24 hours in pictures

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A farmer rides his horse to work Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Charleston, USA: A canon is fired on Fort Sumter by Confederate re-enactors to mark the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the civil war Photograph: Richard Ellis/Getty Images

Kamp-Lintfort, Germany: A swan walks through a field Photograph: Roland Weihrauch/AFP/Getty Images

Ajdabiya, Libya: A cat scampers down an empty street past debris from recent fighting between Libyan army forces and rebels Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Pandori Varaich, India: Punjabi farmers take part in Baisakhi festival celebrations for the first harvest of the year Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA

Bhubaneswar, India: Worshippers roll around a temple as they offer traditional Dandajayatra prayers to the god Shiva during a festival that coincides with the Oriya new year Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City, Mexico: A visitor holds a pistol at a security fair Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Novosibirsk, Russia: The sun rises over the river Ob Photograph: Ilnar Salakhiev/AP

Jerusalem: An Orthodox Jewish man walks past Israeli opera singers who are performing on the Chords bridge to promote upcoming concerts Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: Military personnel clear razor wire as they reopen Tahrir Square, which had been closed for five days because of a sit-in
Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza: Palestinian children play on the beach at sunset Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Algiers, Algeria: A student confronts police officers during an anti-government protest Photograph: Anis Belghoul/AP

Gaza City, Gaza: A man watches from his window while a worker walks on a concrete slab at a construction site Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Namie, Japan: A dead dog in the exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant
Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Taipei, Taiwan: A young boy watches a guard of honour drill at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Photograph: Wally Santana/AP