24 hours in pictures

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Residents of the Kissy neighborhood stand on their balconies during an election campaign rally Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Tokyo, Japan: A guard checks the vacant plenary session hall of the lower house of parliament Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: A refugee couple sort Indian and Burmese flags in front of a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi outside a school where the Burmese opposition leader was visiting Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Beit Lahia, Gaza: A Palestinian man calls for help as he and others try to save a man trapped under his car after an Israeli air strike Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: A knifemaker at work in his store Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Srinagar, India: Kashmiri Muslim women at a funeral procession Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Hunan, China: Pigs are made to dive into water by a farmer who believes the exercise improves the quality and taste of the meat Photograph: Reuters

Cadiz, Spain,: A man works on a sandcastle Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Bay Head, New Jersey: A worker stands in a living room filled with sand, two weeks after superstorm Sandy Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Bago, Burma: A farmer loading a chariot with wood Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: Skaters on the ice rink at Somerset House Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Zagreb, Croatia: War veterans led by the former general Damir Krsticevic (second left) light candles Photograph: Hrvoje Polan/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: A woman views Forehead, by Jake and Dinos Chapman, at the Perfect Place to Grow exhibition at the Royal College of Art Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Las Vegas, Nevada: The Colombian musician Juanes poses with his trophies at the 13th annual Latin Grammy awards Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Peshawar, Pakistan: A tailor stitches traditional Chitrali caps Photograph: Bilawal Arbab/EPA