24 hours in pictures

Hawara, West Bank: A Palestinian man tries to put out a fire started by Jewish settlers to Palestinian fields Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: A pelican rests in the sunshine in St James's Park Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Tel Aviv, Israel: Schoolchildren play wounded as part of a Home Front Command national exercise in a school. The exercise is intended to raise the public's preparedness for possible missile attacks on the country Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: Groom Ayman Muhammad dances with his bride Mona as they take a midnight boat trip on the Nile River Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images

Rafah, Gaza: Palestinian children look out of the window of their damaged house Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: A woman takes a nap in a shop in the Chinatown area Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Yokohama, Japan: A man watches a display by Blue Impulse - the Japan Air Self Defense Force aerial demonstration team - during celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP

Munich, Germany: Visitors in traditional Bavarian clothes listen to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a beer festival tent in Unterschleissheim Photograph: Christof Stache/AP

Newton Aycliffe, UK: A sculpture by artist Joseph Hillier entitled In Our Image is prepared to be lifted into its final position Photograph: John Giles/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Children sit on iron bars at a construction site Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: A man works at a plant factory at Ozu Corporation. Vegetables produced in the plant factories have completely controlled lighting, temperature, humidity and water, that enables the growth of safe foods and guarantees stable production throughout the year with stable quality Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty Images

Budapest, Hungary: A traditional Hungarian horseman performs in the historic Heroes Square Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Swabi, Pakistan: Displaced people wash themselves in a canal at the Chota Lahore refugee camp Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Brighton, UK: A sunbather enjoys the sea Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Jammu, India: A wildlife worker at Manda Park bathes a two-month-old leopard cub on a hot summer's day Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Manila, Philippines: Residents of Makati city attempt to fend off a demolition team trying to evict them from government housing to make way for redevelopment projects Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: Men strike a pose during a national bodybuilding competition at a cinema hall Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

Hanoi, Vietnam: A summer dance class at the Children Palace Photograph: Chitose Suzuki/AP

Zvornik, Bosnia: Hajrija Delic, a Bosnian Muslim woman, is comforted as she cries over the coffins of her two sons during a mass funeral in the village of Memici Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Mogadishu, Somalia: Somali government soldiers engage in a shootout with with al-Shabab militants Photograph: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images

Mugu, Nepal: The village of Sawa Khol Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

San Sebastian, Spain: A couple enjoy the sunset at La Zurriola beach Photograph: Javier Etxezarreta/EPA