24 hours in pictures

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Thousands of Muslims gather at the Grand Mosque (Haram), in Islam's holiest city, Mecca, during the last week of the holy month of Ramadan Photograph: Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: Participants attend the first day of the Spasskaya Tower international military and music festival in Red Square Photograph: Alexey Sazonov/AFP/Getty Images

Nablus, West Bank: A Palestinian youngster hold skewers as he and his family eat their Iftar meal, in which a day-long fast is broken at sunset during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images

Hamburg, Germany: Rioters hurl stones and bottles during clashes with police following the Schanzenfeststreet festival in the Schanzen district Photograph: Marcus Brandt/EPA

Havana, Cuba: Lightning lights up the sky above an illuminated bronze silhouette of Che Guevara on the facade of the Cuban Interior Ministry in Havana Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Christchurch, New Zealand: A wrecked house in Canterbury, near the earthquake epicentre at Darfield Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

Benalla, Australia: A boy rides his bicycle through floodwater after heavy winds and rains hit the area Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Muzaffargarh, Pakistan: A severely malnourished baby is taken to the hospital by her brother in the Punjab province. Flooding has destroyed crops and livestock and displaced millions of people Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Sukkur, Pakistan: A displaced man stands next to a newly-established camp for victims of the flooding Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Sindh province, Pakistan: Flood survivors sit on trucks as they evacuate Sehwan Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images

Wuhan, China: The parents of around 400 freshmen students sleep on mats laid out on the floor of a gymnasium inside an university campus in Hubei province. The university set out mats for parents accompanying students on their first day of study Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: People play football in the Fort Nationale neighborhood as the sun sets Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

New York: People walk past fountains outside the Billie Jean King national tennis centre during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters