24 hours in pictures

Yukon, Canada: Goats rest on a vintage truck at Caribou Crossing Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters

Ashkelon, Israel: Firefighters prepare to rappel from a building during a drill with soldiers from the Home Front Command Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Jenin, West Bank: A man pulls on the bridle of his horse at an amusement park Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Washington DC, USA: A waiter carries desserts past balloons for attendees at the first children's state dinner, hosted by Michelle Obama in the East Room at the White House Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters

Kochi, India: A man dressed as a Hindu goddess prepares for a performance at the start of the Onam harvest festival Photograph: Sivaram V/Reuters

Rangoon, Burma: A corn vendor waits for customers in a street Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

Tabuyo del Mont, Spain: Firefighters work at the scene of a wildfire Photograph: Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images

Acre, Israel: Children have their picture taken with a pet snake at an amusement park Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Granada, Nicaragua: Two girls carry a Winnie the Pooh pinata Photograph: Estbean Felix/AP

Utting, Germany: A boy jumps from the diving platform of the lido at Lake Ammersee Photograph: Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: Boys sit at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Kansas, USA: A blade of grass and drops of dew on a spider's web Photograph: Tom Dorsey/AP

Kunar, Afghanistan: Lt David McCurdy prepares to launch a Puma Dorin plane Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Gelsenkirchen, Germany: A newborn orangutan clings to its mother Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Lhasa, China's Tibet: Buddhist monks in the courtyard of the Sera monastery Photograph: Hong Wu/Getty Images