24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: A man sells inflatable toys as a rag picker looks on Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/guardian.co.uk

Kalimantan, Indonesia: Women sell their harvest in a traditional floating market on the Martapura river in Lok Baintan Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/guardian.co.uk

Belgrade, Serbia: A zoo worker throws a chicken to a male white tiger at Belgrade Zoo Photograph: Marko Djurica/guardian.co.uk

California, USA: Artist Lady GaGa performs onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards inLos Angeles Photograph: Matt Sayles/guardian.co.uk

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Czoton, seven, works at a balloon factory. About 20 children are employed at the factory and most of them work for 12 hours a day Photograph: Andrew Biraj/guardian.co.uk

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan police officer enjoys a cup of tea as he shops for furniture Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.uk

Hegang, China: Parents of Chen Deguo, a coal miner who went missing after a gas blast at Xinxing coal mine, wait for news of their son at home Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk

Skofije, Slovenia: People harvest olives Photograph: Srdjan Zivulovic/guardian.co.uk

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Muslim pilgrims pray on their way up Noor Mountain in the holy city of Mecca before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage Photograph: Mahmud Hams/guardian.co.uk

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Muslim pilgrims pray on their way up Noor Mountain in the holy city of Mecca before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage Photograph: Mahmud Hams/guardian.co.uk

Fujian, China: Su Huiqing, shows the cut lines drawn for a liposuction procedure to be carried out at a plastic surgery hospital in Fuzhou Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Vung Tau, Vietnam: Contestants congratulate Mrs Russia, Victoriya Radochinskaya after she won the Mrs World 2009 beauty pageant. Unlike most pageants, the contestants in Mrs World are all married women, ages 19 to 41 Photograph: Julian Abram Wainwright/guardian.co.uk