24 hours in pictures

Jerusalem: Jewish children cover their faces as they play in a street Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Tokyo, Japan: Sumo wrestler Miyabiyama carries a baby in his arms during a procession before an annual exhibition match at Yasukuni Shrine as part of springtime festivities Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

The International Space Station photographed from the space shuttle Discovery
Photograph: NASA/EPA

New Delhi, India: A woman cries at the site where her house stood before it burned down in a fire in Ghazipur
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Members of the airforce perform an Acehnese Saman dance during the 64th anniversary celebrations of the Indonesian Airforce
Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia: An art installation at Rookwood Cemetery Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

Ventersdorp, South Africa: A dog and a guard outside Eugene Terre'Blanche's farm before his funeral
Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: People gather to mourn poeple killed in the recent violent clashes with government forces Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Shimosuwa, Japan: People astride a huge log slide down a hill during the Onbashira Festival. This Shinto septennial festival is reputed to have taken place uninterrupted for the last 1,200 years
Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images

Bangkok, Thailand: Army soldiers advance towards anti-government protesters Photograph: Damir Sagoljt/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: Patridges are released from their cages to fight in front of a large crowd
Photograph: Ahmad Massoud/AP

Seville, Spain: Ballet dancers from the English National Ballet the first act of Cinderella backstage at the Maestranza theatre
Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters