24 hours in pictures

Truro, UK: Mourners adjust their black armbands as they arrive for the funeral of the army explosives expert Captain Daniel Read, who died in a blast in Musa Qaleh, Afghanistan Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fans wait for a football match to begin Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/guardian.co.uk Pristina, Kosovo: Police gather during a strike at a police compound Photograph: Hazir Reka/Reuters Photograph: Hazir Reka/guardian.co.uk New York, US: A construction worker walks through the tunnel for the new 34th Street subway station Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images Photograph: Chris McGrath/guardian.co.uk Shahi Koto, Pakistan: Residents examine a school damaged by a roadside bomb Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP Photograph: Anjum Naveed/guardian.co.uk Kabul, Afghanistan: Children walk up a steep hill Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP Photograph: Brennan Linsley/guardian.co.uk Moscow, Russia: Members of the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth group protest against the Ukrainian presidential candidate, Yulia Tymoshenko, and the president, Viktor Yushchenko, outside the Ukrainian embassy Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/guardian.co.uk Nice, France: A giant figure of Barack Obama is seen during preparations for a carnival parade Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Photograph: Eric Gaillard/guardian.co.uk New Delhi, India: A migrant labourer takes water back to his temporary dwelling after working on a construction project Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A woman looks out of a bus window Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/guardian.co.uk Nhat Tan, Vietnam: Farmers tend to peach blossom trees Photograph: Kham/Reuters Photograph: Kham/guardian.co.uk Bangkok, Thailand: A young monk plays with pigeons at Sanam Luang Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/guardian.co.uk Karbala, Iraq: Shia Muslim women attend the festival of Arbaeen Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP Photograph: Hadi Mizban/guardian.co.uk Gloucestershire, UK: A juvenile greater flamingo is fascinated by his reflection in a mirror at the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Photograph: Ben Birchall/guardian.co.uk