24 hours in pictures

Shenyang, China: A Korean war veteran walks by the grave of a fallen soldier on the eve of the Qingming festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) at the Korean War martyrs memorial Photograph: Mark/EPA

Tunis, Tunisia: People travel on a city train Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Mariani, Haiti: A child sits on a freshly slaughtered cow, inside the slaughter house at the cattle market Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Srinagar, India: An Indian soldier looks at his reflection in the mirror during a show to celebrate his country's victory in the Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Otsuchi, Japan: Volunteers scatter caustic lime in an area devastated by the tsunami Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Schoenhagen, Germany: Harvesting an asparagus field Photograph: Patrick Pleul/dpa

Manila, Philippines: Children play inside steel pipes to be used by the city's water system Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP

Laghman, Afghanistan: Protesters shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration against a Florida pastor's burning of the Qu'ran Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

Melbourne, Australia: Emergency services workers attend the scene of a car accident. An Australian woman got away with just cuts and bruises after she drove through a Melbourne car park safety barrier and plunged six storeys to the street below. The car landed in a narrow lane with the woman strapped in and sustaining only a cut to her head Photograph: Julian Smith/EPA

Kenya: Somali refugees gather at a watering point in the Dadaab refugee camp, in the north-east of the country Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Paper replica cars for sale at a temple for the Chinese Qingming festival, or Ancestors' Day Photograph: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters

Costa Rica: Children play with a dead hammerhead shark at Manzanillo beach Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP

Kathmandu, Nepal: Devotees participate in the chariot festival, celebrated by the Newar community in which people wear colourful hats and carry three different chariots Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters