24 hours in pictures

Ishinomaki, Japan: Tsunami survivors draw the word Ganbaro or 'hang in there' on a billboard lit up with car headlights Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

Ajdabiya, Libya: A rebel fighter, seen through a hole in a destroyed vehicle, looks at the skyline Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Brighton: People play basketball on the sea front Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Malaga, Spain: People watch on a screen as Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas delivers a traditional speech Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Atlanta, US: Atlanta Braves' Brandon Beachy pitches to Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco during the first inning of a baseball game Photograph: David Goldman/AP

Matosinhos, Portugal: Socialist activists vote during the XVII Congress of the Socialist Party at Porto International Fair Photograph: Jose Coelho/EPA

Rome: A man raises a baby during Pope Benedict XVI's Sunday Angelus blessing in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Brighton: A man enjoys a lie down in the sunshine Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Hong Kong: Yoga followers take part in an 8-hour 'yogathon' Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

El Alto, Bolivia: The indigenous women's soccer teams of the highland towns Batallas and Achacachi compete at the Cosmos 78 Stadium Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters

Lampedusa, Italy: Migrants are helped by policemen as they disembark from a boat arriving from Libya Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Men detained by soldiers loyal to president-elect Alassane Ouattara are brought to a military operating base Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Berlin: Hungarian gymnast Krisztian Berki poses during a ceremony Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

Rikuzentakata, Japan: A Japanese Buddhist monk prays at an area devastated by last month's earthquake and tsunami Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP

London: A protester lies on Chinese artist Ai Wewei's sunflower seeds installation at the Tate Modern Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images