24 hours in pictures

Shanghai, China: A man walks in an area where old residential buildings are being demolished to make room for new skyscrapers Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Idlib, Syria: A shoe is glued to a statue of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad at the museum of Maaret al-Numan, in an area under the control of rebel fighters Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A city official detains a suspected crack user near the Parque Uniao slum during an operation to bring addicts to shelters for rehabilitation Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: A woman places a flower on a display of names of domestic violence victims during the annual March of Brides protest Photograph: Ricardo Rojas/Reuters

Athens, Ohio: A Barack Obama supporter takes a picture of the president at a campaign rally at Ohio University Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Lorient, France: A dolphin swims past the French sailor Armel le Cleac'h's Banque Populaire monohull. Le Cleac'h is in training for the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race Photograph: Vincent Curutchet/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: A boy covers his nose while a city worker fogs for mosquitoes Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A soldier with the Maya taskforce stands watch over Zona 18, a district with a high murder rate Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Miskolc, Hungary: A Roma boy eats bread in his family's home in an apartment block Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: A woman enters Mirador, a plywood, timber and perspex dome by the artists Rachel Couper and Ivana Kuzmanovska, at the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Hong Kong, China: A man displays a banner during a protest against Chinese patriotism classes Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Zurich, Switzerland: A chevrotain, or mouse deer, in its enclosure at Zurich zoo Photograph: Patrick B. Kraemer/Keystone/AP

Sapucai, Paraguay: Students wearing traditional dresses walk near a 1960s steam locomotive in the Carlos Antonio Lopez railway maintenance shed, currently a museum, before dancing at a cultural fair Photograph: Jorge Saenz/AP