24 hours in pictures

Buenos Aires, Argentina: dancers wait for the final results after competing at the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup stage finals Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Qingdao, China: police officers gesture to a driver stranded in a car on a flooded road as waves are whipped up by typhoon Bolaven Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Azaz, Syria: a man feeds his daughter while sitting in front of his damaged house on the outskirts of Aleppo Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Venice, Italy: a red pigeon takes flight at St Mark's Square. The Swiss artist Julian Charriere airbrushed some pigeons in different colours as part of a performance for the architecture Biennale Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal: a woman looks out from a window as her dog sleeps at the entrance of her home in the Pashupatinath temple Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Hongze Lake, China: a giant waterspout forms Photograph: Yue Mingyou/Rex Features

Xingu National Park, Brazil: a Yawalapiti man fishes in the Tuatuari river to feed the guests of this year's 'quarup', a ritual held over several days to honour a person of great importance who has died Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Sintra, Portugal: a dog rests at the APCA (Protection Association for Abandoned Dogs) centre. The past two years have seen an increase in the number of abandoned dogs Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Gaza Strip: a Palestinian boy stands in front of his house in the Jabaliya refugee camp Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Ahmadabad, India: an artisan gives a finishing touch to a clay idol of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha before the Ganesh festival Photograph: Ajit Solanki/AP

Tokyo, Japan: children play in a water fountain Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

Mexico City, Mexico: a large statue of Saint Jude, the Catholic saint of lost causes, stands in a metro train surrounded by commuters Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Santiago, Chile: students march with giant pencils during a protest to demand improvements in the quality of public education Photograph: Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images