24 hours in pictures

Karachi, Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto prays with women mourning the victims of the bomb attack last week Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty

Malibu, US: Geronimo Ruiz foams a roof where a wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds threatens a university and has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP

Istanbul, Turkey: A supporter of the ultra-nationalist MHP party helps to hold up a Turkish flag during a protest against terrorism Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA

Warsaw, Poland: Supporters of Donald Tusk celebrate after the announcement of the first results of the general election Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP

Naples, Italy: Pope Benedict XVI pays a pastoral visit to the city Photograph: Salvatore Laporta/Getty

New Delhi, India: Hindus immerse an idol of the goddess Durga into the river Yamuna Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA

Cizre, Turkey: Army troops head towards the Iraqi border Photograph: AFP

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: Doctors operate on the hand of Omar Hamada without anaesthetic at al-Shifa hospital. The hospital stopped performing non-critical surgery when it ran out of anaesthetic gas Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty

La Libertad, El Salvador: A child eats in a flooded community. Intense rains and floods are affecting coastal areas Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP

Tokyo, Japan: A visitor looks at Gandam robot dolls on display at the Great Robot Exhibition in the national science museum Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

New York, US: The Lipizzaner Stallions perform at Madison Square Garden Photograph: Stephen Chernin/AP

London, England: Di Faced Tenners, one of 10 Banksy pieces on display at Bonhams auction house Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/PA

Kabul, Afghanistan: A shepherd tends to his flock Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Amritsar, India: Brides and grooms during a mass marriage ceremony for 101 poverty-stricken couples. The cost of marriage prompts some parents to have their children married at mass events Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP

Cairo, Egypt: An early dynastic hippo tusk statuette found in Tel el-Ruba is displayed at the launch ceremony of the exhibition 50 years of Polish Excavations in Egypt, 1937-2007, at the Egyptian museum Photograph: Cris Bouroncle/AFP

New York, US: A dog named Tequila dressed as the Lion King during the Times Square Dog Day Masquerade Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP