24 hours in pictures

Helmand, Afghanistan: A US marine gets out of a Humvee vehicle at a military camp after returning from patrol
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Aghanistan: A boy cries after receiving his polio vaccine
Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Atara, West Bank: A Palestinian student falls after being shot at by Israeli soldiers during clashes at a checkpoint
Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

Jerusalem: An Israeli border policeman prays at the Western Wall
Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Nyerges, Romania: An ethnic Hungarian, wearing a traditional Hussar uniform, stands at attention during a wreath-laying ceremony on Magyar's Day
Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Boys play in a schoolyard in the La Saline slum area
Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Suining, China: A labourer cuts steel bars at a construction site
Photograph: Reuters

The Hague, Netherlands: Animal rights activists protest against seal hunting outside the Canadian embassy
Photograph: Valerie Kuypers/EPA

Naga City, Philippines: Supporters cheer the presidential candidate Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III
Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

Qalandia, West Bank: A Palestinian youth holds a petrol bomb during clashes with the Israeli army
Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Qingdao, China: A farmer ploughs his field in a rural area
Photograph: Wu Hong/EPA

Bori, India: A rat hunter removes rats from traps
Photograph: EPA

Bangkok, Thailand: Human blood on the gates of Government House. The blood was poured in front of the government headsquarters by protesters demanding new elections
Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Acapulco, Mexico: A member of the Mexican navy stands by the bodies of two alleged drug traffikers who were killed in a shootout
Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images