24 hours in pictures

Xihuang, China: Chinese opera singers walk home after a performance. Villagers in Xihuang started a troupe in 1998 to preserve classic local opera genres, mainly Lv and Wuyin, which take farmers' lives and love stories as their subject Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Seville, Spain: An Andalusian rider walks between two steeds during the Sicab International PRE Horse Fair. PRE stands for pura raza Española Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

Vitebsk, Belarus: A Russian artist performs during the 25th International Festival of Modern Choreography Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The corpse of a dead Congolese soldier lies at the side of the road after M23 rebels took control of the city Photograph: Tim Freccia/EPA

Medan, Indonesia: A patient lies on a bed with a weight on his eye after receiving local anaesthesia before free cataract surgery at Putri Hijau military hospital Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

Tokyo, Japan: A man looks at a line of statues of Ksitigarbha, a east Asia Buddhist divinity who is believed to look after children, at a temple Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP

Chicago, US: A seven-month-old baby waits as his parents check in for their flight at O'Hare airport ahead of Thanksgiving Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Hebron, West Bank: A Palestinian youth looks at Israeli troops during clashes Photograph: Mussa Issa Qawasma/Reuters

Hortobágy, Hungary: Fish are placed in a bucket at central Europe's biggest fish pond complex in the Great Hungarian Plain Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

El Alto, Bolivia: A census worker asks an Aymara indigenous woman questions. Bolivians were obliged to stay at home to participate in the census Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Children high five a man dressed as a soldier at the Bicentennial Museum Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Israel-Gaza Strip border: An Israeli soldier performs morning prayers at an army deployment area Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Mount Kuwol, North Korea: A North Korean soldier stands near a bridge over a canal Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP