24 hours in pictures

Kandahar City, Afghanistan: An Afghan boy walks with his cattle in front of a district police station occupied by US soldiers and Afghan National Police Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Vu Quang, Vietnam: A train has to stop at a portion of North-South railway that was destroyed by recent floods which killed at least 74 people Photograph: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP

Nabi Saleh, West Bank: A Palestinian woman looks out from her house while an Israeli border policeman takes cover during clashes in the West Bank Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Daniel Purvis of Great Britain competes on the rings during the men's individual all-round final at the 42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty

Tuban, Bali: Youths participate in a fire war ceremony to encourage them to be brave and to ward off bad luck Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP

Terzigno, Italy: Police officers take cover as demonstrators aim firecrackers at them during protests against plans to build a garbage dump near Naples Photograph: Salvatore Laporta/AP

Jammu, India: Homeless girls sit under an overpass near bags of recyclable material Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Lisburn, Northern Ireland: The Queen looks through a window after opening the new Coca-Cola factory Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP

Paris, France: Le Solitaire, a piece by French artist Theo Mercier, is showing at the Grand Palais as part of Fiac, the international contemporary art fair Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Afghan refugee boys play on a homemade swing in a poor neighborhood Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Mexico City, Mexico: Weapons found hidden in a horse trailer are shown to the press Photograph: Miguel Tovar/AP

Saint-Marc, Haiti: Patients with cholera receive medical attention at St Nicholas hospital Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP