24 hours in pictures

Kashgar, China: Local members of the Uighur minority community outside a restaurant Photograph: Ng Han Gua/AP

Nara, Japan: Buddhist monks clean the dust from the 8th century Great Buddha at the Todaiji temple Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty

Castejon de Valdejasa, Spain: Firefighters tackle a forest fire near Zaragoza Photograph: Pedro Armestre /AFP

Berlin, Germany: Vintage motorbikes from the former East German Republic are protected under plastic sheets at a new motorcycle museum Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A local boy looks up at balloons in a market Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Workers load coal into a brick kiln Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: A performer with the National Circus of Cuba gets ready backstage before performing at the Circuba festival Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Dresden, Germany: A member of banned neo-Nazi organisation called Sturm 34 awaits sentencing in a district court Photograph: Matthias Hiekel/EPA

Garagorsk, Russia: A Muslim prays at a local cemetery in Chechnya Photograph: Musa Sadulayev /AP

Baghdad, Iraq: A child sits on a tricycle in front of a painted security wall in the Shia district of Sadr City Photograph: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty

Beijing, China: A prohibitions sign at the entrance to a park in Beijing Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPA

Srinagar, India: A child places his hand on the forehead of Mohammed Yasin Malik, chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, on the third day of his hunger strike Photograph: Fayaz Kabli /Reuters

Hiroshima, Japan: Paper lanterns float on the Motoyasu river at the Peace Memorial park to mark the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing by the United States in 1945 Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA