24 hours in pictures

A selection of the best images from around the world

  • St. Petersburg, Russia: Rotated image of the silhouette of a pedestrian passing the main admiralty building, reflected in a puddle
    24 hours: St. Petersburg, Russia: Rotated image of the silhouette of a pedestrian

  • Thimphu, Bhutan: Novice monks at the Dechen Phrodrang Buddhist monastery look down from a hilltop
    24 hours: Thimphu, Bhutan: Novice monks at the Dechen Phrodrang Buddhist monastery

  • Chonburi, Thailand: A water buffalo before the start of the annual buffalo racing festival
    24 hours: Chonburi, Thailand: A water buffalo before the start of the buffalo race

  • Washington, DC, US: Two protesters play videogames during anti-corporate demonstrations at the Freedom Plaza
    24 hours: Washington, DC, USA: Two protesters play video games

  • Monrovia, Liberia: Election officials count ballots after the close of voting in the country's presidential elections
    24 hours: Monrovia, Liberia: Election officials count ballots after voting

  • Nice, France: A man holds a flare during a national day of protest against deficit-cutting measures
    24 hours: Nice, France: A man holds a flare during a national day of protest

  • Sanaa, Yemen: An anti-government protester with his face painted in the colours of Yemen's national flag shouts slogans during a rally to demand the ousting of the president, Ali Abdullah Saleh
    24 hours: Sanaa, Yemen: An anti-government protester with his face painted

  • Karachi, Pakistan: A homeless man rests at the side of a road
    24 hours: Karachi, Pakistan: A Pakistani homeless man rests on on a road

  • Manzanillo, Mexico: A boy takes shelter from the rain in front of a store before Hurricane Jova makes landfall
    24 hours: Manzanillo, Mexico: A boy takes shelter from the rain in front of a store

  • Ayutthaya province, Thailand: A Thai resident paddles his boat past the submerged ancient temple of Wat Chaiwatthanaram, one of the most imposing ancient Buddhist monasteries in the Unesco world heritage historical park
    24 hours: Ayutthaya province, Thailand: A Thai resident paddles his boat

  • Bnei Brak, Israel: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man inspects an etrog (citron), one of four plants species to be used during the celebration of Sukkot, the Feast of the Tabernacles
    24 hours: Bnei brak, Israel: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man inspects an etrog (citron)

  • Bucharest, Romania: A photographer takes a picture inside the Holocaust memorial monument
    24 hours: Bucharest, Romania: A photographer inside the Memorial monument

  • Berlin, Germany: The illuminated Berlin Dome, one day ahead of the official start of the seventh Festival of Lights
    24 hours: Berlin, Germany: The Berlin Dome before the Festival of Lights begins
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