24 hours in pictures

Azur, Israel: Soldiers from the Home Front Command rescue unit wear protective gear during a drill Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-09M space ship blasts off for a six-hour trip to the International Space Station. The trip used to take two days Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/AP

Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Dutch artist Alice Wielinga (standing left), along with four models, hold up images depicting stereotypes of women as they protest for the improvement of women's rights and interrupt a fashion show during Amsterdam Floating fashion week Photograph: Cris Toala Olivares /Reuters

Haiphong, Vietnam: A rickshaw driver transports live pigs Photograph: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images

Kalbarri, Australia: An aerial view of the Hutt Lagoon and man-made divides – the world's largest algae farm. The micro-organisms present in the salt lake produce tonnes of beta-carotene, a versatile pigment Photograph: Steve Back/Barcroft Media

Kathmandu, Nepal: A man with roses in his traditional headgear looks on during a procession for Everest summitteers during the diamond jubilee celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the ascent by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images

Singapore: Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, swims in his new enclosure at the Singapore Zoo Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Panjshir valley, Afghanistan: A man looks at the dead body of a suicide attacker after he was killed by security personnel. Six Taliban insurgents, some wearing suicide vests, attacked the governor's compound Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

New Jersey, US: A member of the US secret service is reflected on the side of Air Force One at McGuire air force base Photograph: Rich Schultz/AP

Karzakkan, Bahrain: A girl is carried by her mother during the funeral of Sayed Omran Sayed Hameed, who died in hospital after developing respiratory complications. His relatives claim that he died after inhaling poisonous teargas used by riot police Photograph: Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images

Glasgow, Scotland: A squirrel sits in a tree in Kelvingrove park, eating a Tunnock's teacake Photograph: Michael McGurk/Rex Features

Salqin, Syria: A boy walks in the rubble of buildings damaged by what activists said were missiles fired by Syrian air force fighter jets loyal to President Bashar al-Assad Photograph: Muzaffar Salman/Reuters

Skela, Serbia: A dragonfly in flight over a river Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP

Rosedale, Maryland, US: A fire burns at the site of a CSX freight train derailment. The train crashed into a rubbish truck, causing an explosion that rattled buildings at least half a mile away Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP