24 hours in pictures

Managua, Nicaragua: People stand in a cemetery on the Day of the Dead Photograph: Esteban FeliX/AP

Panmunjom, North Korea: Soldiers take pictures during a repatriation ceremony at the border village Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP

Yogyakarta, Indonesia: A woman steps down from a truck. Mount Merapi volcano erupted again, increasing the number of refugees to more than 70,000 Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Kunming, China: A worker dismantles motorcycle parts at a recycling plant Photograph: Wong Campion/Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal: Artists retouch the paintwork on a giant statue of Buddha at a shrine at Swayambhu Photograph: Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: Mourners carry the coffins of Christians killed on Sunday when gunmen stormed a church during mass Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP

Lausanne, Switzerland: A man looks at a wallpaper piece entitled Zugzwang, by the German artist Rudolf Herz, depicting Adolf Hitler and the artist Marcel Duchamp Photograph: EPA

San Salvador, El Salvador: A woman sells flowers at the Bermeja cemetery Photograph: Roberto Escobar/EPA

Chicago, Illinois: Gary Dzik prepares to cast his ballot at the Su Nueva laundromat Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Paktika, Afghanistan: The governor of Paktika province, Mohibullah Sameem, gives a turban to the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai Photograph: Omar Sobhani/EPA

Hat Yai, Thailand: Flooded streets and buildings Photograph: EPA

Srinagar, India: Federal reserve policemen take part in a parade at a recruitment centre Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A teenager hangs on to a bus Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Dover Air Force Base, Delaware: The remains of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan return home to the US Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/AP

Kot Addu, Pakistan: Ghulam Huseein, a truck driver, displays his moustache at his makeshift tent Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Tel Aviv, Israel: A passenger plane takes off at Ben Gurion airport Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP