24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is illuminated during a light show for the opening ceremony of the 3rd Beijing international film festival at the Temple of Heaven park Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Casper, Wyoming, USA: a horse looks through an open barn door before entering to shelter from a spring snowstorm Photograph: Leah Millis/AP

New Delhi, India: a girl cries after being flung on the ground by her mother during a protest against alleged human rights violations in Pakistan outside the United Nations office Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Los Angeles, USA: Mercedes Rosa Ruiz Mejia from Nicaragua, 97, joins over 5,000 other immigrants taking the oath of citizenship during a naturalisation ceremony to become new citizens of the US Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

London, UK: military personnel carry the coffin of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher into St Paul's Cathedral for her funeral service Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Seville, Spain: a woman and her daughters in typical Sevillana outfits pose for a portrait during the traditional April fair Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: a police officer stands inside the barricaded entrance at Boylston Street, near the finish line of the Boston marathon where the double bombing attack occurred on Monday Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Aleppo, Syria: a boy holds a satellite dish as he travels on the back of a truck Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Budapest, Hungary: a woman crouches next to candles at a memorial for Hungarian Holocaust victims on the bank of river Danube Photograph: Noemi Bruzak/AP

Caracas, Venezuela: a Che Guevara lookalike rides his motorcycle at a gathering in support of President-elect Nicolás Maduro Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Snyadin, Belarus: a woman feeds a pig during spring floods near the Pripyat river Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: a woman takes photos of dummies representing Palestinian prisoners in the former Saraya prison, now a memorial centre Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Mashkail, Pakistan: a man carries a goat amid the rubble of collapsed mud houses after a major earthquake struck the remote border regions between Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Sejong, South Korea: soldiers walk through smoke as they take part in an anti-terror and security drill at the Integrated Government Complex Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters