24 hours in pictures

Campania, Italy: Tourists look at a body cast during a visit to the archeological site of Pompeii Photograph: Roberto Salomone/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala City: A Guatemalan transvestite takes part in a celebration for World Aids Day Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA

Mexico City: A man runs through water at a fountain at the Revolution monument Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Boys watch a street football game as a storm looms Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Lopburi, Thailand: Sontaya, a 39-year-old HIV positive Thai man rests at a hospice Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Bucharest, Romania: A Romanian riot policeman, seen through the window of a bus, rests prior to a military parade Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

Monterrey, Mexico: A forensic investigator films a crime scene where two young men lie dead after being shot to death by unidentified assailants in a public park Photograph: Carlos Jasso/AP

Budapest, Hungary: A student poses for a photograph while wearing a sperm costume inside a giant condom Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

San Salvador, El Salvador: An activist with painted face participates in a march Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Blackburn, UK: Soldiers of The 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment leave Blackburn Cathedral Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Kiev, Ukraine: Demonstrators hold a rally to protest against a proposed new tax code Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Washington, US: South Carolina Governor-elect Kikki Haley talks to reporters after a meeting Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Yeonpyeong, South Korea: South Korean marines patrol in a vehicle with a window which was hit by shrapnel from North Korean shelling Photograph: Newsis/Reuters

Birmingham, UK: Broken seats lie on the pitch after the Carling Cup Quarter Final match between Birmingham City and Aston Villa at St Andrews Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Guanacaste, Costa Rica: A "Bejuquillo Cafe" (Oxybelis aeneus) snake is pictured at Ostional National Wildlife Refuge Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images

Al-Baraka, Yemen: Yemeni women go swimming wearing the traditional head-to-toe Islamic covering Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

Cape Town, South Africa: Table Mountain illuminated Photograph: Getty Images/Getty Images