24 hours in pictures

Luxembourg: Milk farmers protest in front of riot police during a demonstration outside an EU agriculture ministers meeting Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

Budapest, Hungary: Firefighters protest for higher wages and against the government's austerity measures in the 2010 budget Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP

Agra, India: Troops from US army special forces and the Indian air force wait for their parachute jumps Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Kiambu, Kenya: A survivor of a collapsed three-storey building is carried away by rescuers Photograph: Riccardo Gangale/AP

Taytay, Philippines: Students use chairs to cross a flooded yard inside their school grounds Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: A girl stands on a hill at a cemetery Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan: Civilians, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, transport their belonging through a security post Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty

Allahabad, India: Hindus offer prayers after taking a holy dip in the river Yamuna Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Hong Kong, China: A construction worker sleeps on a site in the Central district Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty

El Durazno, Honduras: A woman mourns at the funeral of the president of a Hounduran trade union Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty

Cape Canaveral, US: Nasa unveils its Ares I-X test rocket Photograph: John Raoux/AP

Grozny, Chechnya: A girl takes a ride on a swing carousel Photograph: Yelena Afonina/AP

Kaufbeuren, Germany: Autumn leaves fall on to a frosted glass roof Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/EPA

Seongnam, South Korea: The Black Eagles fly in formation during the opening of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2009 Photograph: Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP/Getty