Snapshots: The world in 24 hours March 2

Employees work on an assembly line at the Volkswagen car factory near Palmela March 2, 2011. The factory is the largest in Portugal with a mass production of 550 cars daily. [Photo/Agencies]

Men work at a construction site in central Sydney Mar 2, 2011. Australia's economy grew a solid 0.7 percent last quarter as firms added to inventories and spent more on machinery, helping offset softness in consumption and housing. [Photo/Agencies]