24 hours in pictures

Beitar Illit, West Bank: Ultra-Orthodox children play on swings Photograph: Nati Shohat/EPA

Bagram air base, Afghanistan: Air force senior airman Cameron Zachary inspects the engine intake of a F-15E fighter jet following a combat mission Photograph: Oleg Popov/Reuters

Jakarta, Indonesia: A supporter of the defeated presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri takes part in a protest Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty

Tokyo, Japan: Raindrops on a car window Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Tskhinvali, South Ossetia: Women visit the grave of a relative who died in the 2008 conflict Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty

Weston-super-Mare, UK: Members of the Sealed Knot - the largest re-enactment society in Europe, re-enact battles of the English civil war Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Kangal, Turkey: Garra rufa obtusas, also known as 'doctor fish', swim around the face of a man as he relaxes in a hot spa pool Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Kumartoli, India: An idol maker works on a semi-finished clay statue of the Hindu snake god, Manasha Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty

Soacha, Colombia: A girl walks through the streets of the Altos de la Florida shantytown Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty

Wenzhou, China: Two girls are carried across a flooded street on a makeshift raft after typhoon Morakot hit Photograph: Lang Lang/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: Members of the Flugpig Ordo Teutonicus team are seen during the Red Bull Flugtag competition Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

Karachi, Pakistan: A man sorts through a stack of fresh pomfret Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters