24 hours in pictures

Juba, South Sudan: A man holds up South Sudan's new flag as children rehearse their dance routine, to be performed at half time during South Sudan's national soccer team's match with Kenya as part of the independence day celebrations Photograph: Paul Banks/UNMIS/Reuters

Srinagar, India: Kashmiri Muslim women pray as an imam displays the holy relic believed to be the hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, at the Hazratbal Shrine Photograph: Rouf Bhat/AFP/Getty Images

Tripoli, Libya: Brides and grooms walk through a crowd during a mass wedding for 25 couples in support of Muammar Gaddafi at his Bab al-Aziziya compound Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA

Pamplona, Spain: A boy reacts in fear as a 'Kiliki' lifts up his hat during San Fermin festival's Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos (Parade of the giants and the big heads) Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: Worshippers prepare to leave after Friday prayers at the Red Mosque Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Qingdao, China: Tourists and locals at a beach in Huiquan Bay during foggy weather Photograph: Wu Hong/EPA

Ixtapaluca, Mexico: A group of lovebirds (Agapornis) eat from the hand of an employee of an aviary Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters

Wolfsburg, Germany: People sit on an oversized bench Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

Cologne, Germany: A leaf covered in raindrops Photograph: Federico Gambarini/EPA

Moscow, Russia: University hopefuls wait to take entrance examinations outside the Vakhtangov Theatre Academy Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Human bones exhumed from a mass grave in La Verbena cemetery are displayed to the press. More than 10,000 unidentified bodies have been exhumed from the mass grave, which is thought to date from 1987 during the Guatemalan civil war Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Chandigarh, India: Punjabi farmers protest against a recent fuel price increase Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters