24 hours in pictures

Rangoon, Burma: A Shia Muslim walks on fire at a ceremony during the Ashura festival at a mosque Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Jerusalem: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and woman pray on either side of a fence at the Western Wall Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Zurich, Switzerland: A rare crocodile peers out of the water in zoo Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/AP

New Delhi, India: Tibetan students lock arms before being detained by Indian police as they protest outside the venue of a speech by Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Khorramabad, Iran: A young girl wears a green headband, a symbol of the Imam Hussein family, as she takes part in a Shia Ashura religious festival Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

Ashulia, Bangladesh: A woman cries at the Hamim Group garment factory after her husband died in a fire Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea: Mountaineering club members of Hanyang technical high school wear Santa Claus costumes while rock-climbing Photograph: Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA

Ankara, Turkey: Students act out playing leapfrog in front of a barricade of riot police during a protest Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Las Pinas, Philippines: Filipino Catholics attend the traditional Misa de Gallo (Dawn Mass) Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

Glasgow: A welder works on a Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier at BAE Systems' Govan yard Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan workers unload a huge portrait of the Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao before installing it at a roadside Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan Shia Muslim men beat themselves with chains and blades during Ashura Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images

Athens: A riot police member is attacked with petrol bombs during a protest Photograph: Kostas Tsironis/AFP/Getty Images

Azoz, Israel: A female soldier from the 'Karakal' Battalion in action during training Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Mogadishu, Somalia: African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) forces at a building damaged during heavy fighting against al-Shabaab insurgents Photograph: Kate Holt/AFP/Getty Images