24 hours in pictures

Baghdad, Iraq: Firefighters respond as smoke billows over the foreign ministry building after a huge bomb attack Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP

Rila Mountain, Sofia: Members of an international religious movement called the White Brotherhood perform a ritual dance near the Babreka lake Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Lopburi, Thailand: Macaque monkeys sit in a row. Thailand has started a birth control programme to sterilise male monkeys Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Warnemuende, Germany: People sunbathe on the beach Photograph: Thomas Haentzschel/AP

Hanoi, Vietnam: A baby, her face covered by net to protect her from dust and wind, rides on the back of motorbike Photograph: Chitose Suzuki/AP

Blackpool, UK: Donkeys are seen during a gloomy day on Blackpool beach Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Cheryomushky, Russia: A boat drives through an oil-polluted stretch of the Yenisei river Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty

Kabul, Afghanistan: A woman sits by the side of a road Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty

Islamabad, Pakistan: A shopkeeper prays at his roadside shop Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

Herzliya, Israel: An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy puts on his talit after swimming at a segregated beach Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Mangualde, Portugal: Local people look at the devastation caused by a huge forest fire Photograph: Nuno Andre Ferreira/EPA

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Relatives of victims of the Republica Cromagnon disco fire react after a hearing on the disaster Photograph: Gustavo Amarelle/EPA

Beijing, China: People's Liberation Army soldiers perform during a rehearsal of a musical drama called the Road of Revival Photograph: Kevin Zhao/Reuters

Beit Lahia, Gaza: A boy stands on a bed of nails during training at the Red Dragon martial arts club Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty