24 hours in pictures

Palenque, Mexico: Spiritual leaders perform a ceremony at the meeting Indigenous People to Heal Our Mother Earth, at the foot of a Mayan ruin Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Paris, France: Tourists mill around the Place du Trocadero, overlooking the Eiffel Tower Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen /AP

Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi displays a US flag on a shirt while lining up to be screened during a police recruitment drive Photograph: Spencer Platt /Getty

Diyalya, Iraq: US troops detonate a deeply buried improvised explosive device after Sunni fighters allied with the US against al-Qaida revealed its location Photograph: David Furst/AFP

Havana, Cuba: A girl plays at the bottom of the worn marble staircase leading to La Guarida, Havana's best known paladar, or private restaurant Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Florida, US: The space shuttle Endeavour sits on its launchpad prior to lift-off at the Kennedy Space Centre Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP

New York, US: Posing with Madonna after she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, rocker Iggy Pop mugs for photographers Photograph: Peter Foley /EPA

Washington, US: Members and supporters of the Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture hold a rally on Capitol Hill Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Bangkok, Thailand: Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout looks on as he is processed at the Bangkok criminal court Photograph: David Longstreath/AP

Los Angeles, US: Models prepare backstage for the Veronika Jeanvie show during Los Angeles fashion week Photograph: Sean Masterson /EPA

Beijing, China: Government employees walk outside the Great Hall of the People as a plenary session of the National People's Congress continues Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Seoul, South Korea: President Lee Myung-Bak and his wife, Kim Yoon-Ok, cheer with army cadets during a graduation ceremony Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je /AFP

Beijing, China: A Chinese migrant worker sorts and categorises a mound of plastic bottles at a recycling centre Photograph: Michael Reynolds /EPA

Alaska, US: A musher drives his team up the IditarodTtrail Sled Dog Race trail between Unalakleet and Shaktoolik Photograph: Al Grillo /AP

Ohio, US: A fox squirrel sits in a snowdrift and nibbles on a piece of seed beneath a bird feeder Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP