24 hours in pictures

Paris, France: An activist from Greenpeace poses during a demonstration entitled "Petrole mob". Greenpeace members covered their bodies with chocolate to symbolize the country's dependance on oil and to protest against plans for unconventional extraction from oil-bearing sands and deep-water drilling Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Sofia, Bulgaria: A dancer from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe performs in a show called My Dream at the National Palace of Culture. The troupe was founded in 1987 and is home to 88 performers with physical disabilities and hearing and sight impairments Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images Managua, Nicaragua: Children play in a park flooded by Xolotlan Lake. Heavy downpours during the rainy season have caused flooding in several neighbourhoods Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP Jerusalem, Israel: An Arab shop owner hangs up posters for sale close to al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City after the Friday prayers Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA Paris, France: A model presents a creation by British fashion designer John Galliano, as part of the Christian Dior ready-to-wear spring/summer 2011 collection Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP Baghdad, Iraq: Alaa Yousif, 18, prepares for his wedding at his family's home Photograph: Karim Kadim/AP Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man carries a coffin through the streets. Nine months on from the earthquake which devastated parts of the city, more than a million Haitians are still homeless Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP Swat Valley, Pakistan: A young girl is pictured onboard a US military helicopter after she was evacuated from her flood-affected home near Kalam Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Paris, France: A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Martin Margiela, as part of the spring/summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection Photograph: Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Two boys play on a terrace in the Salgueiro slum. The country is due to hold general elections this week Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Amsterdam, the Netherlands: A policeman detains a female demonstrator during a rally against a new ban on squatting. The law makes it illegal to squat in empty buildings, a popular practice among students faced with a shortage of affordable housing Photograph: Koen Van Weel/AFP/Getty Images Warsaw, Poland: Japanese butoh dancer Daisuke Yoshimoto performs during the concert Osjan and Guests at the sixth Cross-Culture Warsaw Festival Photograph: Leszek Szymanski/EPA Munich, Germany: A baboon sits in its enclosure at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo Photograph: Ozlem Yilmazer/AFP/Getty Images