24 hours in pictures

Lillooet, Canada: A controlled fire burns behind evacuated homes in an attempt to reduce the amount of fuel for a wildfire burning on Mount McLean Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

Huatulco, Mexico: Members of the Mexican navy stand guard as packages of cocaine are incinerated at a naval base Photograph: Eliana Aponte/Reuters

Tijuana, Mexico: The moon, covered by clouds Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP

Pyeongtaek, South Korea: A helicopter releases water on to a fire set by striking Ssangyong Motors workers to block riot police from storming their plant Photograph: Aum Jung-Seok/AFP/Getty

Kabul, Afghanistan: A tea seller waits for customers as he sits next to a wall displaying portraits of presidential and provincial election candidates Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

London, UK: Iranian protester Farzaneh Dadkhah is helped after collapsing on the sixth day of a hunger strike outside the US embassy Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty

Niamey, Niger: Poll workers count ballots by battery-powered lamp in a sealed classroom after a constitutional referendum Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Managua, Nicaragua: Their bodies painted with recycled oil, men pose for pictures as they take part in celebrations honouring Santo Domingo de Guzmán Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Shanghai, China: Migrant construction workers push away muddy water from an interior at the Chinese pavilion at the 2010 Expo Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

London, UK: Volunteer Jill Wilkinson polishes the iron staircase leading up to the main pumping room at the the Crossness pumping station Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Kandy, Sri Lanka: Children hold oil lamps in front of the Sri Dalada Maligawa as they take part in a procession during the Esala Perahera festival Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: Santas from the children's charity Variety abseil from the roof of a hotel Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty

Lima, Peru: A health worker confiscates an illegally bred piglet Photograph: Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters

Los Angeles, US: A young visitor looks at Happy-Happy, an installation by Choi Jeong-Hwa from South Korea Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty

West Wycombe, UK: Small deer in a field. Some picturesque rural areas of Buckinghamshire are under threat from the proposed construction of a high-speed rail link Photograph: David Levene