24 hours in pictures

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A US soldier runs during a baseball match at Kandahar airfield Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/Getty Images

Jerusalem: Palestinians watch as their compatriots clash with Israeli forces over the removal of a protest tent set up between the Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhoods of Silwan and al-Bushtan. The tent was set up to show local opposition to Israeli municipal plans to demolish 22 homes to make way for a new tourism park in the area Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Hyderabad, India: Spectators watch as an effigy of Ravana is burned during the Dussehra festival, which commemorates Rama's victory over the demon king Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/AP

Philadelphia, USA: Children watch a woman walk on a tightrope strung between two trees in Rittenhouse Square Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: Residents view a crime scene where three members of a family were shot and killed Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Uyuni, Bolivia: Aymara musicians listen to a speech by President Evo Morales during a ceremony held as part of the 'Bolivia Changes, Evo Fulfils' government programme Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

Bamiyan, Afghanistan: A bride is held by the groom and her sister as they walk to the wedding ceremony held at her family's house Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Portovelo, Ecuador: Miners from a rescue team work in a 150-metre deep shaft of the Casa Negra mine. Rescue crews dug further into the collapsed gold mine and sorted through rubble by hand in a desperate search for two miners trapped since Friday, who could still be alive Photograph: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images

Martigues, France: Tankers and other vessels wait offshore as they are prevented from entering the port of Marseille, where two oil terminals are blocked by strike action Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Aparri, Philippines: Young children jump around in puddles of water before the arrival of super typhoon Megi on the island of Luzon Photograph: Bradley Ambrose/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Journalists interview a man who was detained near the national penitentiary during a prisoners' uprising Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Sydney, Australia: A mother lays her child on Mary MacKillop's tomb during celebrations to mark her canonisation by Pope Benedict Photograph: Craig Golding/Getty Images