24 hours in pictures

Seoul, South Korea: Riot police blast water at anti-government protesters Photograph: Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

Tokyo, Japan: People wear replica gas masks at the premiere of the movie The Happening Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP

Srinagar, India: A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays at the shrine of Sheikh Hamza Makhdoomi, a Sufi saint Photograph: Danish Ismail/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: A girl at a food distribution centre Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Monks pray outside the Marble temple on Asarnha Bucha Day Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP

Sydney, Australia: Actors perform Stations of the Cross, a travelling dramatised re-enactment of the last days of Jesus' life Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty

Los Angeles, US: Strange Fruit, an Australian performing arts company, performs Swoon Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP

Berlin, Germany: A model during Sisi Wasabi's spring/summer 2009 collection Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Prague, Czech Republic: A visitor's silhouette in a newly discovered tunnel beneath the city Photograph: Lubos Pavlicek/CTK/AP

Beijing, China: A journalist stands on a glass floor above models of the air monitoring stations in the city at the Beijing Environmental Protection Monitoring Centre Photograph: Claro Cortes IV/Reuters

Zaragoza, Spain: A sculpture called Splash which represents the fall of a water drop at the Water Tower at the International Exposition of Zaragoza Photograph: Jorge Zapata/EPA

Liverpool, UK: A figure from Antony Gormley's Another Place, with one of the Tall Ships in the background Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Amritsar city, India: A wrestler gets a massage as part of his daily exercise routine Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA

Gaza Strip: A Palestinian boy stands outside a makeshift tent Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Hong Kong: Members of the press visit the air-conditioned stables of the Shatin Olympic Equestrian venue Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP

Royal Birkdale, UK: Fans watch play at the 2008 Open golf championship Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters