24 hours in pictures

Umm Al-Fahm, Israel: An undercover Israeli policeman arrests an Arab protester after clashes broke out as extreme rightwing Israelis marched through the town Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as a fruit bats, fly above the city centre Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Calcutta, India: Members of the opposition Bharatiya Janata party burn an effigy of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, Omar Abdullah, during a protest Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Raddoluwa, Sri Lanka: A mother cries near a photograph of her missing son at a memorial wall during an annual commemoration ceremony. In the late 1980s, as many as 60,000 Sri Lankan citizens disappeared in a wave of politically motivated abductions, torture, and killings Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Afghan policemen during a training session with US military police Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Catania, Italy: Would-be immigrants look out of a window from a fishing ship as they arrive at a harbour in Sicily Photograph: Antonio Parrinello/Reuters

Tel Aviv, Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Tel Aviv university Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Leishmaniasis patients wait outside the clinic to be treated at a free specialised clinic supported by the World Health Organisation Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Kinarrejo, Indonesia: Volunteers carry the bodies of villagers who died after Mount Merapi erupted Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Bucharest, Romania: Trade union members march towards parliament in a demonstration against austerity measures taken by the government Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A child helps a blind man walk through the street where an abandoned helicopter sits at a camp set up for earthquake victims Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Mexico City, Mexico: A soldier works with a dog holding a gun in his mouth during a demonstration for the press at a military base Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP