24 hours in pictures

London, UK: Freerunners demonstrate their skills in Trafalgar Square at the Barclaycard World Freerun championships Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Taipei, Taiwan: A Muller's barbet, one of Taiwan endemic species of bird, stands guard by its nest Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: A rainbow effect is seen as children play in a fountain on the South Bank Photograph: Akira Suemori/AP

Chicago, USA: A child lies on the Ledge, a glass balcony suspended 412 metres (1,353ft) above the ground from Sears Tower's 103rd-floor Skydeck Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP

London, UK: The annual Henley royal regatta on the river Thames Photograph: David Levene

New Dehil, India: A scramble to fill water from a tanker Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in action at Wimbledon. He lost to Andy Roddick in their quarter-final match Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Ramallah, West Bank: A man enters his house in the West Bank refugee camp of al-Amari Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

London, UK: A man swims in the Serpentine lido Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem, Israel: An Israeli boy wearing a basketball kippa watches a street tournament Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Swabi, Pakistan: A man said to be 106 years old from the Swat valley sits in a tent at the Shah Mansoor camp for internally displaced people Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Hong Kong, China: A pro-democracy march Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Marseille, France: Comoros Islands women demonstrate in front of the Comorian consulate a day after a Yemenia Airlines plane crashed Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: Models presenting outfits of the Austrian fashion label Lena Hoschek during fashion week Photograph: Michael Gottschalk/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: Barbie dolls dressed in outfits created by fashion designers on display at the Boudoir Showroom Photograph: Axel Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

California, USA: Union members and state workers protest outside the state capitol in Sacramento Photograph: Max Whittaker/Reuters

Siena, Italy: People gather after a practice of the Palio horse race on Piazza del Campo Photograph: Fabio Muzzi/AFP/Getty Images