24 hours in pictures

Nyingchi County, China: Tibetan pilgrims pray during their pilgrimage to Lhasa. It estimated that they will spend one and a half years walking and praying on their way, a distance of 1,600km
Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images

Kiev, Ukraine: Lawmakers fight as the parliament chamber fills with smoke. Eggs and smoke bombs were thrown as parliament ratified a controversial deal with Russia extending the lease of a key naval base
Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

Al-Tur, West Bank: Palestinian workers stand in line at dawn to cross into Israel
Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

San Juan, Puerto Rico: A student demonstrates as police block the main entrance to the University of Puerto Rico
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A boy approaches a car as the rain starts to fall in the centre of the city
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Allahabad, India: Protesters shout at police as they are detained during a demonstration against inflation
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Jerusalem: Arabs and Jews walk through an alley in the Old City
Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Norddeich, Germany: A couple walk along a dyke covered with spring flowers at the North Sea coast
Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

Miami, Florida: Dark clouds pass over a highway
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Walajeh, West Bank: An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray on a handcuffed Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation barrier
Photograph: Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP

Xiamen, China: The newly opened Xiang'an cross-harbour tunnel, the world's largest section of tunnel, which links the island with mainland China
Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Akron, Ohio: A lion yawns in Akron Zoo
Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP