24 hours in pictures

Nanjing, China: Residents and a firefighter carry a man injured during an explosion at a plastics factory which has killed at least six people and left hundreds injured Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Pataias, Portugal: Firefighters combat a forest fire Photograph: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: Rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane in the forested Margalla hills near the Pakistani capital. The passenger jet carrying 152 people was en route from Karachi to Islamabad when it crashed Photograph: AP

Nicaragua: A woman leaves her shack for work at the municipal rubbish dump Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Gaza Strip: A man speaks on a communications line in a smuggling tunnel Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty

Northumberland, UK: Silvas Capitalis (Latin for Forest Head), a sculpture by Simparch, stands in the Kielder forest Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Jerusalem: Palestinian youths throw stones at Israeli border police vehicles Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

Shanghai, China: An employee of the Peace hotel is reflected in the ceiling of the lobby Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty

New York, US: Construction continues on the National September 11 Memorial and Museum Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

Arghandab valley, Afghanistan: A soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade at suspected Taliban militants Photograph: Bob Strong/Reuters

London, UK: Actor Bradley Cooper takes a picture of himself with fans on his arrival for the UK film premiere of The A-Team in Leicester Square Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty

São Paulo, Brazil: Artist Lucy McRae glues safety pins on her body for the Rojo Nova Work in Progress exhibition at the Museum of Image and Sound Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Utrecht, the Netherlands: A bee collects pollen from a sunflower Photograph: Michael Kooren/Reuters