24 hours in pictures

London, UK: The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, leaves talks with the Conservative party
Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

Guachala, Ecuador: Demonstraters clash with police during a protest against a proposed water privatisation measure
Photograph: Pablo Cozzaglio/AFP/Getty

Mezhdurechensk, Russia: Emergency workers at the destroyed ventilation unit of the Raspadskaya mine, which was hit by an explosion
Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP

New Delhi, India: A tonga wallah (driver) with his horse
Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty

Quezon City, Philippines: Inmates wait to vote at the Quezon City prison
Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty

London, UK: Dame Helen Mirren meets her new waxwork figure at Madame Tussaud's
Photograph: Clive Gee/PA

Jakarta, Indonesia: Men struggle to board a packed commuter train
Photograph: Irwin Fedriansyah/AP

Mevo Horon, West Bank: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wait for their rabbi to harvest wheat ahead of the Jewish Shavuot holiday
Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Hamburg, Germany: Lady Gaga performs at the O2 arena during her Monster of Ball tour
Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: Men buy food from a street vendor
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty

Kuwait City, Kuwait: Traders at the Kuwaiti stock exchange
Photograph: Raed Qutena/EPA

Miesbach, Germany: A cow in a field sticks out its tongue
Photograph: Marc Mueller/EPA