24 hours in pictures

Kathmandu, Nepal: A Tibetan monk in exile holds a torch during a prayer session for those killed during the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

New York, US: Across the street from the Yankee stadium, Rosa Rodriguez wears a flag depicting Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope celebrated Mass with some 55,000 people at the stadium Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Accra, Ghana: A woman sits with her child in the Princess Marie Louise children's hospital Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Old City, Jerusalem: An Orthodox nun holds a palm frond during the Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

London, UK: Greenpeace campaigners dressed in orang-utan costumes outside the offices of Unilever Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

McKeesport, US: Hillary Clinton speaks in the Renziehausen park bandstand during a storm at a campaign rally Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty

Manila, Philippines: A crane collects domestic waste during the declogging of the Paranaque river Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

London, UK: Emilia Fox arrives for the annual British Academy television awards Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP

Taijiang county, China: Ethnic Miao girls walk across a river to visit relatives to celebrate the Sisters festival Photograph: Lu Di/EPA

Kiev, Ukraine: Bodybuilders pose during the Open Cup of Kiev for Bodybuilding 2008 Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP

Valkenburg, Netherlands: The pack climbs Cauberg hill during the 43rd Amstel Gold cycling race Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Rome, Italy: A man dressed as an ancient Roman soldier during a parade to celebrate the anniversary of the city's legendary founding Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Tokyo, Japan: A street performer is surrounded by amateur photographers and spectators while she is interviewed by local TV reporters during a promotion for the 'maid cafe' in which she works for as a waitress Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Moscow, Russia: A model at an international tattoo convention Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

Alajuela, Costa Rica: Light technicians at sunset during the second day of Imperial Festival at the La Guacima racetrack Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP