24 hours in pictures

Athens: Demonstrators shout slogans against the government's austerity measures
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty

Katmandu, Nepal: Supporters of the Nepal Communist Party Maoist movement take part in martial arts training
Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Soldiers form a line behind razor wire as they face anti-government red shirt protesters
Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Soldiers watch paratroopers during the military exercise Thracian Spring 2010
Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Acton Trussell, UK: Rapeseed in a Staffordshire field begins to bloom in the fair weather
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Washington, US: Demonstrators from Code Pink for Peace hold photographs of Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group
Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: People are dwarfed by a huge animated baby mannequin displayed inside the Spanish pavilion
Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty

Kabul, Afghanistan: Marziya, an internally displaced girl looks out from a mesh window of a shanty dwelling in a refugee camp
Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

New Delhi, India: A waste sorter sleeps on a bag of paper and rubber that will later be sold for recycling
Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Los Angeles, US: Hundreds of citizens without medical insurance get free dental care from volunteer dentists at the Remote Area Medical clinic inside the Los Angeles Sports Arena
Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

Caernarfon, UK: Queen Elizabeth sits in the carriage of a steam train
Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico: A soldier stands guard next to people kidnapped by drug hitmen
Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Cape Town, South Africa: A pregnant praying mantis climbs through Fynbos flowers
Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA