24 hours in pictures

Chongqing city, China: A migrant construction worker looks down from a balcony at an advertisement promoting one of the policies of former city party chief Bo Xilai Photograph: Alexander F Yuan/AP

Bamako, Mali: A man rests at a stadium where a rally was held against the seizure of northern Mali by Tuareg and Islamist rebels Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A girl plays in Ak-Ordo, a district on the outskirts of the town Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: Police clash with members of the Mohan Baidya faction of the United Communist Party of Nepal during a torch-lit rally Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Boys play in water left behind by heavy rains the Champ de Mars refugee camp Photograph: Orlando Barria/EPA

Tbilisi, Georgia: A boy jumps through a fire during the Chiakokonoba folk festival. According to legend, fire leaping purifies the spirit of participants Photograph: Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA

Israel: Sunbathers rinse themselves with fresh water after a dip in the Dead Sea Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

Turbaco, Colombia: A donkey foal is dressed as the mascot of the US Democrats to welcome Barack Obama to the VI America's Summit to be held in nearby Cartagena Photograph: Joaquin Sarmiento /Reuters

Pyongyang, North Korea: Students ride down a water slide into a swimming pool at Kim Il-sung University Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

St Petersburg, Russia: Soldiers practice their marching during Victory Day parade rehearsals on Dvortsovaya square Photograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA

Jerusalem: Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theofilos III washes the foot of a priest during a ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Sana'a, Yemen: A woman selling souvenirs waits for customers in Taghyeer square, where anti-government protesters have been camping for more than a year to demand reforms Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: A three-day-old giraffe is watched over by its mother Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

Singapore: A worker carries out routine cleaning work on the roof of the Esplanade theatre Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP