24 hours in pictures

Seoul, Korea: Young Buddhist devotees pray under rows of lotus lanterns at the Chogye Temple Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

Sulawesi, Indonesia: Workers take a break at Makassar port Photograph: Reuters

Marseille, France: Arcelor Mittal steel workers demonstrate during the traditional Labour Day march Photograph: Jean-paul Pelissier/Reuters

Istanbul, Turkey: A Turkish demonstrator escapes teargas shot by riot police during a May Day rally Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Hamburg, Germany: Children play at the waterfront Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPA

Mexico City, Mexico: A couple, wearing surgical masks to avoid catching swine flu, kiss Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: A parrot rests in a cage as an Indian veterinary assistant inspects other unwell and injured birds at the Jain Charity birds hospital Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

Karachi, Pakistan: A young potter works on a vase at a workshop Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images

Eisenhuettenstadt, Germany: A dragonfly mirrored in a car roof Photograph: Patrick Pleul/EPA

Sydney, Australia: A model faces photographers during the New Generation collection presentation at Australian Fashion Week Photograph: TRACEY NEARMY/EPA

Dakar, Senegal: Babies rest at the Pouponniere facility, which cares for newborns and infants from low-income families who were either abandoned or whose mothers have died or whose survival is at risk Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images

Belpahari, India: A child holds his mother's voting card as she goes in to a polling booth Photograph: Parth Sanyal/Reuters

Lyon, France: Little girls sell spring lily of the valley Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: Men in traditional Bavarian clothes erect a maypole on Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze Photograph: Michael Dalder/Reuters

Taipei, Taiwan: A man holding a placard of the US president, Barack Obama, at a protest outside the US embassy Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Beloslav, Bulgaria: A national Bulgarian dancer fixes her hair during an international folklore festival Photograph: Petar Petrov/AP

Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo: Teargas and stun grenades are fired by international police to disperse Serbs trying to prevent the reconstruction of ethnic Albanian houses Photograph: Zveki/AP

Edinburgh, UK: Beltane Fire Society members celebrate the coming of summer by participating in the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Tiszaeszlar, Hungary: The snout of a traditional Hungarian "mangalitsa" pig is seen at a private pig farm Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP