24 hours in pictures

Bangkok, Thailand: a flood-affected resident uses polystyrene for a float in the outskirts of the Thai capital, where millions of residents were warned to move their belongings Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Sanaa, Yemen: military police sit by the coffins of police officers killed during recent clashes with armed followers of the tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters Dushanbe, Tajikistan: a girl in traditional attire awaits the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Zvecan, Kosovo: K-For soldiers from Morocco stand guard in front of barricades in the village of Dudin Krs Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Tripoli, Libya: men perform the Friday noon prayer outdoors in Martyrs' Square a day after the killing of Muammar Gaddafi Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP Kabul, Afghanistan: an Afghan man pushes his cart through a sandstorm Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Keenesburg, Colorado: a lion lies in a free roaming habitat as visitors watch from an elevated walkway at the Wild Animal Sanctuary Photograph: John Moore/Getty Paris, France: an inflatable sculpture is seen on a facade of the Louvre museum as part of the International Contemporary Art Fair Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Reuters Islamabad, Pakistan: raindrops rest on a flower after a downpour Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP Kourou, French Guiana: a Soyuz rocket lifts off at the European Spaceport, carrying the first two satellites of Europe's Galileo navigation satellite system into orbit Photograph: ESA/Getty Sanaa, Yemen: female protesters display their hands, painted with colours of the Libyan flag during a rally to demand the ousting of Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Reuters Jakarta, Indonesia: children play football in a slum area Photograph: Irwin Ferdiansyah/AP Kabul, Afghanistan: an Afghan shoemaker sits inside his stall waiting for customers Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Tunis, Tunisia: people walk past a wall covered with posters of political candidates on Bourguiba Avenue Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP