24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: A paramilitary officer leaves a guard box at the Forbidden City Photograph: Jason Lee/REUTERS

Berlin, Germany: Women dance and hurl multicoloured powder in the air during the Holi festival, also known as the festival of colours Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP

Mostar, Bosnia: A diver takes a plunge with torches from the 82ft-high Old Mostar bridge into the Neretva river during the annual night high diving event Photograph: Amel Emric/AP

Weymouth, UK: Robert Stanjek and Frithjof Kleen in action during the first Star Class sailing race of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Weymouth and Portland venue Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: A fourth grade pupil walks back across a sumo ring after defeating a larger contestant at the National Children's Sumo tournament Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP

Surobi district, Afghanistan: A Eurocopter EC 725 Caracal from the French air force loads equipment at Forward operating base in Tora Surobi Photograph: Alexander Klein/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man in a peacock costume dances past the damaged national palace during a parade Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: People ride a special bicycle for five along Guanabara bay, with the Sugar Loaf mountain in the background Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: Boys examine the bow of one of two barges that smashed into an informal settlers area at the height of the Saola tropical storm. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Managua, Nicaragua: A man battles to stay on a bull at the San Roque rodeo Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Friedrichskoog, Germany: Fips, a seal pup, peeks out of a tub at the seal nursery. The animal was found at a shipyard in Hamburg Photograph: Daniel Bockwoldt/EPA

Kassandria, Greece: Residents watch a fire which broke out in a landfill area Photograph: Nikolas Giakoumidis/AP

Canning village, India: An Indian farmer participates in a bull race in a paddy field. Farmers take part in the event in the belief that it will bring rainfall and a better harvest Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images