24 hours in pictures

Mexico City, Mexico: A contruction worker in a underground drainage tunnel Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A firefighter looks up from the stairs during a fire drill inside the government secretariat Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Pakharpora, India: Kashmiri women watch a funeral Photograph: Fayaz Kabli/Reuters

Beijing, China: A policeman argues with a protestor after police stopped a planned march by a group of evicted homeowners Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA: Marine One, carrying President Barack Obama, approaches Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Brasilia, Brazil: A native of the Patamona ethnic group waits outside court for a decision on Amazon land rights Photograph: Joedson Alves/AFP/Getty Images

Reynosa, Mexico: Central American immigrants liberated from a kidnapping gang Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Khoozestan, Iran: A young woman raises her scarf as she attends a war memorial Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

New York, USA: Bernard Madoff's accountant, David Friehling, leaves a federal court after being arrested and charged with aiding in his $4bn securities fraud Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Baghdad, Iraq: Mandaean priests baptise worshippers in the Tigris river on the second day of the Benja festival Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters

Don Khone Island, Laos: A boat travels along the the Mekong River, on the border with Cambodia Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

Washington DC, USA: AIG chief executive, Edward Liddy, testifies before a committee hearing on Capitol Hill Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: A woman embraces her son after he was released from detention at Camp Bucca Photograph: Saad Shalash/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: Visitors wear 3D glasses to watch films at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009 Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Shanghai, China: An investor walks past the stock price monitor at a private securities company Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Crandall, USA: A boy plays in a barrel as his father sets up the big top at the Kelly Miller Circus Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters