Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, July 7

Freddy Porter, 5, of Raleigh N.C. plays with a toy space shuttle in the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex near Cape Canaveral, Florida July 7, 2011. Porter, visiting with family was hoping to witness his first launch as space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a crew of four and food and other supplies critical for the International Space Station, is set to vault into orbit on Friday on the final flight in the 30-year U.S. shuttle program. [Photo/Agencies]

A Syrian girl living in Jordan attends a demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman July 7, 2011. The words read, "Water, Light, Air, Freedom". [Photo/Agencies]