parents of freshmen rest in a gym at a university after bringing their children to start the studies Photograph: HO/AP

Stuttgart, Germany : An athlete spins on the parallel bars during qualification at the gymnastics world championships Photograph: Daniel Maurer/AP

Deauville, France : Us actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for a screening of 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' at the 33rd American film festival Photograph: Michel Spingler/AP

La Ceiba, Honduras: Local residents buy food, water and medicine in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Felix Photograph: GUSTAVO AMADOR/EPA

Havana, Cuba : Schoolchildren queue up for school on the first day of the 2007-2008 academic year Photograph: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP

La Paz, Bolivia : Coca leaf vendors protest against government plans to remove their licenses and hand them over to growers Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

Tehran, Iran : A meeting of the members of country's Assembly of Experts, a body of 86 senior clerics charged with monitoring the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

London, UK : Passengers jostle to enter Waterloo station as commuters battle with severe disruption on the second day of strikes on the capital's underground system Photograph: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP

Tripoli, Lebanon : A Lebanese boy holds a toy gun as he and other local residents celebrate the end of fighting in the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Nyon, Switzerland : France's football coach, Raymond Domenech, walks past the UEFA Cup trophy on his way to a hearing at the governing body's headquarters Photograph: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP

Ilkley, UK : The countryside is well on the way to recovery following last summer's fires that destroyed 400 acres of the famous moor Photograph: John Giles/PA