24 hours in pictures

Buenos Aires, Argentina: A protester holds a stick during a blockade at July 9th Avenue, outside the social development ministry Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Belgrade, Serbia: City lights are reflected in the window of a bus Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP

Copacabana, Colombia: Jesus Torres, 64, rings a bell on his way to a cemetery to wake the souls of the dead. He has been performing the same ritual every November for 40 years. Photograph: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images

Varanasi, India: A Hindu priest rotates an oil lamp on the banks of the Ganges Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Qigang, China: Smoke rises as farmers burn stubble to clear a field Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

St Petersburg, Russia: Firefighters work to control a fire at a plastics factory Photograph: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP

Srinagar, India: An eagle flies over maple trees Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images

Krasnoyarsk, Russia: A man wearing a mask to guard against swine flu is reflected in a mirror window as he leaves a shop in the Siberian city Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: A fruit seller wraps himself in a shawl Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Kolkata, India: A child performer holds a bicycle wheel before a street show Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: A security guard dozes in the sun on the Drum Tower Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA

Delhi, India: Child labourers sit inside a police station after being rescued in a joint operation by police and a non-governmental organisation Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Tehran, Iran: An Iranian woman holds the national flag during a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy by Iranian students Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images