24 hours in pictures

Kiev, Ukraine: Women cry as they stand in front of a monument on the the 21st anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters Photograph: Gleb Garanich/guardian.co.uk Marjah, Afghanistan: US marines are seen during a heavy gun battle in Helmand province as part of the anti-Taliban Operation Moshtarak offensive Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/guardian.co.uk Karachi, Pakistan: A lawyer shouts towards journalists covering a rally in support of the Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari, outside the Karachi Bar Association Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/guardian.co.uk Istanbul, Turkey: Kurdish demonstrators throw petrol bombs at police on the 11th anniversary of the capture of the Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Bulent Kilic/guardian.co.uk Beijing, China: A perfomer pulls a tricycle loaded with five people with his lower eyelids during a performance at the Lianhuachi Temple to mark the Chinese new year Photograph: Christina Hu/Reuters Photograph: Christina Hu/guardian.co.uk Jerusalem: A woman looks through a fence at the men's section of the Western Wall Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/guardian.co.uk Berlin, Germany: Rhys Ifans poses on the red carpet before the screening of Greenberg at the Berlin International film festival Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man stands on a flooded and devastated street Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/guardian.co.uk Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Teenagers hug after a mass for students killed by gunmen in a raid on a party in January Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/guardian.co.uk Majdal Shams: Druze residents of the Golan Heights are seen through a picture of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, during a demonstration against Israeli occupation Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Menahem Kahana/guardian.co.uk Tel Aviv, Israel: A man walks on the Mediterranean coast Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP Photograph: Ariel Schalit/guardian.co.uk Astronaut Robert Behnken, from the space shuttle Endeavour, works outside the International Space Station Photograph: NASA/Reuters Photograph: NASA/guardian.co.uk