24 hours in pictures

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque during the annual hajj Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Yangon, Burma: Members of the National League for Democracy party demonstrate outside the house of their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man collects rubbish from a river of waste Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Sofia, Bulgaria: A Bulgarian girl wearing a gas mask attends a rally to protest against the upcoming visit of Russia's prime minister Vladimir Putin Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

Guangzhou, China: Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Port au Prince, Haiti: A child with symptoms of cholera sleeps at a special unit set up at the St Catherine hospital Photograph: Andres Martinez Casares/EPA

Dresden, Germany: Visitors hold their hands in the interactive installation, Post Mortem, of German artist Jannis Kreft during a festival for computer-based art Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP

Sofia, Bulgaria: Patriarch Maxim blesses the box containing bones, believed to be the relics of John the Baptist, at the Alexander Nevski cathedral Photograph: Oleg Popov/Reuters

Srinagar, India: A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays as another begs outside the shrine of Shah Hamadan, on the anniversary of his death Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Sanaa, Yemen: A Yemeni boy selling bed sheets picks one for a customer in an alley in the old city Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

New Delhi, India: A woman offers prayers in the Yamuna River, which is sacred to Hindus Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP