24 hours in pictures

Athens: Demonstrators shout slogans against the government's austerity measures Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Photograph: Aris Messinis/guardian.co.uk Katmandu, Nepal: Supporters of the Nepal Communist Party Maoist movement take part in martial arts training Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP Photograph: Binod Joshi/guardian.co.uk Bangkok, Thailand: Soldiers form a line behind razor wire as they face anti-government red shirt protesters Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/guardian.co.uk Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Soldiers watch paratroopers during the military exercise Thracian Spring 2010 Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA Photograph: Vassil Donev/guardian.co.uk Acton Trussell, UK: Rapeseed in a Staffordshire field begins to bloom in the fair weather Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Christopher Furlong/guardian.co.uk Washington, US: Demonstrators from Code Pink for Peace hold photographs of Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/guardian.co.uk Shanghai, China: People are dwarfed by a huge animated baby mannequin displayed inside the Spanish pavilion Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Photograph: Philippe Lopez/guardian.co.uk Kabul, Afghanistan: Marziya, an internally displaced girl looks out from a mesh window of a shanty dwelling in a refugee camp Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP Photograph: Dar Yasin/guardian.co.uk New Delhi, India: A waste sorter sleeps on a bag of paper and rubber that will later be sold for recycling Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP Photograph: Saurabh Das/guardian.co.uk Los Angeles, US: Hundreds of citizens without medical insurance get free dental care from volunteer dentists at the Remote Area Medical clinic inside the Los Angeles Sports Arena Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/guardian.co.uk Caernarfon, UK: Queen Elizabeth sits in the carriage of a steam train Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Photograph: Chris Jackson/guardian.co.uk Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico: A soldier stands guard next to people kidnapped by drug hitmen Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters Photograph: Tomas Bravo/guardian.co.uk Cape Town, South Africa: A pregnant praying mantis climbs through Fynbos flowers Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Photograph: Nic Bothma/guardian.co.uk