24 hours in pictures

Washington, USA: A worker, surrounded by members of an honour guard team, cleans the red carpet at the White House Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sangin, Afghanistan: A girl looks up as she flies onboard a helicopter from the US army task force lift Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Benghazi, Libya: A butcher cuts meat in the window of his shop Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Port-au Prince, Haiti: The bodies of two children who died in a landslide Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A boy looks on while playing with a tire in a slum Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Paju, South Korea: A K1 tank fires smoke shells during a joint military drill Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

Arizona, USA: A horse stands in the middle of a field as the Wallow fire approaches from Springerville Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A vendor displays his toys on a roadside Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Beijing, China: A woman holds a branch of a tree to stretch at a park Photograph: AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Newly trained soldiers from the Afghan army sit on the ground during a send-off ceremony Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Sana'a, Yemen: Armed tribesmen loyal to dissident tribal leader Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar inspect damage at his house Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: Vehicles move past workers, sleeping under a mosquito net, in the middle of a street Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Moscow, Russia: Women enjoy lunch by the fountains at Manezh Square Photograph: Alexander Natruskin/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: A man sets a tent at the Puerta del Sol square Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images

Vychodna, Slovakia: Cyclists are seen through window frames of an old wooden house during the Tour of Slovakia Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images