24 hours in pictures

Galle, Sri Lanka: Buddhist monks spend the evening by the sea front Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Florida, US: People at Jetty Park take pictures of a Delta 2 rocket Photograph: Red Huber/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A street vendor reads a pamphlet Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: British tourist Rebecca Turner attends a court hearing Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/AP

Amman, Jordan: A boy with a bubble-making machine Photograph: Mohammad Abu Ghosh/AP

Wraxall, UK: Sultana, a six-week-old Siamang gibbon, with her mother Salone in the gibbon enclosure at Noah's Ark Farm Zoo Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Golcuk, Turkey: Relatives of earthquake victims attend the 10th anniversary memorial Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty

Sydney, Australia: A member of the Australian army band holds a french horn during a Vietnam veterans day service at the cenotaph Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty

Thiva, Greece: A Canadair water bomber flies above a fire Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty

Berlin, Germany: Tunisia's Habiba Ghribi competes in the women's 3000m steeplechase final of the 2009 IAAF athletics world championships Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty

Chiayi county, Taiwan: Houses engulfed by landslides Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: Supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah climb a lamp tower at a campaign rally Photograph: Dima Gavrysh/AP

Jammu, India: Hindu women belonging to the Dogra community perform rituals as they pray for the long life of their sons during the Dhrubari festival Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Shanghai, China: The illuminated 'Expo Axis' at the 2010 World Expo site Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images