24 hours in pictures

Hong Kong: A little girl and her mother light candles and incense at the memorial niche for a relative during the Chung Yeung grave-sweeping festival Photograph: Daniel Sorabji/AFP/Getty Images

Nesvizh, Belarus: Frozen leaves and branches in a park on a chilly autumn day Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Managua, Nicaragua: A man in a sauna at hot springs in the district of Tipitapa Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Children throw paper planes into the air while playing in an alley in a Christian neighbourhood Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Phuket, Thailand: Devotees of the Chinese shrine of Jui Tui carry a Chinese god on a palanquin as firecrackers explode during a street procession on the last day of the Vegetarian festival Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Caterine Pierre (left), aged 12, cries during the funeral of her mother Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Zagreb, Croatia: Soldiers in traditional military uniforms attend a guard-exchanging ceremony in St Mark's Square Photograph: Nikola Solic/Reuters

Cape Town, South Africa: South African basejumper Leander Lacey flies in a specially designed wingsuit after leaping off cliffs at Chapman's Peak Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Khairpur Nathan Shah, Pakistan: Residents displaced by floods are seen from the ruins of a shop as they return to the town, in Sindh province Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Russia's Ksenia Semenova competes on the vault in the qualifying round of the Gymnastics world championships at the Ahoy Arena Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Lille, France: A French SUD Solidaires union worker holds a red flare in front of a banner that says Strike during a demonstration over pension reform Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: A girl receives free food from a food distribution point at the shrine of Bari Imam on World Food Day Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

Mombasa, Kenya: A Chinese nurse working on a Chinese hospital ship takes a blood sample from a Kenyan teenager diagnosed as suffering from bronchitis Photograph: Jean Curran/AFP/Getty Images

Madison, Wisconsin, US: Students attempt to bring down goalposts after the University of Wisconsin upset Ohio State 31-18 in an NCAA football game Photograph: Allen Fredrickson/Reuters