24 hours in pictures

Cairo, Egypt: Opposition activists scuffle with riot police at a rally against the emergency laws
Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: An anti-government protester sleeps on the street
Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Amatitlan, Guatemala: A musician and a boy stand at the shore of the Amatlitan lake during The Holy Child of Atocha celebrations
Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: An underground market in the capital
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty

Mumbai, India: Commuters crowd onto a moving bus
Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP

New Delhi, India: Women eat ice-cream in the shade to avoid the heat at a left-wing union protest
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Beijing, China: Visitors at the Holland Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo
Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Wolsztyn, Poland: The driver looks out of his locomotive's cab at Wolsztyn railway station for the 17th Steam Locomotive Show
Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty

San Juan, Puerto Rico: A student protester during an ongoing strike against proposed budget cuts, increased tuition fees, and academic changes
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP

New York: Taylor Swift at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit show
Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Stilton, UK: Competitors in fancy dress prior to the Stilton Cheese-rolling competition
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: Geisha eat rice balls in their dressing room ahead of a public performance
Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

Turov, Belarus: A yellow wagtail sings on the bank of the Pripyat river
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Jerusalem: An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks through an alley
Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP