24 hours in pictures

Honolulu, US: a sailor holds an urn with the ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during an internment ceremony. Soucy, who died last year at 90, wanted to have his ashes interred inside the USS Utah Photograph: Marco Garcia/AP

Athens, Greece: police chase a youth during clashes outside the Greek parliament during a march to commemorate the killing of a student by police three years ago Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Anaheim, US: a seagull flies over the Santa Ana River lakes in California Photograph: Bruce Chambers/AP

Veracruz, Mexico: police secure an area of the city after finding victims of Mexico's drug wars by the roadside Photograph: Felix Marquez/AP

Colombo, Sri Lanka: a snake charmer performs at the Galle Face Green area of the Sri Lankan capital Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: police try to push back protesters who are attempting to occupy a historic bridge in protest against poverty and inequality Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Baoding, China: a woman sits with her daughter on the back of a truck in Hebei province Photograph: David Gray/REUTERS

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba: people greet the statue of Cuba's patron saint, Our Lady of Charity, during a nationwide tour to mark the 400th anniversary of the object's discovery Photograph: Enrique de la Osa/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: mourners carry the coffins of victims of a suicide bombing outside Abul Fazl shrine where Shia worshippers had gathered for day of Ashura Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: a Buddhist monk looks up at flags while participating in a peace rally Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: images of Imam Hussein and the radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are joined by blood on the shirt of a man taking part in Ashura rituals Photograph: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

Allahabad, India: rickshaw drivers wait for customers on a foggy street corner Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Toronto, Canada: a woman shouts out during a protest over the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: President Dmitry Medvedev waits in Aleksandrovsky hall in the Kremlin during a formal ceremony in which newly appointed ambassadors present their credentials Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images