24 hours in pictures

Bangkok, Thailand: Rain clouds gather over the city skyline Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Chisinau, Moldova: Police officers and local residents are seen through the broken windows of the ransacked parliament building. Moldova's president accused neighboring Romania of backing violent anti-communist protesters who stormed his office and Parliament, leaving dozens injured and some 200 arrested Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Dawangjing, China: A boy plays with beer bottles in front of his home on the outskirts of Beijing. The local authorities are evicting residents, who are mainly migrant workers, to redevelop the area Photograph: Andrew Wong/Getty Images

Kapitangan, Philippines: John Michael has his hands nailed to the cross in an imitation of Christ's death as part of Good Friday rituals Photograph: Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images

Pattaya, Thailand: A Thai red shirt protester dressed in a red wig attempts to kiss a riot police officer as protesters march towards the ASEAN summit venue demanding the current government step down, on the first day of the summit Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Palma de Mallorca. Spain: A girl wearing a penitent suit waits for the start of the El Cristo de la Sangre brotherhood procession during Holy Week Photograph: Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images

Seville, Spain: Penitents of the Esperanza de Triana brotherhood hold candles during the during La Madrugá (Daybreak) procession in front of the cathedral on Good Friday Photograph: Eduardo Abad/EPA

New York, US: A front headlight shines through a cover on the Hyundai Nuvis concept vehicle just before it is unveiled at the New York International Auto Show Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Taxco, Mexico: A man carrying a bundle of cactus on his shoulders in penance, holds a cross during a procession of penitents during Holy Week Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning Nato oil supply tankers after a blast on the outskirts of Peshawar. Suspected Taliban militants planted a bomb in northwest Pakistan that destroyed six tankers supplying fuel to Nato troops in neighbouring Afghanistan Photograph: Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images

Uzbeen valley, Afghanistan: A French soldier prepares to take position on the Hosaynkhel plateau east of Kabul. The French army set up a camp in the valley to secure the area Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

Quanzhou, China: A shaolin monk breaks an iron sheet with his head during a performance at a temple Photograph: Reuters

Villa Sant'Angelo, Italy: A firefighter surveys the rubble of a collapsed church. Seventeen inhabitants of Villa Sant'Angelo were killed in the recent earthquake Photograph: Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images

Pitesti, Romania: Girls wear spring flower crowns at a parade during the Tulips festival to mark the beginning of the spring Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Prague, Czech Republic: A rabbit jumps a fence during a Rabbit Steeple Chase race at the Old Town Square Photograph: Isifa Image Service/Rex Features

San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Spain: A masked penitent takes part in Los Picaos brotherhood procession. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP