24 hours in pictures

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Wreckage from a US Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft is strewn across a field near the village of Chaldovar. The emergencies ministry said a US military plane has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, which hosts a US base for troops transferring to and from Afghanistan and for C-135 tanker planes that refuel warplanes in flight Photograph: Vladimir Voronin/AP

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A woman grieves for her relative after his body was pulled from the rubble of the collapsed garment factory in Savar Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Tweefontein, South Africa: Participants in the AfrikaBurn festival dance in a dust storm in the Karoo desert. Based on the Burning Man festival in the US, AfrikaBurn sees thousands of people gathering in the desert to construct a temporary community Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

St Petersburg, Russia: Nude artist Pyotr Pavlensky lies on the ground wrapped in a roll of barbed wire during a protest outside the city's legislative assembly, which he says is oppressive Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

California, US: Firefighters with the Silver City Hotshots and a McCain Valley Camp inmate crew fight to control the Springs Fire near Newbury Park. The fierce, wind-driven wildfire has spread along the coast north-west of Los Angeles, threatening 4,000 homes Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/Reuters

Santiago de Chile, Chile: A human-shaped model aircraft flies near the Costanera Centre Tower. It is part of the 'Viva el Ingenio' campaign by the 3M company, inviting Chileans to look at the world differently and be innovative Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

Kathmandu, Nepal: Women take a break from harvesting wheat. According to the World Bank, agriculture is the main source of food, income and employment for the majority in Nepal Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Pyongyang, North Korea: A pharmacist at the Kaeson clinic in the Moranbong district collects traditional 'Koryo' medicine for a patient. The medicine has been integrated into the health system from the smallest village clinic all the way up to the capital Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Warsaw, Poland: Thousands of people watch a fountain light show in Old Town park, the first such show of the season Photograph: Alik Keplicz/AP

Moscow, Russia: Servicemen take part in a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Russia marks the victory over Nazi Germany in the second world war every year on 9 May Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Miyagi, Japan: 370 blue carp streamers fly at the tsunami-devastated city of Higashimatsushima to mourn children who died in the 11 March disaster Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images

London, England: Tree surveyors stand underneath an Atlas Cedar at Kew Gardens ahead of the Opal tree health survey of Britain's trees Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Athens, Greece: Followers of the Greek Orthodox Church kiss the feet of an image of Jesus crucified during the ceremony marking the Apokathelosis, the removal of Christ's dead body from the cross, which forms a key part of Orthodox Easter Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images