24 hours in pictures

Allahabad, India: An artisan works on a mud idol of the Hindu god Ganesha at a workshop. The 10-day Ganesha festival begins on 19 September Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Yida, South Sudan: A young girl carries water back to her home as the sun sets over Yida refugee camp Photograph: Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin/AP

Ein Bokek, Israel: Swimmers take part in a project by the photographer Spencer Tunick to raise awareness of the shrinking of the Dead Sea Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Hong Kong, China: An actor dressed as a ghost walks past a '5D haunted house' at the Hong Kong Ocean Park Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Kudankulam, India: Fishermen watch a protest against the Russian-built Kudankulam atomic power project Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Jerusalem: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray for forgiveness, or selichot, at the Western Wall Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Jammu, India: Children look out from their home in a shanty town Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Katmandu, Nepal: A protest in support of an artist who allegedly received death threats for depicting Hindu deities combined with western superheroes Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Kudankulam, India: A fisherman and his son near the Russian-built Kudankulam atomic power project Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Pyongyang, North Korea: A schoolgirl lifts a toy barbell during playtime at a school for the performing arts Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Tactic, Guatemala: The mother of a man who was lynched after he allegedly killed two children leaves flowers at his grave Photograph: Saul Martinez/EPA

Xinjiang, China: A worker at an open-air plant where rocks are crushed to produce construction materials, in the Gobi desert Photograph: Reuters

Yida, South Sudan: A child stretches on a bed at a Medecins Sans Frontieres facility in Yida refugee camp Photograph: Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin/AP

Manila, Philippines: A plane takes off over the city. Some domestic flights were cancelled due to bad weather brought by typhoon Karen Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA