24 hours in pictures

Sirte, Libya: An opposition sniper scans the streets below for pro-Gaddafi forces Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Beni Brak, Israel: An ultra-Orthodox Jew prepares to slaughter a chicken as part of the Kaparot ritual Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Cape Town, South Africa: Desmond Tutu dances during the launch of his biography timed to coincide with his 80th birthday Photograph: Michelly Rall/Getty Images

Tumaco, Colombia: A sawmill worker clears woodchips and sawdust from machinery Photograph: Jan Sochor/CON/Getty Images

Washington DC: A demonstration inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Navotas City, Philippines: A boy cooks for his family on a basketball court converted into an evacuation centre for people displaced by the season's typhoons Photograph: John Javellana/Reuters

Amritsar, India: A man dresses as the demon king Ravana during Dussehra festivities Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Beersheva, Israel: Bedouin Arab women take part in a protest against a plan to relocate Bedouin living in the Negev desert Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Bucharest, Romania: Women with carnations in their mouths take part in a Slut Walk protest Photograph: Andrei Pungovschi/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: Visitors walk past an exhibit at the International Dolls Salon Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images

Krasnoyarsk, Russia: A pair of great grey owls survey the scene at Royev Ruchey zoo Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

London, UK: A rainbow falls over the the city Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images