24 hours in pictures

Tbilisi, Georgia: A supporter of the Georgian opposition shouts through a party flag during a rally in front of the Public Television building Photograph: Shakh Aivazov/AP

Edinburgh, UK: Amnesty International's Scottish program director, John Watson, protests outside the Royal College of Surgeons on the second anniversary of the imprisonment of Dr Binayak Sen in India Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Taipei, Taiwan: Visitors admire an Yves Oppenheim oil painting at the Taipei Fine Art Museum Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty

Blackpool, UK: Blackpool Tower is refected in a puddle Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Cannes, France: Devon Aoki arrives for the screening of Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty

Kathmandu, Nepal: A woman walks past police preparing for a protest against president Ram Baran Yadav Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Supporters of president Alvaro Colom gather in front of the presidential house Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Chakdara, Pakistan: A girl looks out from a vehicle as she leaves the troubled Malakand division with her family Photograph: Mohammad Sajjad/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Rescue forces work on the site where a twin-engine plane crashed into a home shortly after taking off from La Aurora's international airport Photograph: Alexander Martinez/AFP/Getty

Nazareth, Israel: Believers follow a vesper celebrated by the pope Photograph: Carsten Koall/EPA

Hong Kong, China: Tower blocks at a housing estate Photograph: Paul Hilton/EPA

Chongqing, China: More than 800 scrapped taxis are abandoned in a yard Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Kuwait City, Kuwait: A woman and a child sit on a beach in a heavy sandstorm Photograph: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP

The NASA space shuttle Atlantis in silhouette during solar transit from Florida Photograph: Thierry Legault/AP