24 hours pictures

Qubo Saeed Khan, Pakistan: Flood victims are evacuated at night by a Pakistani army helicopter Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Members of the media watch a navy diver perform a mine removal exercise Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Parana Valley, Brazil: Pilots fly during the 2010 Super Race Brasil-Brasilia hang-gliding championship Photograph: Eraldo Peres/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Children play on a climbing frame at a school Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem: An orthodox nun holds a candle during a procession along the Via Dolorosa Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal: A woman gives cow's milk to a child during Gai Jatra, an annual cow festival Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

Greenland: A ship melts an iceberg by spraying it with seawater near the Stena Forth oil drilling ship Photograph: Will Rose/Greenpeace/ Reuters

Havana, Cuba: A woman wears hair curlers made from pipes and cables on a street Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Gotemba, Japan: Tracer bullets ricochet on their targets as Japanese ground self-defence force armoured tanks fire their machine guns during night exercises Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters

Anaheim, California, USA: Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia practices hitting baseball balls Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Yichun, China: Rescuers check the wreckage of a passenger plane in Heilongjiang province Photograph: Reuters

San Bartolomé Milpas Altas, Guatemala: People protect themselves from fireworks during Saint Bartolomé Day celebrations Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany: A farmer pours fresh milk into a tank at his alpine dairy Photograph: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon: Prayer beads with prophet Muhammad's name hanging on the mirror of a car that was damaged during street battles between the Shiite Hezbollah group and a Sunni faction Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP