24 hours in pictures

Monteverde, Lebanon: A dog peeks out of a hole in his cage at a shelter run by the Ethical Treatment of Animals charity Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City, Mexico: Men wear Aztec costumes in the bicentennial parade Photograph: Miguel Tovar/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan policemen in a convoy of vehicles lead trucks with ballot boxes to voting centres ahead of the parliamentary election this weekend Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Caracas, Venezuela: Workers clean the windows of a public office building Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, US: Carcasses from a fish kill in the Bayou Chaland area. The cause of the fish kill has not been determined but the area was affected by oil from the BP spill Photograph: P J Hahn/Reuters

Negotino, Macedonia: A Roma man lights a cigarette in the tent area at the Read Hills vineyards where families have gathered for the traditional harvest of black grapes Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Mumbai, India: A devotee carries an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, before immersing it in the waters of the Arabian Sea Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Macau, China: A performer takes part in a show called The House of Dancing Water at the City of Dreams resort Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

San Salvador, El Salvador: Students participate in a parade to mark the 189th anniversary of El Salvador's independence Photograph: Roberto Escobar/EPA

Germany: Trucks park next to the former motorway restaurant Dreilinden on what was once the transit motorway through East Germany. The restaurant is being auctioned in Berlin Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

Mea Shearim, Jerusalem: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken, later to be slaughtered as part of the kaparot ritual Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

New York City, New York, US: A stagehand prepares the runway for the show by designer Zang Toi during Mercedes-Benz fashion week at the Lincoln Centre Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Stockholm, Sweden: Evening commuters get caught in a rain shower as they make their way across Sergels Torg Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images