24 hours in pictures

Mexico City, Mexico: Football fans watch the World Cup match between Mexico and Argentina on a giant screen in Zocalo square
Photograph: Miguel Tovar/AP

Xiaoyi, China: A miner walks along tracks used for transporting coal in an underground mine
Photograph: Reuters

Fuzhou, China: A woman salvages belongings from her flooded home
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Nakuru, Kenya: People hold up flyers during a rally called by religious leaders in opposition to the proposed referendum on reform of the country's constitution
Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A man works on his laptop in the basement of a mosque
Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Managua, Nicaragua: People prepare for a gay pride parade
Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Srinagar, India: A masked youth takes part in a protest march before the funeral of a youngster killed by police
Photograph: Danish Ismail/Reuters

Mayevka, Kyrgyzstan: A family of Meskhetian Turks in the burned-out shell of their home, destroyed in recent ethnic violence
Photograph: Maxim Shubovich/AP

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A labourer works as smoke billows from the chimney of a brick factory
Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Los Angeles, USA: Usher performs at the BET Awards
Photograph: Matt Sayles/AP

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A soldier watches a protest rally held by supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya, one year on from the coup
Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Evora, Portugal: A forcado of the Evora group calls a bull into charge during a traditional Portuguese bullfight
Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP