24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: A boy flies a kite from a ruined building Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Deshnoke, India: A rat peeps out from a hole to drink milk donated by Hindu visitors in the Karni Mata temple in Rajasthan where thousands of rats are worshipped Photograph: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters

Muzaffargarh, Pakistan: A man wades through flood waters carrying his child on his shoulders Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Jenin, West Bank: A Palestinian herder with his camels Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP

Siena, Italy: A jockey falls during the Palio horse race Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

Dresden, Germany: Raindrops on a blade of grass Photograph: Arno Burgi/AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: A visitor takes shelter from a storm at the Shanghai Expo Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal: Smoke caused by forest fires rises from the Peneda-Geres national park Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images

Srinagar, India: A Kashmiri boy looks at a rainbow above Babdemb lake Photograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP

Bastian Bay, Louisiana, USA: Shrimpers haul in their catch on the first day of shrimping season since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Bucharest, Romania: Evacuated pregnant women, mothers and children stand in the street after an explosion in the intensive care section of a hospital Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Reflections of customers walking past merchants who have set up shops in front of buildings destroyed in the January earthquake Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images