24 hours in pictures

Bumboret Kalash, Paksitan: A student writes letters from the Kalasha alphabet on a blackboard at the Kalasha Dur school Photograph: Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal: A Nepalese vegetable vendor awaits customers as elderly men sit chatting Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Mexico City, Mexico: Professional clowns at an International Clown Convention Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Nonthaburi , Thailand: Local residents leave their homes as they walk in the floodwaters Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Canberra, Australia: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour the grounds of Government House in a solar powered people mover Photograph: Rick Rycroft/EPA

Bhubaneswar, India: A man sweeps the ground as impoverished children play in a garbage area at a slum Photograph: Biswaranjan Rout/AP

Sirte, Libya: Libyan rebel fighters try to help their wounded comrade Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A labourer carries a sack of coal to be loaded onto a truck at a coal dump site Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Athens, Greece: A riot police officer is covered by black paint during clashes outside the Greek parliament Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

New Delhi, India: Tibetan exiles, with faces painted in the Tibetan flag participate in a rally Photograph: Tsering Topgyal/AP

Basildon, UK: A resident picks up the burnt remains of a piece of furniture by a barricade during evictions at the Dale Farm Travellers' site Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan man rides a horse in a public park Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Lima, Peru: A believer cries while watching Catholic religious icon, the 'Lord of the Miracles' during a major procession Photograph: Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters

Sana'a, Yemen: Mourners attend the funeral of 12 anti-government protesters killed in recent clashes Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

Athens, Greece: Demonstrators clash with riot police in front of the Greek parliament Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images