24 hours in pictures

Jakarta, Indonesia: Police are deployed during elections Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty

Sofia, Bulgaria: Workers at the Kremikovtzi steelmaker stage a protest over unpaid salaries Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Zhezkazgan, Kazakstan: Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke is carried to the medical tent after returning from six months on the international space station Photograph: Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images

Dover air force base, US: The transfer case containing the remains of Army Specialist Israel Candelaria Mejias, of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, who died in Iraq Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Residents walk past clouds of smoke from the burning Foxcom manufacturing plant Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Jerusalem, Israel: A worker paints the door of the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, on Mount Zion Photograph: Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty

Chisinau, Moldova: A woman surveys the damage to an office in the parliament building, which was raided by protesters Photograph: John Mcconnico/AP

London, UK: A jay gathers twigs in Downing Street Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: A man reads information on a electronic screen at a brokerage house Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Carlsbad, US: Workers pick ranunculi flowers in a field Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: A supporter of the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra pulls a red handkerchief over his face as he takes a rest near a mass demonstration Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Algeciras, Spain: Penitents are seen during the Christ of Medinaceli procession Photograph: A Carrasco Ragel/EPA

New Delhi, India: Schoolchildren gather to mark World Health Day Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Jerusalem, Israel: An Orthodox Jewish girl watches as people burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP