24 hours in pictures

Paris, France: Rachida Dati looks at Nicolas Sarkozy's wax statue at the Grevin wax museum Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty

Kolkata, India: Slum and street dwellers wait for food at a distribution centre of the Missionaries of Charity Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Tikal, Guatemala: A Mayan priest and a woman participate in a ceremony outside the temple of the Great Jaguar Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA

Cali, Colombia: A model backstage before taking to the catwalk on the first day of the Cali Exposhow fashion show Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images

Greenwich, London: Competitors at the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Hergolding, Germany: A dairy cow sticks out its tongue in a cowshed Photograph: Michael Dalder/Reuters

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A man on a stretcher waiting for a car to transfer him to another hospital Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: UN peacekeepers attend a memorial honouring soldiers who died in a plane crash Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Ramallah, West Bank: A worker takes a break at an olive oil facility Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A girl exerts all her force to collect water from a tube well Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Taytay, Philippines: A woman sleeps with her cat inside an evacuation centre for victims of floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana Photograph: John Javellana/Reuters

Germany: People walk through the snow close to Lake Spitzingsee Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters

Shanghai, China: Schoolchildren perform morning exercises Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

Langhirano, Italy: A worker checks a room where Parma hams are hung to dry Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters