24 hours in pictures

Sana'a, Yemen: Anti-government protesters chew qat while taking a break from demonstrating Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Manama, Bahrain: An anti-government protester flashes the victory sign at a military helicopter hovering over demonstrations Photograph: James Lawler Duggan/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem: Israeli mourners at the funeral of the five members of the Fogel family who were stabbed to death at their home in the West Bank settlement of Itamar Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Natori, Japan: A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the debris from the earthquake and tsunami Photograph: Asahi Shimbun/Reuters

Benghazi, Libya: A boy stands next to men praying in the rebel-held town Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Otsuchi, Japan: A survivor pushes his bicycle through the remains of the devastated town Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Russia: A member of an emergency services special unit fires a shell to clear a buildup of snow above the Transcaucasian highway 110 km (68.4 miles) from the southern city of Vladikavkaz Photograph: Kazbek Basayev/Reuters

Nihonmatsu, Japan: A girl who has been isolated at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels looks at her dog through a window Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Garmser, Afghanistan: A woman returns home following a meeting with US marine servicewomen Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Ras Jdir, Tunisia: The United Nations displacement camp for people fleeing unrest in Libya Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Tripoli, Libya: A schoolboy, one of dozens of students escorted by teachers to the entrance of a hotel housing foreign media, wears a poster of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi under his jacket Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Abobo, Ivory Coast : The body of a man who was killed during a rampage by troops loyal to rogue Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo against supporters of his presidential rival Alassane Ouattara Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images