24 hours in pictures

Vatican City: tourists mill around St Peter's Basilica Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Beijing, China: security guards stand on the steps of the Great Hall of the People Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

Kuwait City, Kuwait: Jyoti Amge, the world's shortest woman, sits next to Brahim Takioullah, who has the largest feet in the world according to Guinness World Records Photograph: Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

Abu Dhabi: riders take part in the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan international equestrian festival Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

Zhulin, China: a pig escapes from a swinery before being sold to a customer Photograph: Reuters

Sanabis, Bahrain: a woman takes cover during clashes with police following an anti-government demonstration Photograph: Mohammed al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images

Rangoon, Burma: a worker carries a basket of rubbish Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Jerusalem: Christian worshippers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Wellington, New Zealand: cricketer Peter Fulton prepares to take a catch to dismiss England's Kevin Pietersen during the second day of the second test at the Basin Reserve Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Oberhausen, Germany: visitors walk around inside the Christo installation called Big Air Package at the Gasometer Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP

Karachi, Pakistan: bomb disposal squad officers check the site of a blast at the offices of a television station which killed three people and wounded four others Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

Istanbul, Turkey: a model at the Tuba Ergin show during Mercedes-Benz fashion week Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images