24 hours in pictures

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: A Muslim pilgrim climbs Mount Noor which looks over the city Photograph: Hassan Ammar/guardian.co.uk

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad And Tobago: A police officer walks with an umbrella outside the brand new National Academy for the Performing Arts Photograph: Jorge Silva/guardian.co.uk

Lhasa,Tibet: Amonk waits for the beginning of a religious debate session with other monks inside Jokhang temple Photograph: Nir Elias/guardian.co.uk

Amritsar, India: A worker marks the back of sheep with color for identification at a wholesale market, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk

Shijiazhuang, China: Former servicemen cry as they say goodbye to their fellow soldiers following the end of their army service term at a railway station Photograph: China Daily/guardian.co.uk

Angers, France: Asylum seekers look through the door of a squat. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/guardian.co.uk

Jezeri, Czech Republic: An open-cast lignite mine is seen behind the castle near the city of Most Photograph: Petr Josek/guardian.co.uk

Caracas, Venezuela: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he arrives at Simon Bolivar airport Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/guardian.co.uk

Cape Town, South Africa: A baboon attempts to open the door of a car at Cape Point Photograph: Schalk Van Zuydam/guardian.co.uk

Seville, Spain: Contestants in the Miss Sevilla pageant wearing traditional Sevillana dresses stand in an elevator during a press presentation Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/guardian.co.uk

Gaza City: A Palestinian child holds a sheep on his family farm Photograph: Ali Ali/guardian.co.uk

Islamabad, Pakistan: A man waits to take a train to Peshawar Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/guardian.co.uk

Mumbai, India: Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz climbs a flight of stairs during a visit to Nariman House which was the site of one of the terrorist attcks on the city a year ago. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/guardian.co.uk

Netanya, Israel: Emergency services presonnel search the beach front after four people were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast Photograph: Ariel Schalit/guardian.co.uk

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Seen from the entrance of a bar, a firefighter attempts to extinguish a warehouse fire Photograph: Mauricio Lima/guardian.co.uk