24 hours in pictures

Masvingo, Zimbabwe: Children and their parents pick up single corn kernels that have fallen from trucks carrying maize imported from South Africa Photograph: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP

Swat valley, Pakistan: Taliban fighters punish a man accused of selling drugs Photograph: Rashid Iqbal/EPA

Skopje, Macedonia: A squirrel up a tree in a city park Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Latrobe Valley, Australia: Mist comes from the cooling pond at the brown coal Hazelwood power station Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

Tanta, Egypt: One of 49 people arrested for participating in deadly food riots in April cries at a court hearing Photograph: Mahmoud al Saeed/AP

Mumbai, India: A Christian woman reacts as she offers prayers for the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks Photograph: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters

Porto, Portugal: A child dressed as Santa Claus sleeps during a parade Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Rome, Italy: People listen to a concert marking the anniversary of the baptism of Russia at Saint Mary of the Angels church Photograph: Giampiero Sposito/Reuters

Athens, Greece: Policemen arrest a protester during clashes Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters

Ulan Bator, Mongolia: Pollution hangs in clouds over the city Photograph: Peter Oetzmann/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: The US president, George Bush, embraces the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, as Bush departs the presidential palace Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Taiyuan, China: A view of a residential area in Shanxi province Photograph: /Reuters

Melbourne, Australia: A couple perform during the heats of the World Latin Championship Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: A juggler plays with an orange as people wait in line to get bags of free oranges. The UPA produce and livestock farmers union was protesting over what it calls abusive pricing practices from middlemen and wholesalers Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters