24 hours in pictures

Bangkok, Thailand: A resident leaving his flooded home at night. Thousands of sandbags piled alongside a canal in north Bangkok form the last line of defence between the city and a bearing down on the capital Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Ghariand, India: A man carries an unconscious relative of Sajjad Ahmad Parray, an Indian policeman critically wounded in a suspected militant attack, after she collapsed during his funeral procession Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Israel: Brazilian pilgrims take part in a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan river at the Yardenit near the city of Tiberias Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan toddler looks out through a window inside a house Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Novogrudok, Belarus: A frozen flower on an autumn morning in a park Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Misrata, Libya: Men walk through a graveyard for suspected Gaddafi loyalists. More than 600 unidentified bodies have been buried at the site since the beginning of the Libyan uprising Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Liboi, Kenya: Kenyan security forces talk with residents during a search for two Spanish aid workers kidnapped from Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: A Filipino street child holds a white rose as he participates in the International Day of Overcoming Extreme Poverty at Rizal Park Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

Cave Creek, Arizona, US: Participants stretch before the Running of the Bulls event Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Athens, Greece: Greek protesters cover their ears, mouth or eyes sitting at central Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament during the global day of action Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Thimphu, Bhutan: Buddhist monks gather following a ceremony for Bhutan's newly married King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema at the Taschicho Dzong Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Tauranga, New Zealand: A penguin that was rescued from an oil slick created by the stranded container ship Rena at the Oiled Wildlife Centre Photograph: Bradley Ambrose/AFP/Getty Images

Rome, Italy: A protester waves a giant red flag in front of anti-riot police during a demonstration Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images