24 hours in pictures

Caracas, Venezuela: A policeman patrols the slum district of Petare. There are dozens of murders every weekend in Caracas Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/guardian.co.uk

Lagos, Nigeria: A boy takes a break from swimming in the polluted waters of the Makoko fishing community Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/guardian.co.uk

Beijing, China: Buddha heads are piled up near statues at a curio market Photograph: Ng Han Guan/guardian.co.uk

Porthcawl, UK: A surfer tries to paddle out as waves batter the harbour wall Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk

Ramallah, West Bank: Palestinian children release balloons during an event organised by the UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk

Ein Gedi resort, Israel: A tourist looks into the waters of the Dead Sea. With its main source of water, the Jordan River, largely dammed and pumped for human use, the Dead Sea, the salty lake at the lowest point on the world's surface, has shrivelled dramatically in recent years, serving as a symbol for the country's shrinking water resources Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/guardian.co.uk

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Female labourers work in a brick field. About 60 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day Photograph: Andrew Biraj/guardian.co.uk

Hegang, China: Rescuers prepare to enter the Xinxing coal mine to search for survivors following a gas explosion at the mine in Heilongjiang Province. The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes diminished that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country's far northeast Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk

Buffalo, New York, US: A wild turkey walks across a street Photograph: Brian Snyder/guardian.co.uk

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Pilgrims wait to see a cave where Prophet Mohammad prayed on Noor Mountain before the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage Photograph: Caren Firouz/guardian.co.uk

Zhengzhou, China: A labourer works at a railway bridge under construction in Henan province Photograph: Donald Chan/guardian.co.uk

Srinagar, Kashmir: A sheep at a market ahead of the upcoming festival of Eid-al-Adha Photograph: Rouf Bhat/guardian.co.uk

Rylstone, Australia: A firefighter approaches a bushfire northwest of Sydney. Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened several towns Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/guardian.co.uk

The Netherlands: Two sled dogs pull a competitor riding a bicycle during a race through the forest of Grolloo Photograph: Koen Van Weel/guardian.co.uk

Lamberhurst, UK: A traditionally dressed Nordic Sami holds a fake snowball at Lapland UK Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk