24 hours in pictures

Kalitengah, Indonesia: Soldiers and rescue workers search for victims of the Mount Merapi volcanic eruption Photograph: Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters

Cancún, Mexico: A child reaches out as birds fly over him on the beach Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Paris: Greenpeace activists block the French Fishing and Agriculture Ministry during a protest against the country's position on the fishing of bluefin tuna Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

Sangin, Afghanistan: US marines talk to a local man while on patrol Photograph: Dusan Vranic/AP

Porto, Portugal: The Foz do Douro lighthouse is battered by waves from the Atlantic Photograph: Estela Silva/EPA

Dresden, Germany: Clouds hang over the historical centre of the city Photograph: Robert Michael/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: New Afghan police recruits practise shooting at a firing range Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Madrid: People wearing traditional dress walk past a woman begging as they head towards the Plaza Mayor to mark Saint Almudena day, the patron saint of the city Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Sana'a, Yemen: A man tries on a hat on at a market Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Archaie, Haiti: A woman suffering from cholera symptoms is checked by a Cuban doctor Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A man attempts to subdue his newly-purchased bull at a livestock market Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon: Smoke rises from a burning warehouse Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/EPA