24 hours in pictures

Bago, Burma: A boy plays in the mud on the bank of the Bago river Photograph: Reuters

Wadi el-Natroun, Egypt: Military police restrain mourners surrounding an ambulance carrying the coffin of Pope Shenouda III at St Bishoy monastery Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

Paris, France: The Chinese artist Li Wei performs in the sky at La Villette Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Calgary, Canada: Goalie Robin Randall spits out water during practice with the Canadian men's water polo team Photograph: Todd Korol/Reuters

Beijing, China: Workers clean the grills of a gate Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Latacunga, Ecuador: Protesters march against mining activity on traditional indigenous territory Photograph: Edu Leon/Getty Images

Wadi el-Natroun, Egypt: A boy watches mourners gathering for the interment of Pope Shenouda III at the Saint Bishoy monastery Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A government worker fumigates a house against mosquitoes Photograph: Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Lifeguards and rescue workers try to move a dead Bryde's whale Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters

Oslo, Norway: A soldier faints at the National Monument at Akershus Fortress Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia: Motorists ride past riot police during a protest over fuel prices Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP

Jerusalem, Israel: Funeral services personnel and family members gather around the bodies of four victims of the Toulouse shootings Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA

Jammu, India: Parrots take off in the courtyard of a house after eating grain Photograph: Jaipal Singh/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: People gather on a hillside to watch the raising of the holy mace during a celebration of the Persian new year, Nowruz, at the Kart-e-Sakhi shrine Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP