24 hours in pictures

Santa Lucia, Cuba: A man walks through wind and rain brought by tropical storm Paula Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

La Réunion, Indian Ocean: Aerial view of a helicopter flying over lava streams from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano Photograph: Richard Bouhet/AFP/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A woman looks from her window as police officers patrol in the Morro dos Macacos area Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Workers carry sacks of calcium powder to be shipped to Sumatra Photograph: Irwin Fedriansyah/AP

London, UK: Members of the public take photos and videos during the changing of the guard ceremony at Wellington Barracks Photograph: Leon Neal/EPA

Seattle, USA: A baby Chilean flamingo stands near its father at the Woodland Park zoo Photograph: Ted S. Warren/AP

Athens, Greece: A tourist sits next to riot police guarding the entrance to the ancient Acropolis site Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Hefei, Anhui, China: A worker stands on scaffoldings at a construction site Photograph: Jianan Yu/Reuters

Shenyang, Liaoning, China: A Chinese farmer arranges cabbages on a truck for export to South Korea. A shortage of cabbage in South Korea, an indispensable ingredient of its national dish kimchi, has caused cabbage prices to rise in China Photograph: EPA

Moscow, Russia: President Dmitry Medvedev meets the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, in the Kremlin Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: Musicians perform during the 2010 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Philadelphia, USA: A man waits to cross North Broad street during an afternoon rainstorm Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Nice, France: Two lovers on La Promenade des Anglais at sunrise Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP