24 hours in pictures

Chiang Mai, Thailand: a ladyboy dancer takes a glue gun to her bra trying to fix her costume backstage before a performance Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a policeman secures the area before proceeding to pick up a child crack addict sleeping on the pavement at the entrance of the Jacaré favela during an operation to clean the streets of crack addicts Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: an artist with his face painted participates in a protest demanding the safety of artist Manish Harijan and his freedom of expression Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

New York, USA: Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the tallest mohawk, carefully enters a limousine after a media event held by the Guinness World Records to launch their 2013 edition of the book Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Rangoon, Burma: a worker waits for customers at a public phonecall shop. BlackBerrys and iPhones aren't much use in Burma, where its only network is frequently jammed, data services are scarce, prices extortionate, lines crackly and most phones don't roam Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Kandahar, Afghanistan: a soldier from the 1st Platoon, Delta Coy, 1-64 AR of the US army - operating under Nato-sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) shares grapes with children from the local Pashtu tribe Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Port-Saint-Père, France: a six-day-old hippopotamus next to his mother, Kara, aged 21, at the Planet Sauvage zoo Photograph: Frank Perry/AFP/Getty Images

Liverpool, England: a giant screen displays the names of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster during a vigil outside St George's Hall Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: a man looks at lanterns as he visits the Shanghai International Lantern Festival in Luxun Park Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Narathiwat, Thailand: relatives of a Thai Muslim soldier killed in a recent attack by suspected separatist militants offer prayers over his grave during his funeral ceremony Photograph: Madaree Tohlala/AFP/Getty Images

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip: Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Juba, South Sudan: a young South Sudanese girl prepares breakfast for her brother and sisters Photograph: Camille Lepage/AFP/Getty Images

Karachi, Pakistan: people gather in front of a garment factory following a fire in which at least 289 people died Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images

Santiago, Chile: riot police clash with demonstrators after the commemoration of the 39th anniversary of Salvador Allende's death Photograph: Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty Images