24 hours in pictures

Marjah, Afghanistan: Afghan-born US civilian Nekqadama, a contract interpreter for US marines, in a camp
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Frankfurt, Germany: A toad makes its way to a lake in a forest near Darmstadt
Photograph: Johannes Eisele/Reuters

Jakarta, Indonesia: An Indonesian youth scavenges for plastic cups in a heavily-polluted dam
Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A policewoman stands by the body of Jose Manuel Flores, a tourism advisor for the National Front of Popular Resistance
Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

Narathiwat, Thailand: Thai villagers hang up caged birds at a bird-singing contest
Photograph: Madaree Tohlala/AFP/Getty Images

Delhi, India: Volunteers from the Art of Living Foundation remove plastic rubbish and other waste from the River Yamuna
Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

Rangsdorf, Germany: Hundreds of dead carp float near the shore on Lake Rangsdorfer
Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: Soldiers rest near the parliament after cordoning off roads prior to a parliamentary session
Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Modin, Israel: An Israeli soldier rappels during a drill at an army base
Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Calcutta, India: Firefighters work to douse a blaze in a building
Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

New Delhi, India: An Indian musician shakes rattles as he marches with a band in a small parade to mark the Hindu festival of Ram Navami
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Dancers perform on a stage suspended above the audience during the Fuerza Bruta (Brute Force) show
Photograph: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters

Duesseldorf, Germany: A magpie stands amid crocuses in a park
Photograph: Clemens Bilan/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: The re-elected socialist president of Poitou-Charentes, Ségolène Royal, addresses journalists
Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: The chancellor, Alistair Darling, holds Disraeli's original budget box outside No 11 Downing Street
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images