24 hours in pictures

Saadnayel, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon: an elderly Syrian woman carries her two-year-old grandson Mohammed, who was born on the day of the outbreak of the Syrian revolution Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: labourers rest in front of closed shops during a day's strike at a wholesale market Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

London, UK: a visitor takes a picture of the Hampden Portrait of Elizabeth I, attributed to Steven van Herwijk or Steven van der Meulen, on display at the Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars exhibition, at the V&A Museum Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Felda Sahabat, Malaysia: a soldier on guard during the departure of Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak Photograph: Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: a model presents a creation by Italian designer Giambattista Valli during fashion week Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Chester, UK: a keeper holds an amethyst starling during the annual bird health check at Chester Zoo Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Bhopal, India: a student of Anand Vihar College takes part in an inter-college bridal show competition Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA

Profondeville, Wallonia: a man checks what will be the first ETCS (European train control system) line in Belgium Photograph: Bruno Fahy/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: Paris Saint-Germain's English midfielder, David Beckham, warms up before the Uefa Champions League match against Valencia, at the Parc-des-Princes stadium Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Vatican City, Italy: cardinals attend a vespers service in St Peter's Basilica Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Birmingham, UK: a dog is pulled along by its owner on the first day of Crufts 2013 at the NEC Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Fuzhou, China: girls practice for the provincial acrobat troupe in the town's training hall Photograph: Feature China/Barcroft Media

Cirebon, Indonesia: dried snakes are stocked in a plastic bag at a snake slaughterhouse in a village for export to China Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

Caracas, Venezuela: a picture released by the presidential palace shows an aerial view of the funeral cortege of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez on its way to the Military Academy Photograph: Francisco Batista/AFP/Getty Images

Manila, Phillipines: US servicemen on board the USS Blue Ridge, flagship of the US Seventh Fleet as it arrives at the port Photograph: Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: hostesses chat on a landing at the Great Hall of the People where delegates of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are meeting Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Bangkok, Thailand:a chimpanzee receives a banana from a visitor at a private zoo Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA