24 hours in pictures

Leogane, Haiti: A woman waits with her belongings in a flooded camp for people displaced by the January earthquake. The flooding has been caused by hurricane Tomas Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Kathmandu, Nepal: A cow looks on while Nepalese devotees offer fruits, vegetables and tika red colouring during a Gai Puja cow worship day as part of the Tihar festival Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

Swiebodzin, Poland: A crane lifts the arms of what will be the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP

Oakland, USA: A demonstrator breaks a storefront window with a bike during street protest in reaction to the sentencing of Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle . Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant in January 2009 and was sentenced to two years imprisonment Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Leicester, England: A girl sprays bubbles during Diwali celebrations Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: One of a pair of recently born twin pandas rests in an incubator Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

San Diego, US: A girl points at a sea turtle in the aquarium at SeaWorld Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA

Peshawar, Pakistan: The body of a victim, killed in a suicide bomb attack inside a mosque in Darra Adam Khel, lies waiting to be identified in the morgue of the Lady Reading hospital Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Dannenberg, Germany: An illuminated cross representing anti-nuclear protest is seen from the top of a tent where activists are holding a plenum Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

Central Java, Indonesia: The erupting Mount Merapi volcano spews out hot gas, ash and debris Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Palestinian residents of the mostly Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, currently under threat of eviction from their house, pose with a banner while taking part in a weekly demonstration Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

Rome, Italy: Pope Benedict XVI is pictured through a window aboard his plane as it leaves for his pastoral visit to Spain from Fiumicino airport Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: Servicemen in historical uniforms perform parade training in Red Square Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

Paris, France: Timothy Morehouse of the US competes with Bulgaria's Dmitri Lapkes during their fencing world championship men's saber qualifying fight at the Grand Palais in Paris Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP

Mumbai, India: Barack and Michelle Obama view the 26/11 memorial to Mumbai attack victims at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP