24 hours in pictures

Taiyuan, China: Inmates listen to a speech at Taiyuan No1 prison in Shanxi province Photograph: Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: A ghost figure at a haunted house in the Tokyo Dome City amusement park Photograph: Antoni Slodkowski/Reuters

Bratislava, Slovakia: Local residents view pictures of the victims of Monday's shooting massacre at Devinska Nova Ves. The gunman, Lubomir Harman, shot dead seven people, injured 14, and then shot himself Photograph: Vladimir Simicek/isifa/Getty Images

Trincomalee, Sri Lanka: A vendor arranges his stock at a fish market in the island's seaport town Photograph: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

Adam, West Bank: Jewish children throw material into a cement mixer during a symbolic ceremony to renew construction in the West Bank Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Changchun, China: A boy on a bike stops by a waste foam fire at a rubbish site Photograph: Zhong Way/EPA

Giza, Egypt: People walk by posters supporting Egypt's intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, as a candidate in next year's presidential elections Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Mumbai, India: Devotees take a tumble as they try to make human pyramid during the celebrations of Janmashtami Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

North Sumatra, Indonesia: Villagers harvest cabbages after returning to Sukantebi village. They were evacuated when Mount Sinabung erupted Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

New York City, New York, USA: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is tended to by medical personnel on court after she collapsed during her second round women's singles match against Gisela Dulko at the 2010 US Open tennis tournament Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

Bago township, Burma: A woman sleeps near her ducklings at a monastery, which serves as a temporary shelter for flood victims Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Hamburg, Germany: Workers clean a huge marine propeller screw outside the main entrance to the 24th international shipbuilding fair SMM 2010 Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters