24 hours in pictures – gallery

Bangkok, Thailand: A small Buddha statue, intended to bring good luck, sits on the dashboard of a taxi as rain falls Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

Katmandu, Nepal: Paramedics carry an injured person, who was allegedly beaten by police for not obeying orders, near Nepal's Constitutional Assembly building Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Malaga, Spain: Spectators watch as soldiers from the Marine infantry brigade simulate an assault on La Malagueta beach on the eve of celebrations to mark Spanish Armed Forces Day Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Lisbon, Portugal: Demonstrators play drums during a protest against politicians, bankers and the authorities' handling of the economic crisis Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Riga, Latvia: A father and daughter participate in a parade along the River Daugava Photograph: Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images

Sidoarjo, Indonesia: Residents work in the ruins of properties destroyed by the Sidoarjo mudflow Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Beijing, China: A boy rides tows his grandparents in a bike trailer on the outskirts of the city Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Medellin, Colombia: Women clean paints and dyes from their hands during the International Day of Action for Women's Health Photograph: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia: Singer Cody Simpson performs at a shopping centre as fans do their best to push closer to him Photograph: Don Arnold/Getty Images

Misrata, Libya: A volunteer removes rust from a gun belonging to a rebel fighter Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

El Saman, Egypt: A woman carries a food bowl on her head in a village in sight of the Great Pyramid of Cheops Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Visegrad, Bosnia: Bosnian Muslim women prepare to throw roses from the Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic bridge to commemorate the deaths of relatives killed by Bosnian Serb forces in 1992 Photograph: Elvis Barukcic/AFP/Getty Images

Abyei, Sudan: Dinka Ngok civilians internally displaced by a recent military offensive by the northern Sudan armed forces , are airlifted to safety by the UN Photograph: Stuart Price/UNMIS/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: A bird seller waits for customers at his shop Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP

Mexico City, Mexico: People walk past a sculpture by the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington outside the Bellas Artes palace Photograph: Miguel Tovar/AP