24 hours in pictures

Yushu, China: People search for their belongings amid the debris of destroyed buildings after the earthquake in China
Photograph: China Dail/Reuters

Jakarta, Indonesia: Demonstrators protect themselves with shields they seized from the city's public order force during clashes which broke out over the demolition of a cemetery
Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty

Afghanistan: A farmer answers questions from an interpreter for the US Marines
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty

Bangkok, Thailand: Anti-government protesters walk towards a rally site
Photograph: Julian Abram Wainwright/EPA

Haridwar, India: Ash-smeared Hindu holy men walk in a procession to the river Ganges during the main Royal Bath at the Kumbh Mela festival
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Havana, Cuba: A dancer inserts a fork into his nose during the filming of a music video
Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters

Berlin, Germany: A young recruit of the Bundeswehr guard of honour tries on a protection mask at the Julius Leber barracks
Photograph: Carsten Koall/Getty Images

Kuwait: A football fan protecting himself from the rain with a small table during the al-Arabi vs al-lQadsiya at the semifinal of the crown Prince Cup
Photograph: Raed Qutena/EPA

Rafah, Gaza Strip: A smuggler goes into a tunnel
Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty

Butte, US: Snow falls on West Broadway Street
Photograph: Walter Hinick/AP

Johannesburg, South Africa: People camp outside the ticketing centre in Sandton as they wait to buy their tickets for the Fifa 2010 football World Cup
Photograph: Peter Andrews/Reuters

New York: Dancers with Ailey II perform a scene from "Echoes" during a dress rehearsal at the Joyce Theatre
Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty