24 hours in pictures

Murter, Croatia: Sailing boats with traditional lateen sails during a regatta Photograph: Hrvoje Polan/AFP/Getty Images

Mount Kumgang, North Korea: Brothers from North and South Korea, who have been separated for more than 50 years, say goodbye after a three-day temporary reunion. A North Korean official (centre) attempts to block phorographers Photograph: KPPA/Reuters

Allahabad, India: Locals look on from a tableau during a Dussehra festival procession Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A customer looks out of a window while sitting in a barbershop Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Berlin, Germany: Journalists photograph an election poster showing the German foreign minister and Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for chancellor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, after his party suffered a heavy defeat in the general elections Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

Jerusalem: A religious Jewish man whips a fellow worshipper with a leather strap as a symbolic punishment for his sins on the eve of Yom Kippur at a synagogue Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images

Blang Bebangka, Indonesia: Acehnese youths compete during a traditional horse race Photograph: Heri Juanda/AP

Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic: Nuns arrive at the site where Pope Benedict XVI ends his landmark visit to the country Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

Tianjin, China: The National Ballet of China rehearse a production called The Red Detachment of Women, a full-length ballet depicting a peasant woman's journey into the People's Liberation Army Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Tanay, Philippines : A mother carries her children inside a public school used as an evacuation centre for victims of the floods caused by the continuous rains of Typhoon Ketsana Photograph: John Javellana/Reuters

Rangoon, Burma: A woman eats rice as another reads a book while they chat in the street Photograph: Edison/AFP/Getty Images

Farah province, Afghanistan: A US marine sniper hits his target while practising on the outskirts of his forward operating base Photograph: David Furst/AFP/Getty Images

Do Son, Vietnam: Discarded tickets litter the ground at an annual buffalo-fighting festival Photograph: Julian Abram Wainwright/EPA