24 hours in pictures

Aviles, Spain: hundreds of people carrying candles march in protest at the closure of the Niemeyer Centre months after its inauguration Photograph: Eloy Alonso/Reuters

Llangurig, Wales: Craig Breen of Ireland in his Ford takes a jump during the Wales Rally motorsport event Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Buenos Aires, Argentina: a pole dancer stretches as she prepares to perform in the annual Miss Pole Dance South America 2011 competition Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Masaya, Nicaragua: a supporter of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front shoehorns himself between two riot police to yell abuse at supporters of the opposition Liberal Independent party Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Duisburg, Germany: visitors inspect the Tiger & Turtle – Magic Mountain sculpture by German artists Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth as a full moon rises Photograph: Bernd Thissen/EPA

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a woman washing clothes watches as civilian volunteers receive military instruction from veterans of Haiti's disbanded army Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Taiz, Yemen: an anti-government protester holds a piece of bread at a demonstration to demand the ousting of the president, Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Paris, France: tourists watch a dancer at the Trocadero open space near the Eiffel Tower Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Qom, Iran: the hand of a worker at a carpet workshop Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

Paris, Texas, USA: empty cartridges are ejected from the guns of members of the Hopkins County Military Coalition as they perform a 21-gun salute during the Veterans USA show Photograph: Sam Craft/The Paris News/AP

Melbourne, Australia: a newborn sub-Antarctic gentoo penguin at Melbourne Aquarium Photograph: Alex Coppel/Newspix/Rex Features

Bangkok, Thailand: a Buddhist monk collects rubbish from dirty floodwater around his temple Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Richterswil, Switzerland: a face formed of hundreds of hollowed-out swedes containing candles at the traditional Raebechilbi light parade Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/AP