24 hours in pictures

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: people wait to receive a donated meal Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Sydney, Australia: the carcass of a male sub-adult humpback whale washed up at New Port Beach Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Stimlje, Kosovo: children relax in a swimming pool Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: a young great grey owl holds a mouse in it's beak at the Zoologischer Garten Photograph: Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images

Ston, Croatia: workers collect salt at a saltworks site Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters

Kolkata, India: An Indian barber holds a candle while cutting hair after the world's biggest blackout Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Workers bake traditional cookies for sale in a home-made cookies factory Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for Siyum HaShas, a celebration for the completion of learning the Torah Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

New Delhi, India: passengers on a train Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images

Manilla, Philippines: girls in flooded street during a heavy downpour Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters

Beijing, China: a chicken scavenges for food in an alleyway Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Managua, Nicaragua: A boy dressed as an indigenous child, cheers during Santo Domingo de Guzman celebrations at a church Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Budapest, Hungary: Pink performs at the Sziget music festival Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

London, England: Tilly Shiner looks at a book in the aMAZEme labyrinth at the Southbank Centre Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images