24 hours in pictures

Klaten, Indonesia: Villagers flee as Mount Merapi erupts, sending a plume of ash and smoke into the air Photograph: Mohamad Ali/EPA Moscow, Russia: A man feeds a squirrel in a park Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images Kabul, Afghanistan: Children play around a bonfire in the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP Innsbruck, Austria: A wooden cross is illuminated at dusk Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters Mumbai, India: Firemen take part in a laughter therapy session Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images Vatican City: Ballons fly over St Peter's Basilica as Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead an audience with youths from the Italian Azione Cattolica movement Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images Islamabad, Pakistan: A woman hangs her laundry in a field Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP St Marc, Haiti: A cholera patient is carried into a hospital Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Gaza City, Gaza: People throw confetti during a mass wedding ceremony Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP Marikina, Philippines: Men paint a tomb at a public cemetery as they prepare for All Saints Day Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Police stand guard outside a home with a bloodstained doorstep in the Salgueiro slum Photograph: Jorge Saenz/AP Linden, US: United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Francisco R Jackson's son, Giovanni Jackson salutes during his father's burial. Jackson was killed in Afghanistan Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty Images Berlin, Germany: A fallen leaf floats on the water of the Schlachtensee Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images