24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: Muddy clothes hang from a truck damaged by floods Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Ein Gedi, Israel: People smear themselves and each other with mud from the Dead Sea Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

London, UK: People rest in a square near the Olympic Park Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Figueres, Spain: Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire near the village of Llers Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

Aurora, Colorado: A relative of one of the victims of last week's cinema shootings writes a message on a cross Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Beijing, China: A child plays outside his flood-hit house Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Kiev, Ukraine: A cashier who sells tickets to a public toilet awaits clients Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

London, UK: The French boxer Tony Yoka arrives at St Pancras station Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Klampenborg, Denmark: The World Santa Claus Congress Photograph: Frandsen Finn/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Muslim men wait for the time to break fast at Istiqlal mosque Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

Leon, Nicaragua: Tourists scale the Cerro Negro volcano to surf down its slopes of ash Photograph: Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: Boys listen to a teacher reading the Qur'an Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Hong Kong: Passengers sleep on an airport floor after typhoon Vicente stranded flights Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP