24 hours in pictures

Nakhonay, Afghanistan: Canadian soldiers are illuminated by their computers as they sit on a roof, as another soldier rests inside a house
Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

Allahabad, India: Policemen perform physical exercises
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Madrid: People wave flags during a demonstration against government austerity measures
Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala City: A woman crosses a wet street after rainfall
Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Hyderabad, India: A young asthma patient is administered with fish medicine as others wait their turn. Thousands of asthma patients lined up to swallow a live 3cm-long fish stuffed with a medicinal paste in the hope that it would give them relief
Photograph: Mahesh Kumar/AP

Sangjani, Pakistan: People watch burning vehicles after a convoy of Nato supplies were ambushed en route to Afghanistan
Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Israel: Tourists bathe in the Dead Sea
Photograph: Maya Hitij/AP

Gaza: A Palestinian woman holds her son as she looks at her bullet-scarred house damaged during Israel's three-week offensive in 2008-2009
Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A mural represents teams playing in the World Cup
Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Beit El, West Bank: Israeli security forces clash with settlers while enforcing a construction freeze in the settlement
Photograph: Daniel Bar-On/AFP/Getty Images

Jacobsdorf, Germany: Wind turbines during a thunderstorm
Photograph: Patrick Pleul/EPA

Tokyo: New premier Naoto Kan leaves his official residence to go to the Imperial Palace
Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

Rafah, Gaza: Palestinians wait for Hamas police officers to check their passports as they wait to cross the border to Egypt
Photograph: Eyad Baba/AP

Probishtip, Macedonia: A queen is surrounded by workers in a hive of honey bees
Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters