24 hours in pictures

Hanover, Germany: A polar bear dives for fish in the zoo
Jochen Luebke/EPA

Srinagar, India: Kashmiri protesters run for cover as a teargas shell fired by police explodes near them during a pro-independence demonstration
Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Cancun, Mexico: Blue crabs run below the wheels of a heavy construction vehicle
Photograph: Israel Leal/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Children play at a dump filled with buses destroyed in the war
Photograph: Ahmad Massoud/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Police seal off a street where black bags containing the dismembered remains of an unidentified woman has been found
Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA

Athens, Greece: A protester clashes with riot police in front of the parliament building
Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Children play on the roof of a house
Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Madrid, Spain: People queue for a bus during morning rush hour on the second day of strikes against government austerity measures
Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Gazimestan, Kosovo: An Orthodox nun picks flowers after a ceremony marking the 1389 Battle of Kosovo
Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images

Shenyang, China: Labourers install steel bars on the foundations of a residential construction site
Photograph: Sheng Li/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: Students from poor families attend classes voluntarily led by a retired teacher
Photograph: BK Bangash/AP

Louisiana, USA: Absorbent material, intended to catch oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, is pulled by the tide from a small island
Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP