24 hours in pictures

Islamabad, Pakistan: Students of the religious school Jamia Hafsa, next to the Red Mosque, pray on the mosque ruins after a demonstration Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Jammu, India: A victim is taken to hospital after a grenade exploded at a protest rally Photograph: Amit Gupta/Reuters

Ulan Bator, Mongolia: Workers in the remains of the Palace of Culture, the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary party that was ransacked and burned two days ago by protesters Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP

Mumbai, India: Trucks at a terminal during a strike against increased fuel taxes Photograph: Pal Pillai/AFP

Lampaul-Guimilhiau, France: A toolbox of the Italian Lampre cycling team, two days before the start of the Tour de France Photograph: Fred Tanneau/AFP

Chongqing, China: Paramilitary police carry out an anti-terror drill Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Amman, Jordan: Barn owls in their enclosure at Ghamadan zoo Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters

London, UK: Construction workers in the windows of an unfinished building off the A40 Westway road Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

London, UK: Umbrellas go up as rain delays play on day nine of Wimbledon Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty

Paris, France: Jean-Paul Gaultier's autumn/winter fashion show Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Coeur d'Alene, US: Thelma O'Dell, left, and Lois Jacobson blow bubbles during a wheelchair parade at an assisted living park Photograph: Shawn Gust/Coeur d'Alene Press/AP

Prestwick, UK: Liberty Belle, a B17 Flying Fortress, makes a memorial flight for airmen who died in the second world war Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

London, UK: A Storm Trooper rides a giant slide at the Amazing Great Children's Party in Battersea Park Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Washington, US: 10,512 trainers tied by their laces and laid heel-to-toe in the courtyard at the National Geographic Society headquarters. Guinness World Records certified them as the longest chain of shoes, measuring 8,700 feet or nearly 1.65 miles Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty