24 hours in pictures

Janoudia, Syria: a family rests around a fire as they wait to be helped by rebels of the Free Syrian Army to cross the border with Turkey Photograph: Giorgos Moutafis/AFP/Getty Images

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: an artwork entitled Triple Tube by the German artist Hans Lotter is displayed at the Design Days Dubai exhibition Photograph: Ali Haider/EPA

Cairo, Egypt: Christian Copts push to enter Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral where tens of thousands bid farewell to Pope Shenuda III Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: a woman dressed as a Kung Fu Panda looks at a piano as she promotes a business event in the lobby of a hotel Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Paris, France: mourners pay tribute to the Oscar-winning French filmmaker, novelist and war correspondent Pierre Schoendoerffer after his funeral at Les Invalides Photograph: Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images

Burma: a child plays on the road near the bank of the Rangoon river Photograph: Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: a woman takes part in a carnival parade Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images

Athens, Greece: police chase Panathinaikos fans before a Greek Super League football match against arch rivals Olympiakos Photograph: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters

San Francisco, US: the annual Brides of March parade Photograph: Jana Asenbrennerova/Reuters

Olkerin Manyatta, Kenya: young Maasai men, with their legs traditionally decorated, participate in a traditional coming-of-age ceremony Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Gaza City, Gaza: a Palestinian woman holds an image of her son at a protest calling for the release of prisoners being held in Israeli jails Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Gueterfelde, Germany: a female toad carrying her male partner tries to escape from a bucket at the side of a road. Volunteers from the Nabu wildlife protection group collect toads migrating to spawn in a nearby lake in order to save them from the passing cars on a road that lies along the migration route Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Makassar, Indonesia: student protesters demonstrate during a rally against the government's plan to raise fuel prices Photograph: Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters

Beijing, China: a man spits water on to the street from the doorway of his house Photograph: David Gray/Reuters