24 hours in pictures

Arkalyk, Kazakhstan: a Russian Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft lies on the ground, with members of a rescue team standing by, after its landing in a remote area. The spacecraft was bringing home three astronauts who had spent more than four months at the International Space Station Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/AP

Beijing, China: a bird is thrown a morsel of food at a zoo Photograph: Lee Jin-Man/AP

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: a protester shouts slogans in front of riot police blocking a road as the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) summit begins Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: German soldiers line up at a wreath laying ceremony at the monument for German Jewish soldiers who fell in the first world war Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels at a small base in the hills of Kanyarucinya on the outskirts of Goma Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Jammu, India: stranded passengers rest on top of a parked bus at a bus station during a day-long transport strike. Transport associations called the strike to demand higher fares after the government raised the price of petrol Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Tianying, China: a woman pushes her bicycle past a stall selling pork at a street market Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: a Palestinian woman is helped by a paramedic out of her building which was damaged during an Israeli air raid on a nearby sports centre Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Havana, Cuba: thousands of people compete in the XXVI Marabana marathon Photograph: --/AFP/Getty Images

Seville, Spain: a couple walk along a path on the Metropol Parasol, overseeing the old city and the Giralda Cathedral. The Metropol Parasol by Jürgen Mayer H Architects claims to be the world's largest wooden structure Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

New Delhi, India: firefighters battle a large fire in the Himalaya House office block in the business district of the city Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Rangoon, Burma: a Buddhist devotee feeds pigeons after performing religious rituals at Shwedagon pagoda, which hosted a brief visit by US president Barack Obama Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: a French soldier has a drink as Portuguese soldiers play table football at a French base Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters