24 hours in pictures

Pedreña, Spain: Mourners congregate at a giant screen outside the San Pedro parish church to watch the funeral service for golf legend Seve Ballesteros Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Athens, Greece: A protester gestures in front of the Greek parliament during a mass demonstration as a general strike, called to protest harsh austerity measures in the deb-ridden country, halted services and disrupted flights Photograph: Kostas Tsironis/AP

Misrata, Libya: Rebel fighters celebrate after capturing the city's airport Photograph: Ricardo Garcia Vilanova/AFP/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain: Musicians play next to a giant puppet during San Isidro festival celebrations, held in honour of Madrid's patron saint Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Sana'a, Yemen: Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images

Ordos, China: Two people climb the stairs to the yet unopened Ordos Museum in the Inner Mongolian town, which was built to house an anticipated influx of workers at nearby coalmines that never appeared Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Lorca, Spain: Survivors comfort a woman in shock as a man tries to help a victim of the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern Spanish town Photograph: Israel Sanchez/EPA

Bucharest, Romania: A dancer is seen through the windscreen of a motorcycle at an erotic exhibition, an increasingly common phenomenon in post-communist Romania Photograph: Octav Ganea/AP

Beijing, China: A woman talks on her phone outside a restaurant Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Helmand province, Afghanistan: A boy who was shot in the stomach lies on a stretcher as he is taken to hospital in a US army medevac helicopter Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Vicksburg, USA: A boat, transporting city workers and a load of sandbags to be used to reinforce a levee, passes the flooded Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Station Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Abbottabad, Pakistan: A supporter of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz opposition party yawns as he prays during a protest rally against the US raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images