24 hours in pictures

Iran: People gather at the edge of a crater at the site of the Caspian Airlines plane crash Photograph: Khalil Emami/AFP/Getty Images

Karachi, Pakistan: A man collects shells on Clifton beach Photograph: Athar Hussain/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: Bread-sellers wait for customers in a market Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Shergar, Pakistan: A displaced family from Swat queue at a police and army checkpoint Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Urumqi, China: Security forces patrol the streets Photograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP

Switzerland: The construction site of the Gotthard Base tunnel Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Cape Canaveral, US: Photographers track the space shuttle Endeavour as it lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy space centre Photograph: John Raoux/AP

Oberhofen, Switzerland: A swimmer dives into lake Thun Photograph: Pascal Lauener/Reuters

Bucharest, Romania: Prison workers protest in front of the Romanian ministry of justice Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty

Busan, South Korea: Cars partially buried in soil and gravel after floodwaters swept them off a street Photograph: Yonhap/Reuters

Jerusalem, Israel: Border policemen lift an ultra-Orthodox Jew during a protest against over a woman's arrest and the opening of a car park during the Sabbath Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Lisbon, Portugal: Joggers run under a fountain Photograph: Armando Franca/AP

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Girls look out from a bus during a protest in support of the ousted Honduras president, Manuel Zelaya Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Tokyo, Japan: A magnifying glass shows individual pictures forming a mosaic image of Mona Lisa on a jigsaw puzzle at an international toy show Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters