24 hours in pictures

Zapotlanejo, Mexico: Soldiers patrol a road near a gas pipeline that exploded, forcing the evacuation of 2,000 people Photograph: Hector Guerrero/AFP

Phuket, Thailand: The tattooed body of a devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow shrine is pierced during an annual festival Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Fairfax, Virginia: Barack Obama speaks at a presidential campaign rally Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A cow is lifted from a truck at a livestock market Photograph: Ahmad Nazar/AP

London, England: Protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral prepare to take part in an anti-austerity march Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Beirut, Lebanon: An injured boy is carried away from the scene of an explosion that killed one of the country's top security officials Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Girls displaced from tribal areas play in their schoolyard Photograph: Nathalie Bardou/AP

Aleppo, Syria: An injured woman waits to be transferred to hospital Photograph: Javier Manzano/AFP

Baidoa, Somalia: Soldiers remain alert after their convoy comes under fire from al-Shabaab militants Photograph: Tobin Jones/AU-UN IST/EPA

Cebu, Philippines: Catholic devotees attend a mass celebrating the canonisation of Pedro Calungsod, a missionary killed 340 years ago Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP

Delhi, India: Men sell goats at an outdoor market Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Barçelona, Spain: Surfers take to the beach after a storm caused a tidal surge Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP

Monterrey, Mexico: Residents stand beside a railway line as a forensic team works at a crime scene Photograph: Reuters

Beirut, Lebanon: Men block a road in protest against the assassination of top intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP