24 hours in pictures

Cairo, Egypt: A bird flies over the Great Pyramids of Giza Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Laui Kalay, Afghanistan: A combined team of US Army soldiers and US Marines provides covering fire during a mission in Kunar Province Photograph: Simon Lim/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: A girl from Helmand province washes clothes at a refugee camp Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

New Delhi, India: A construction worker in a tunnel Delhi Metro Rail project Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/EPA

London, UK: A multiple exp a competitor on the beam on the final practice day of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Beijing, China: A manicurist helps her colleague paint her nails at a shop Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

New York, USA: A person dressed as one of the great masters of Veneto marches in the annual Columbus Day Parade up Fifth Avenue Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Ein Boqeq, Israel: Tourists visit the the Dead Sea Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Tulua, Colombia: A local cowboy on the last day of the First Rodeo World Championships. Around 250 cowboys from the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, the Dominican republic and Colombia took part in the rodeo Photograph: Carlos Ortega/EPA

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Spectators in a cinema watch live liver surgery to remove a tumor Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images

Montevideo, Uruguay: A man with the Frente Amplio party colours on his forehead at a campaign rally for presidential hopeful Jose Mujica Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/AP

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Residents carry their belongings from the remains of burned-out homes at Diogo Pires shantytown Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Demonstrators next to blood stains after a shooting during a protest by indigenous people Photograph: Moises Castillo/AP

Moscow, Russia: A photograph of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin lies on a floor outside a courtroom before hearings in a libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against a Russian newspaper Photograph: Pavel Golovkin/AP

Jerusalem: Orthodox Jews pause for prayers at sunset after leaving a funeral in the old cemetery on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA