24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: Boys play soccer inside an abandoned, war-damaged building Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Bucharest, Romania: An education worker at a rally against austerity measures pushed by the government to meet its IMF loan commitments Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Paris, France: A model wears an Antonio Marras outfit during the Italian fashion designer's spring-summer 2011 show Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP

Frankfurt, Germany: A tiger cub named 'Daseep is presented to the media at Frankfurt zoo. The Sumatran tiger cub is being hand-fed by zookeepers because it was rejected by its mother Photograph: Boris Roessler/EPA

Amman, Jordan: Students release thousands of coloured balloons to mark Teachers' Day Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters

Afghanistan: Afghan soldiers say dusk prayers at forward operations base Howz Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Hungary: One of the emergency workers cleaning up villages flooded with toxic sludge from the Ajka aluminium works Photograph: Isifa/Getty Images

Delhi, India: Canadian synchronised swimmers Marie-Pier Boudrau-Gagnon and Chloe Isaac compete in the duet technical routine at the Commonwealth Games Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia: Dark clouds over the capital. Extreme weather brought by Indonesia's dry season is likely to continue in the weeks ahead Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Quetta, Pakistan: Fuel tankers bound for Nato forces in Afghanistan are blown up by insurgents Photograph: Reuters

Taipei, Taiwan: Sixty couples take part in an air force mass wedding Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Kari Mori, Pakistan: Sabir, 12, who has been displaced by flooding, bathes near his family's refuge in Pakistan's Sindh province Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

Jodhpur, India: Prince Charles dances with residents of Tolasar village Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

West Bank: An Israeli soldier fires tear gas towards Palestinian youths Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

Johannesburg, South Africa: Protesters who were arrested after violent clashes at the Lion Park shantytown Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Surfers carry their boards along the beach as storm clouds darken the sky in Huntington Beach, Califonia Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP