24 hours in pictures

Bethlehem, West Bank: A young Palestinian girl runs through an alley at the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Sittwe, Burma: A Rohingya boy with malaria who has a high fever is bathed with wet towels to cool him down at a clinic Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Budapest, Hungary: Bodybuilders pump up their muscles backstage before performing in the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness international fitness cup Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP

Hyderabad, India: Children cool off in a water fountain on a hot day Photograph: Krishnendu Halder /Reuters

Malakand, Pakistan: A family displaced by military operations in Swat valley sit by a roadside before being allocated a tent at a relief camp Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Yangon, Myanmar: A Burmese man sits covered in charcoal from loading it into bags for sale in the slum area of Hlaing Thay Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Aproz, Switzerland: Cows lock horns during the Combats des Reines (Battle of the Queens), an annualcow fight held in the western Alpine canton of Valais Photograph: Dominic Favre/AP

Sydney, Australia: Retired teacher Geoff Ostling displays his tattooed skin at a portrait session at his home in Petersham. The 65-year-old has pledged to donate his skin to the National Gallery in Canberra after his death Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Tel Aviv, Israel: Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode performs during a concert at Ramat Gan stadium Photograph: Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters

Basra, Iraq: Men clean up at a warehouse heavily damaged in a fire Photograph: Nabil al-Jurani/AP

Chimalhuacán, Mexico: A puppet dressed as Superman hangs from a hut made of mattresses at the Tlatel-Xichitencol rubbish dump Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Beichuan, China: A woman places a flower in the devastated town which was ravaged by an earthquake a year ago Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Mardan, Pakistan: People wait to get food at a refugee camp after fleeing military operations against the Taliban Photograph: Greg Baker/AP

Amman, Jordan: A girl prays before Pope Benedict XVI at a mass in the open-air international stadium Photograph: Carsten Koall/Getty Images

Sittwe, Burma: Burmese Rohingya madrassa students pray at a mosque Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Santa Barbara, California: The charred hulls of two Mercedes cars are seen after flames from a wind-driven wildfire ravaged a home in the Mission Canyon Photograph: Eric Parsons/AP

Singapore: Models pose on the catwalk in outfits from the autumn/winter 2009 collection by British designer Vivienne Westwood Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP