24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: Women walk against the wind during a sandstorm
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Bratislava, Slovakia: Two dogs confront each other during the Danube international dogs exhibition
Photograph: Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: A humanoid robot named I-Fairy acts as a witness at a wedding ceremony
Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Beijing, China: A man smokes a cigarette while riding his bike in a hutong
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Budapest, Hungary: Star Wars fans enact a scene from the film during celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back
Photograph: Karoly Arvai/Reuters

Amritsar, India: Candidates at an army recruitment event take part in a physical fitness test
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Ashkelon, Israel: Police remove an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man protesting against the removal of ancient tombs
Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

General Santos City, Philippines: The boxer and new congressman-elect Manny Pacquiao arrives at a shopping centre for a victory party, which coincides with his mother's birthday
Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A slaughterhouse worker pushes a wheelbarrow full of pigs at La Saline market
Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Anti-government redshirt protesters create a burning barricade to stop army soldiers from advancing
Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Buras, Louisiana: A brown pelican is cleaned of oil at the Fort Jackson wildlife rehabilitation centre
Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: An amputee passes through a covered narrow alley in the old part of the city
Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP