24 hours in pictures

Musa Qala, Afghanistan: A man is detained by US Marines after a gunbattle with Taliban insurgents in Helmand province Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

Lahore, Pakistan: A donkey stands on its hind legs as its owner unloads rubbish from its cart at a dump Photograph: Mohsin Raza/Reuters

Shanghai, China: A man working at a demolition site Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan boy licks an ice-cream as he waits to cross a road Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Chennai, India: Fishermen work on nets as a suspected cyclone approaches Photograph: Nathan G./EPA

Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Army special forces wear masks as they search for Mount Merapi victims Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images

Mae Sot, Thailand: Thai soldiers run for cover near the Burmese border, as rebels clash with Burmese troops after recent elections Photograph: KC Ortiz/AFP/Getty Images

Barcelona, Spain: Nuns watch a big screen as Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass at Sagrada Familia Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Sofia, Bulgaria: A pigeon takes flight as a double rainbow appears over the city Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Brazil: A man from the Yanomami tribe waits to be operated on by doctors from Expedicionarios da Saude (Brazilian Health Expeditions) to Amazonas state Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

Rangoon, Burma: A council worker uproots weeds, a day after voters in the junta-ruled nation cast their first ballots in 20 years Photograph: AP

Jerusalem: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy watches as Israeli and foreign women of the Women of the Wall group pray at the Western Wall Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP