24 hours in pictures

Phuket, Thailand: A Chinese god is carried from the shrine of Jui Tui on a palanquin as firecrackers explode during a Vegetarian Festival street procession Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Devecser, Hungary: A man wears a protective mask as he walks on a mixture of gypsum and toxic red sludge Photograph: Balint Porneczi/AFP/Getty Images

Massachusetts, US: A frog floats among cranberries ready to be harvested from a cranberry bog in Wareham Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

Herat, Afghanistan: Men work at a brick factory outside the city Photograph: Hossein Fatemi/AP

Bamiyan, Afghanistan: Girls listen during a class at the Markaz high school Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

New York, US: Peanutter, a Lilac Tourtie European Burmese cat, wears a Cleopatra costume to promote Meet the Breeds, hosted by the American Kennel Club and Cat Fanciers Association Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Nea Vissa, Greece: A Palestinian migrant sleeps alongside the track at a train station in the north-east of Greece, near the border with Turkey Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images

Chenove, France: A railway worker from the state-run company SNCF uses a fumigator to write on the road during a nationwide day of protest against pension reform Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

California, US: A man sleeps on a bench in front of an Elvis Presley statue in Los Angeles Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

New Delhi, India: Birds hunt for food on the course of the Commonwealth Games marathon near India Gate Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Pokhara, Nepal: Khagendra Thapa Magar sits on a small stool inside his home. Thapa, who measures in at 67.08cm (26.41in), has been declared the world's shortest lilving man Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Mae Sot, Thailand: Babies at the Mae Tao clinic, which offers free medical care for people from neighbouring Burma Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Trebon, Czech Republic: Fishermen board boats at the start of the traditional carp haul at Velky Tisy pond Photograph: Petr Josek/Reuters

Zhari, Afghanistan: A soldier with the US army's 101st airborne division carries a belt full of launchable grenades during an early-morning patrol Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Copiapo, Chile: A satellite image of the San José mine where 33 miners were brought to safety after 69 days trapped underground Photograph: DigitalGlobe/Getty Images