24 hours in pictures

Lhasa, Tibet: A tourist walks ups the main steps of the Potala Palace
Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Policemen hit a child with batons during clashes with garment workers protesting over poor working conditions
Photograph: Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Pretoria, South Africa: A lion yawns at a nature reserve
Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

Marca Matruh, Egypt: A boy dives during sunset near Cleopatra's rock
Photograph: Khaled el Fiqi/EPA

Allahabad, India: A woman collects cow pats after drying them to use as fuel
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Beijing, China: Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze which engulfed a chemical warehouse
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi wipes his brow during a press conference
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: A man fans coals as he barbecues meat at a market
Photograph: Dusan Vranic/AP

San Francisco, US: A man makes his way through a human kaleidoscope at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium
Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP

South Padre Island, US: Seagulls hover in the wind over the beach as hurricane Alex approaches
Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

Athens, Greece: A demonstrator kicks a policeman during clashes during a nationwide general strike
Photograph: AP