24 hours in pictures

Hyderabad, India: A child plays with strands of vermicelli noodles hung outside for drying at a factory Photograph: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters

Uman, Ukraine: Young Orthodox Jewish pilgrims pray to mark Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year Photograph: Igor Vorobyov/EPA

Colorado, US: A tennis court stands out in the grounds of a home destroyed by a forest fire near the city of Boulder Photograph: Mark Leffingwell/AP

Singapore: A two-week-old Malay fish owl waits to be fed at the Jurong Bird Park Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Taipei, Taiwan: Couples take part in a mass wedding. More than 160 couples were married at 9:09 on the ninth day of the ninth month of the 99th year since the founding of Taiwan Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fans of Ecuador's Liga Deportiva Universitaria football club wait for the start of a match against Argentina's Estudiantes de la Plata in the Recopa Sudamericana Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A US medic treats an injured Afghan boy at Combat Outpost Nolen Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Panjwaii, Afghanistan: A soldier from the Royal Canadian Regiment patrols with a sunflower stuck to his helmet Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Sukkur, Pakistan: Oran, right, and Rubina cradle their newly born twin siblings, Belawal and Salwa, at a flood relief camp Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Cancun, Mexico: Sculptures by the British artist Jason de Caires stand on a beach. The sculptures will be installed in the world's largest underwater art museum Photograph: Jose Dominguez/AFP/Getty Images

Kufstein, Austria: A wine glass is formed at the Riedel Glass company Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters

West Virginia, US: Justin Fletcher, left, is anointed with oil at the Church of the Lord Jesus as Nancy Kennedy, right, speaks in tongues during a homecoming service Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

New York, US: People walk by One World Trade Centre, which is under construction at Ground Zero Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: Police from the Special Action Force practise techniques for freeing hostages from a hijacked bus Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA