24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: a journalist and soldiers dressed as ushers check their mobile phones near a staircase of the Great Hall of the People Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Santiago, Chile: riot police protect themselves with shields during clashes with students Photograph: Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images

Singapore: two-month-old Oriental Pied Hornbills at the Jurong bird park's breeding and research centre Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Caracas, Venezuela: workers paint a mural of the eyes of the late president Hugo Chávez on the stairs at the El Calvario monument Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Kiev, Ukraine: models wait backstage during Ukrainian fashion week Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Rome, Italy: animal rights activists protest in front of the Gammarelli ecclesiastical tailor shop against the use of animal fur and leather to make the pope's garments Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Birmingham, UK: Bailey Bear, a Golden Labradoodle, sits in front of a picture of a cat during the Crufts dog show Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: the street artist Ruben Oviedo, dressed as the comic superhero Thor, leaves home on his way to work Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: women scuffle with riot police during a protest march to mark International Women's Day Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

Mombasa, Kenya: Patrick Nzimbi waits at the Coast general hospital after he was reportedly attacked by machete-wielding youths Photograph: Ivan Lieman/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: the delegate Yao Ming, a former NBA basketball star, walks out of the Great Hall of the People after a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Santalpur, India: the salt worker Walbai Ayyubbhai, 70, carries a rake at a salt pan Photograph: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images

Nairobi, Kenya: people listen to others debating about the elections in the Kibera slum Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Seoul, South Korea: Hwang Min-woo, also known as Little Psy, has his makeup done Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: an orphaned bonobo drinks after being rescued Photograph: Junior D. Kannah/AFP/Getty Images

Whitby, UK: a man feeds seagulls with his leftover chips by the quayside Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters