24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: A man with his bicycle passes children playing among discarded vehicles in the ruins of the Jangalak industrial complex Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man wades through a flooded street Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Ramallah, West Bank: A palestinian woman pours olives from a bucket during the harvest on the outskirts of the city Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Delhi, India: Workers rest in the shade outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium prior to the Commonwealth Games Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Taipei, Taiwan: Officials dressed as ancient Chinese scholars perform a traditional ritual Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: Men gather in a tea shop Photograph: Hossein Fatemi/AP

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Supporters of Dilma Rousseff, the presidential candidate for the ruling Workers' party, attend her closing campaign rally Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Hebron, West Bank: Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, also known as the Ibrahim Mosque, a shrine that is holy to Muslims and Jews Photograph: Daniel Bar-On/AFP/Getty Images

Washington DC, US: Onlookers are buffeted by winds caused by the Marine One helicopter as the US president, Barack Obama, takes off from the White House Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: A woman walks past a member of the Committee for the Defence of the Revolution cooking a traditional caldoza soup on the 50th anniversary of the committee Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Seoul, Korea: Cadets from the South Korean Armed Forces Nursing Academy march during a ceremony to mark the the anniversary of the recovery of the capital from the North Korean army during the Korean war Photograph: Lee Jae-won/Reuters

Sochi, Russia: A girl watches seagulls on the shoreline of the Black Sea Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters