24 hours in pictures

Srinagar, India: A Kashmiri Muslim woman raises her hands at the display of a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Lalgarh, India: Activists from the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities take part in a rally Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images

Tehran, Iran: Supporters of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave national flags and the yellow flag of Hezbollah Photograph: Alireza Sotakbar/AFP/Getty Images

Swabi, Pakistan: A man bathes in a canal as the sun sets in Chota Lahore relief camp Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Ramallah, West Bank: Palestinian boys play with toy guns in the Al-Amari refugee camp Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Wellington, New Zealand: France's rugby union lock Sébastien Chabal takes part in a press conference ahead of his team's match with the All Blacks Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: A woman looks into a drawing of a canyon on Regent's canal towpath Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: Burka-clad women go for a walk early in the morning Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Rosarito, Mexico: A soldier escorts suspected gang member Rodrigo Ramírez, aka "el Gordo", after an operation in which they liberated a kidnapped man Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A woman and child wait to cross the street Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

West Hollywood, US: Ethan Collings and Stephen Abate celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary. They tied the knot when same-sex marriages were first allowed in California last year Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS

Florida, US: A resident closes the door of the Pinellas Hope homeless community in Pinellas Park, colloquially known as Tent City Photograph: Carlos Barria/REUTERS

Uamby, Australia: Michael Kiely, a farmer and joint founder of the lobby group Carbon Coalition Against Global Warming, inspects grass in a sheep paddock Photograph: Tim Wimborne/REUTERS

Moscow, Russia: Chinese president Hu Jintao takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Photograph: Misha Japaridze/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: A bus driver wears a protective mask. The number of swine flu cases in Thailand has risen to more than 400 Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

Kathmandu, Nepal: A supporter of the Unified Communist party of Nepal chants anti-goverment slogans during a sit-in protest in front of the government administration building Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images

Bettignies, France: A dairy farmer dumps milk mixed with water on to the street as French and Belgian farmers gather to demand help with slumping wholesale milk prices and to denounce high supermarket profit margins Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images