24 hours in pictures

New York, USA: Actor Renee Zellweger attends a gala for the Costume Institute's Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: Women from Guizhou, dressed in traditional costume, play a game as they visit the Bund along the Huangpu river Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: A Filipino police officer stands guard inside a commuter train Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

Havana, Cuba: Kids lie on Havana's seafront boulevard, El Malecon, to enjoy the crashing waves Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Paris, France: Activists from Reporters Sans Frontieres take part in a demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Calgary, Canada: Supporters of the Conservative party leader and prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper watch results come in for the Canadian parliamentary elections. The Conservatives won a majority, handing the opposition Liberals a historic defeat Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal: Devotees prepare to take a dip at the Matatirtha sacred pond to observe Mother's Day Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: A model eats a cupcake backstage ahead of the Miss Unkon label show during the Rosemount Australian fashion week Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Kosice, Slovakia: US goal-keeper Al Montoya spits during the IIHF Ice Hockey world championships Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Washington, USA: Copies of newspaper front pages bearing the news of Osama bin Laden's death are hung on the wall of the Lower Press Office in the West Wing of the White House Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Abbottabad, Pakistan: Students look towards the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters

Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Paratroopers participate in a joint Bulgarian-US military training exercise Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Jerusalem: An ultra-nationalist Israeli settler is arrested by Israeli border police officers at the Tomb of Joseph Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Bern, Switzerland: A Swiss military honour guard stand in the rain during the official visit of Armenia's President Serzh Sarksyan Photograph: Adrian Streun/Reuters

Hanover, Germany: Finches take a bath at the Herrenhausen Gardens Photograph: Caroline Seidel/EPA

California, USA: A group of young women arrive at the Stagecoach Country Music festival Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Zingst, Germany: A boy feeds seagulls near the beach in the Baltic Sea resort Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images