24 hours in pictures

Jerusalem: Palestinians wait to cross a checkpoint on their way to pray at al-Aqsa Mosque for the holy fasting month of Ramadan Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Jerusalem: Palestinian children celebrate as Muslim worshippers make their way to al-Aqsa Mosque Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Changzhi, China: A worker smokes during a break at a coking factory in Shanxi province Photograph: Reuters

London: Pigeon in flight Photograph: Jon Cartwright/Getty Images

Minsk, Belarus: Workers rest at a foundry of the Minsk Automobile Factory Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

New York, US: A woman uses her computer next to a model of the proposed 9/11 memorial and buildings for the Ground Zero site Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Delta Amacuro, Venezuela: A capuchin monkey at a campsite on the Orinoco Delta Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters

Mumbai, India: A policeman looks out from a bulletproof combat vehicle Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters

Haifa, Israel: Competitors pose during the Mr Israel bodybuilding contest Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan woman walks past a bazaar Photograph: Hadi Tabrizi/EPA

Missouri, US: Vinny Sorrentino attaches a VIN plate to a 2010 Escape at Ford's Kansas City assembly plant Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Lima, Peru: Angelica Cagincho and her son Nixon stand at her home next to the Doe Run Peru shelter in the Andean city of La Oroya Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Bruges, Belgium: Lech Poznan's supporters at their Uefa Europa League qualifying round soccer match against Club Bruge Photograph: Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters

Kfar Adumim, West Bank: Storks fly over the Judean Desert Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Jabaliya, Gaza: A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks in the street Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Allahabad, India: Women return home from a day's work in the fields Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP