24 hours in pictures

Taipei, Taiwan: Ruling Nationalist party legislator Chao Li-yun is gagged during a parliament session
Photograph: AP

Cairo, Egypt: A young boy at a demonstration of workers and disabled people demanding improvements in wages and benefits
Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Mahal village, India: Balbir Singh wraps his turban at his residence. Singh, now a heart patient, has repeatedly asked the Indian government for compensation for services rendered to RAW (Indian Intelligence Agency)
Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty

Tiquipaya, Bolivia: Delegates wave flags as they attend the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP

Denver, US: A man smokes a joint at a pro-marijuana "4.20" celebration - a time apparently designated by pot smokers to assemble and get high
Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

New York, US: Michael Douglas exits Manhattan federal court following the sentencing of his son Cameron Douglas to five years in jail for drug offences
Photograph: Louis Lanzano/AP

Managua, Nicaragua: Riot police at a protest of supporters of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front
Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: A tourist entertainer
Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Villahermosa, Mexico: Skeletal remains of cattle lie on the shore of the Grijalva river. According to Mexico's National Committee for Protected Areas, 12 tonnes of waste and rubbish are illegally dumped daily at the Canyon del Sumidero
Photograph: Reuters

London, UK: A judge selects a bottle of wine for tasting during the 'International Wine Challenge' event at the Barbican centre
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: People visit the World Expo Park
Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Frankfurt, Germany: An Airbus A340-600 airplane equipped with a 'Caribic' container for climate research on the airfield at Frankfurt Main
Photograph: Fredrik Von Erichsen/EPA