24 hours in pictures

Ginowan, Japan: Police officers forcibly remove a protester at the gate of the US marine corps' Futenma air station. Protesters had blocked the gate to demonstrate against the deployment of the multi-mission, tiltrotor aircraft MV-22 Osprey Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images

Azaz village, Syria: Boys play near a refugee camp on the border with Turkey Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Jerusalem: An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man checks an etrog, a lemon-like citrus fruit, for blemishes to determine if is ritually acceptable, before buying it as one of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Braemar, Scotland: Head stalker Peter Fraser (centre), Cameron Henderson (right) and Stephen Henry view a shot red deer stag in Glen Callater on the Invercauld estate Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Cherna, Bulgaria: An oil wrestler prepares for the start of a competition. The tournament aims to revive the old tradition of oil wrestling, which is also popular in Turkey Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: Activists from Amnesty International pose during a rally in support of Pussy Riot. The Russian punk band are appealing against their two-year sentence on hooliganism charges for performing a song criticising Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Arnhem, the Netherlands: A woman walks her dog past some mushrooms in a forest Photograph: Robin Utrecht/EPA

Singapore: A child sleeps as actors from the Shuang Ming Feng Hokkien opera troupe change their costumes backstage during an outdoor performance Photograph: Tim Chong/Reuters

Hong Kong, China: A couple lights a lantern during the Chinese mid-autumn festival Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

Athens, Greece: Pedestrians are silhouetted as they walk past a graffiti-painted wall Photograph: Kostas Tsironis/AP

Isle of Mull, Scotland: A pair of European river otters fight Photograph: Danny Green/2020vision/Rex Features

Tlaxcala, Mexico: Ash and smoke spew from the Popocatepetl volcano Photograph: Guadalupe Perez/AFP/Getty Images

Tianjin, China: A woman read books at Tianjin library. Many residents spent the mid-autumn festival, which falls on Sunday, visiting free public cultural centres
Photograph: Yue Yuewei/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Fans of Flamengo cheer as riot police stand in line during their Brazilian Serie A Championship soccer match against Fluminense at João Havelange Olympic stadium Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

Kolkata, India: A group of Muslims waits by the road for transport to a religious congregation Photograph: Bikas Das/AP