24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: People watch a performance at the 2011 Beijing Forest Music Festival Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Benghazi, Libya: A Father and daughter play in the main square of the rebel-held town Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Havana, Cuba: former world record-holding swimmer Diana Nyad, 61, jumps into the Straits of Florida, hoping to become the first woman to swim to the US from Cuba without a shark cage Photograph: Enrique de la Osa/Reuters

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan man dips in to a river as a mahout bathes his elephant Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Beijing, China: A child plays in a fountain at Sanlitun shopping centre Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Hong Kong, China: An Indonesian woman walks along a street Photograph: Dale de la Rey/AFP/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: Former Maoist fighters chant anti-government slogans from a police vehicle after being arrested at a protest Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Dharmsala, India: Lobsang Sangay, left, the new prime minister of Tibet's government in exile, prays at the Nechung monastery, seat of the state oracle, prior to his swearing-in ceremony at the Tsuglakhang temple Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia/AP

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Muslims pray at the National Mosque Photograph: Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Uzda, Belarus: A Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) takes off from a flower Photograph: Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA

Bir Ghanam, Libya: Rebels celebrate after taking the town Photograph: Colin Summers/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: A dog catches a frisbee during the Russian dog frisbee championship Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Srinagar, India: A Kashmiri Muslim woman cries as she prays at Shah-e Hamdan mosque Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Dadaab, Kenya: Muslim clerics walk on the dusty road Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP