24 hours in pictures

Shanghai, China: A guest takes photographs at Shanghai fashion week Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

St Louis, US: San Francisco Giants player Pablo Sandoval sits on the ground after making a diving stop during a Major League baseball game with St Louis Cardinals Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Beijing, China: A street cleaner looks at a man carrying a shark-shaped balloon Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

London, UK: Corporal Sid Gibbons, 92, a veteran of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers joins a demonstration in Westminster, protesting against the government's decision to disband the 2nd Battalion of his former regiment Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Phuket, Thailand: A devotee of Ban Tha Rua Chinese shrine pushes a handgun through a piercing in his cheek during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Athens, Greece: A molotov cocktail burns in front of riot police during clashes with demonstrators during a 24-hour strike Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: A model wearing a fetish outfit walks through the 2012 Venus erotic fair Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images

Rome, Italy: Members of Animalisti Italiani protest in front of a Dolce & Gabbana store in Piazza di Spagna. The group started an international campaign against the sale of jeans made by sandblasting, which can cause illness or death among garment workers Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: A model displays a creation from designer Yasutaka Funakoshi's alice auaa brand Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Lima, Peru: Under a rain of rose petals, people participate in a procession honouring The Lord of Miracles Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Valle del Cauca, Colombia: A model gets ready backstage during the Cali Exposhow Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a debate after delivering a government policy statement Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Manchester, US: Supporters of Barack Obama are reflected in one of the president's teleprompters during a campaign rally at the Veterans Memorial Park in New Hampshire Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: A man sunbathes near an artwork that is part of the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition on Tamarama beach Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters