24 hours in pictures

Luanping, China: A tourist walks on the Great Wall of China at sunset Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Henley-on-Thames, England: Athletes take part in the swimming leg during the Challenge Henley-on-Thames triathlon Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images

Bhaktapur, Nepal: A woman collects bricks outside her house a day after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Tel Aviv, Israel: Israeli soldiers on board an Israeli airforce C-130 transport plane during a parachuting course Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain: A firefighter looks at a helicopter, which crashed after doing an emergency landing in a downtown street. Three German men on board were injured in the crash Photograph: Roman Rios/EPA

Karachi, Pakistan: Men peer through a cloth barrier, which was raised to cordon off the site of a suicide bomb attack Photograph: Athar Hussain/Reuters

Cordoba, Spain: Spectators cheer on Rafael Nadal, right, of Spain and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during the third and final day of the semi-final Davis Cup match at the Plaza de Toros de los Califas Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

London, England: A model on the catwalk in a dress from the Matthew Williamson 2012 spring/summer collection during London fashion week Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: Red Shirt protesters gather at the Democracy Monument to mark the fifth anniversary of the coup that ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Botafogo fans during a Serie A match at the Engenhao stadium Photograph: Buda Mendes/LatinContent/Getty Images

Pakistan: A child displaced by floods sleeps in a hammock at a shanty in Badin district Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Tjorn, Sweden: A small Swedish coastguard vessel navigates a thick oil spill Photograph: rik Abel/Scanpix Sweden/Reuters

Libya: Anti-Gaddafi fighters salvage weapons from a pro-Gaddafi weapons and ammunition compound in a village near Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters