24 hours in pictures

Sendai city, Japan: Hanagasa Matsuri's dancers from Yamagata prefecture perform at the Tohoku Rokkon Festival Photograph: Tomoyuki Kaya/EPA

Shanghai, China: Shi Tingmao of China dives during the Women's 1m springboard event at the Fina Swimming World Championships Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Sudan: New recruits for the Sudan People's Liberation Army train in a secret camp in the Nuba mountains of South Kordofan in preparation for what they call a long war against Khartoum Photograph: Trevor Snapp/AFP/Getty Images

Chereshlya, Belarus: A stork approaches its nest on the foggy morning Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A Canadian armoured vehicle is loaded into a C-17 military transport aircraft at the airbase. Canadian combat operations have ended and their troops will transition to a non-combat training role Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Srinagar, Kashmir: A man who sells vegetables from his boat in the day, sits in his boat in Nageen Lake Photograph: Danish Ismail/Reuters

New Delhi, India: A rescue operation under way after a building which was under construction collapsed in the Shalimar Garden area Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/EPA

Shaoyang City, China: A beekeeper waves as bees cover his body during a contest Photograph: Lu Jianshe/XinHua/AP

Zintan, Libya: A clerk listens to a customer at the only open bank in the western Libyan rebel stronghold Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

Los Angeles, US: A worker cuts weeds growing along Interstate 405 during the freeway closure Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP

Dalian, China: Firefighters try to control a blaze at a refinery facility at the PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical Company Photograph: He Yuan/EPA

Saut-d' Eau, Haiti: A voodoo believer wears a necklace bearing the image of the Virgin Mary during a pilgrimage Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Rome, Italy: A tourist uses an umbrella to shade herself from the sun as she walks past a statue on the Ponte Sant'Angelo bridge Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Ghalehsar, Iran: Iranian grooms pose for photographs with their brides before the grooms change into formal wedding clothes Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP