24 hours in pictures

Athens, Greece: People look at a carousel at central Syntagma Square Photograph: Oleg Popov/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: Juan Carlos Calvealt Villazana carries 17 lit candles on his hands, arms and shoulders as part of a promise he made to St Lazaro for the cure of his sick brother Photograph: Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo/Getty Images

Detroit, US: A homeless woman begs for money Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Shangus Anantnag, India: A woman waits in a queue to cast her vote during the sixth phase of local elections Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images

New York, US: A worker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Cottesloe, Australia: A bee collects pollen from the flower of a cereus or hedge cactus Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

Vatican City, Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI after his weekly general audience Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Lucknow, India: A soldier jumps across a hurdle during training Photograph: Pawan Kumar/Reuters

Bali, Indonesia: An emergency landing drill at Bali international airport Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: Communist era statuettes are sold as memorabilia at a commercial stall Photograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP

Bern, Switzerland: A snow covered tree Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Jakarta, Indonesia: A labourer carries goods into a ship at Sunda Kelapa seaport Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images

Mangung, South Africa: ANC supporters gather to listen to Jacob Zuma during a celebration for Umkhonto We Siswe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC fighters Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Budapest, Hungary: Workers walk beside the tracks on the third day of an indefinite strike Photograph: Karoly Arvai/Reuters

Buenos Aires, Argentina: A human statue in a shopping area Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Eilat, Israel: Rescue workers carry a wounded passenger at the scene of a bus crash Photograph: Yehuda Ben Itah/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A woman poses for a portrait at her mother's house. Homa, who works for NGO Women for Afghan Women (AWA) was forced to marry a Taliban commander who forced her to kidnap children after the regime's collapse Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images