24 hours in pictures

Seattle, US: Activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacts after being hit with pepper spray during an Occupy Seattle protest at Westlake Park Photograph: Joshua Trujillo/AP

Chunnikhel, Nepal: A farmer sows wheat in a field Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A boy carries a bucketful of water Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Berkeley, US: University of California, Berkeley, students urge onlookers to join them as they march as part of a strike in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement Photograph: Max Whittaker/Getty Images

Baghdad, Iraq: A local man celebrates with a chicken after the national football team beat Jordan 3-1 in a World Cup qualifying match Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP

Taiz, Yemen: A woman holds up a mortar projectile during a demonstration against President Saleh. The shell has allegedly been fired by forces loyal to Saleh during recent clashes with opposition fighters Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Shanghai, China: A couple pose for wedding photos on the Bund Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Isfahan, Iran: Students form a human chain around the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility in support of Iran's nuclear programme Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

Sattel, Switzerland: A group of men with pikes march through the fog as part of a procession to mark the Battle of Morgarten in 1315 Photograph: Sigi Tischler/EPA

New York, US: Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar does television interviews during the arrivals at the Museum Of Modern Art fourth Annual Film Benefit: A Tribute To Pedro Almodóvar Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA

Geneva, Switzerland: A ginkgo or maidenhair tree loses its leaves on in the grounds of the UN office Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: Police try to arrest students attempting to block US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's convoy during an anti-American protest Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

New York, US: A man reads a newspaper on a bus as it passes Zuccotti Park as Occupy Wall Street protesters waited for its re-opening Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty Images

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A boy stands outside the closed entrance of the Roosevelt Hospital during a strike by medical staff Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters