24 hours in pictures

Chandigarh, India: A painter makes finishing touches to an effigy of demon king Ravana in preparations for the upcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters

New Delhi, India: England's Reiss Beckford waits to receive his silver medal for the men's gymnastics floor exercise event at the Commonwealth Games Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv, Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend the funeral for a Torah scroll in the Vishnitz synagogue Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Glenvista, Johannesburg, South Africa: Men hold placards offering asking for employment Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Tanmen port, Hainan, China: Fishermen try to push a stranded boat back into the water. Torrential rains have submerged more than 1,000 villages on the subtropical Chinese island of Hainan Photograph: Reuters

Albuquerque, US: Spectators line the edge of the launch field as hot air balloons compete in the Albuquerque international balloon fiesta Photograph: Susan Montoya Bryan/AP

Washington, US: Secretary of state Hillary Clinton confers with Cherie Blair at a US state department event about increasing women's access to mobile technology Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Kolontar, Hungary: Firefighters leave a damaged house after searching for bodies of missing persons after the toxic mud disaster Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP

Le Peuchapatte, Jura, Switzerland: Workers stand ready as a crane lifts part of a wind turbine into place Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters

Tel Aviv, Israel: Israelis walking past a painted with in an exhibition Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Hyderabad, India: A Lambadi tribesman smokes a chutta during a walkathon to mark international elders' day Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

San Jose, Chile: Mounted police patrol the perimeter of the mine where 33 workers remain trapped underground Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Havana, Cuba: Workers carry a mirror on a street Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters