24 hours in pictures

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Women struggle as they try to order food outside a subsidised shop. Basic food and fuel prices have soared over the last months, causing many to depend on government subsidies Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

London, UK: Soldiers from the 151 (London) Transport Regiment prepare to receive medals for their achievements in Afghanistan Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Thessaloniki, Greece: Supporters of right wing party LAOS participate in a protest against any Greek compromise on the name dispute with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia Photograph: Yiorgos Fotiadis/EPA

London, UK: Students lie on the ground at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden. About 50 students slept rough to highlight the plight of refused asylum seekers Photograph: Akira Suemori/AP

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: A member Islamic Jihad stands guard during a press conference Photograph: Mehidi Fedouach/AFP

Belfast, Northern Ireland: Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness attend a celebration to mark the completion of the Victoria Square development, a €522m retail-led regeneration scheme Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP

Hangzhou, China: Workers prepare steel cable for export Photograph: AP

Maracaibo, Venezuela: A man readies a donkey for work at a salt mine Photograph: David Fernandez/EPA

Moroni, Union of Comoros: Two women stand on a narrow street Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP

Birmingham, UK: Two dalmatians arrive at the Crufts dog show Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A woman buys incense sticks and candles before offering prayers at the altar of Lord Shiva Photograph: Lalage Snow/AFP

Arua, Uganda: A Sudanese woman nurses her son as she waits on a bus to be repatriated to Sudan from the Madi Okollo refugee settlement Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

Jerusaleam: A young bedouin walks past a rubbish dump in the Shoafat refugee camp Photograph: Mariana Vasconcellos/AFP

London, UK: An artwork entitled Apollo (After Beuys) by Matthew Day Jackson is exhibited at the Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art at the Barbican Centre Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP

Page, US: A woman photographs sandstone formations inside Antelope Canyon on the Navajo reservation Photograph: Matt York/AP