24 hours in pictures

Malabon, Philippines: children look at floodwaters in their village, which suffers from year-long floods. Small boats are their main mode of transportation Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

Savar, Bangladesh: army personnel check on an officer who was rendered unconscious by a fire which broke out in a garment factory building which collapsed Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Beijing, China: a man eats his lunch while holding a horse during the Beijing equestrian culture festival Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Amsterdam, Netherlands: cyclists ride past a bicycle decorated with dozens of plastic ducks Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Homagama, Sri Lanka: mahouts run with a baby elephant during an elephant race as part of traditional festival games to celebrate the Sinhala, Hindu and Tamil new year Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip: Palestinian refugee children play in a poverty-stricken quarter of the town Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Jerusalem: a Greek Orthodox woman crosses herself as she lights candles inside the Partorium church on the Via Dolorosa during Holy Week Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA

Tokyo, Japan: a performer walks during the Koenji street performance festival Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Melbourne, Australia: Dewi, a baby orangutan, in her enclosure at Melbourne zoo Photograph: David Caird/Newspix/Rex Features

Sydney, Australia: the dancer Lana Jones from Australian Ballet performs Dyad 1929 in a dress rehearsal for a triple bill of works called Vanguard at the Sydney Opera House Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP

Xi'an, China: workers set up dust screens on a demolition site. Construction sites are required to take measures to control dust in order to improve air quality
Photograph: Reuters

Meron, Israel: a three-year-old Jewish boy gets his first haircut from his ultra-orthodox father as part of the traditional Halake ceremony Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Brasilia, Brazil: workers lay grass at the National Mane Garrincha Stadium, one of the venues for the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters