24 hours in pictures

La Rochelle, France: Cyrille Oumedjkane lands after diving off a 27.5m-high platform during the Red Bull cliff-diving world series Photograph: Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea: Russian performer Ekaterina Maksimova walks across the Han river on a 1,000m-high wire during the third world championships, held as part of the 2009 Hi Seoul festival Photograph: Lee Ki-tae/EPA

Johannisburg castle, Germany: Performance artists wearing red plastic wigs attend the Fuerst von Metternich ball Photograph: Boris Roessler/EPA

Sofia, Bulgaria: A man holds a portrait of the former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in front of a Soviet army monument, as dozens of Bulgarians gather to celebrate World War Two Victory Day Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: Wrestling fans wearing face masks watch a match at Arena Mexico. It is the first match after the venue was shut down as a precaution against swine flu Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP

Oodnadatta, Australia: A drover demonstrates his whip-cracking skills at the Great Australian Cattle Drive preview Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: A Buddhist rotates prayer wheels at the Swayambhunath temple. Nepalese Buddhists are celebrating Buddha Purnima: the birth, enlightenment and demise of Lord Buddha Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Korengal Valley, Afghanistan: Cecil Montgomery, right, from the US Army First Battalion, 26th infantry, has his leg - infected from a previous injury - inside a medical bunker at firebase Restrepo in Kunar Province. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Moscow, Russia: Soldiers holding Kalashnikovs march on Red Square during the nation's Victory Day parade, in commemoration of the end of the second world war. Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images

Amman, Jordan: Pope Benedict XVI looks on as he celebrates Sunday mass at a stadium on the final day of his visit to Jordan Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA

Vlore, Albania: A paraglider flies over the city of Vlore during an annual Balkan competition Photograph: Arben Celi/Reuters

Mardan, Pakistan: Internally displaced persons from military operations in Swat make their way through a relief camp Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Deyang, China: A man works beside the remains of his destroyed home outside the Hongda chemical plant which was destroyed in the Sichuan earthquake last year Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: Flames are seen on Bolshaya Ochakovskaya street after a gas pipeline explosion Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters