24 hours in pictures

Tuba-Zanghariyya, Israel: A young Israeli Arab boy stands in a burnt-out mosque in the northern Israeli Bedouin village Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Fuentes de Andalucia, Spain: A woman walks at the Gemasolar solar power plant on the day of its inauguration Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

Amritsar, India: An Indian child dressed as Langur is carried by her mother as they pay obeisance at the Bada Hanuman temple during the ongoing Navratri festival Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA

Mexico City, Mexico: Visitors at the San Ildefonso Museum look at Man in a Boat, a sculpture by Australian hyperrealist Ron Mueck Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

Tripoli, Libya: Anti-Gaddafi fighters reflected in a motorbike mirror during a graduation ceremony for newly-trained soldiers Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

New York City, US: The sun sets behind Manhattan while emergency personnel work to raise a helicopter that crashed in the East River Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Vietnam: Honey bees at a farm in the Moc Chau district Photograph: Kham/Reuters

Jerusalem, Israel: An Ultra-Orthodox Jew swings a chicken over his head during the Kaparot ceremony in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood. The Jewish ritual is supposed to transfer the sins of the past year to the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP

Prague, Czech Republic: Three girls take photos during a summer-like day at the Letna plain above the centre of the city Photograph: Petr Josek/Reuters

Sana'a, Yemen: Anti-government protesters show their coloured hands and shout slogans Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

Phuket, Thailand: A devotee of the Chinese shrine of Sui Boon Tong Shrine, pierces his cheeks with skewers during a procession at the Vegetarian Festival Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Flattach, Austria: Alpine ski racer Maria Hoefl-Riesch walks over snowless ground after her training session at the Moelltaler Gletscher Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/EPA

Makassar, Indonesia: A navy soldier holds his rifle during a ceremony to mark the 66th anniversary of the Indonesia National Military Photograph: Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters