24 hours in pictures

Cadiz, Spain: A fisherman on a deserted beach hopes for a catch
Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

La Paz, Bolivia: Police stand guard after demonstrators threw paint at them during a protest to demand wage increases
Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters

Allahabad, India: A man cools himself by applying mud to his body on the banks of the river Ganges
Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

Pittsburgh, US: A black kite flies at the National Aviary, where delegates to the Animal Behaviour Management Alliance conference were visiting
Photograph: Keith Srakocic/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Buddhist monks take the opportunity to rest after violent clashes the previous day between protesters and soldiers
Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Beijing, China: A police officer demonstrates the use of a restraint stick as security is stepped up at schools following a spate of attacks on young children
Photograph: AP

Athens, Gereece: A stray dog barks at riot police blocking the entrance of the finance ministry from demonstrators Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: Labourers work in a foundry
Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem: Palestinian boys sell chicks outside the Damascus Gate
Photograph: Maya Hitij/AP

Washington, US: Kathy Craft, of the National Council of Negro Women, weeps outside the city's cathedral as she looks at the coffin of the civil rights leader Dorothy Height
Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Shanghai, China: A South Korean performer adjusts a colleague's hair during a break at the country's pavilion at the World Expo site
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Gulfport, US: Two brown pelicans and a flock of seagulls rest on the shore of Ship Island as a boom line floats offshore. The boom line has been set up to try to contain the oncoming oil spill from the wrecked Deepwater Horizon rig
Photograph: William Colgin/AP

Los Angeles, US: A woman has a tooth extracted at the Remote Area Medical Clinic, a mobile facility for people without adequate medical insurance
Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Neunkirchen, Germany: An elephant sticks its trunk out of a container after a four-day journey to a zoo from Benidorm in Spain
Photograph: Torsten Silz/AFP/Getty Images