24 hours in pictures

Seoul, South Korea: Protesters are grabbed by police while trying to burn a North Korean flag during a rally
Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

London, UK: People walk in the City of London financial district
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Beijing, China: Sculptures by Liu Ruowang
Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Obilic, Kosovo: An employee collects car batteries at a plastic recycling factory
Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: A trader stows away caged birds at the end of the day
Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Jerusalem: Christian nuns walk through Damascus Gate
Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

New Delhi, India: Air India flight attendants sit outside the domestic airport during a strike
Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Dublin, Ireland: Protesters against government cutbacks
Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Actors dressed as Falklands war soldiers during celebrations for the bicentennial of the May Revolution
Photograph: Leandro Sanchez/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Go-go dancers wait for customers at the normally packed Soi Cowboy red light area just before curfew
Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Shanghai, China: A staff member of the South Korean pavilion waits by escalators at the site of World Expo 2010
Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty

London, UK: Cacti at the annual Chelsea flower show
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Kenosha, US: A Canada goose gosling on the Brighton Dale golf course
Photograph: Scott Anderson/AP