24 hours in pictures

Camp Springs, US: Military personnel stand by as Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base
Photograph: Getty Images

Suzhou, China: Clothes hang from windows at a dormitory for workers of an electronic factory
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Beit Horon, West Bank: A Palestinian boy rests on a donkey
Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Jaslo, Poland: Railway lines after flooding
Photograph: Darel Delmanowicz/EPA

Fort Jackson, US: Pelicans covered by oil from the BP oil spill disaster sit in a pen waiting to be cleaned at a rescue centre facility
Photograph: Sean Gardner/Reuters

Chongqing, China: Local people gather at a tea fair
Photograph: AFP/Getty

Millbury, US: Darlene Sheehy collects items from her kitchen after a tornado destroyed her home
Photograph: JD Pooley/AP

Amritsar, India: Sikh pilgrims inside a special train to Pakistan where they will commemorate the Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev in Lahore
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip: Palestinian labourers build structures as part of a recreational area using sacks of sand
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty

Cape Town, South Africa: A woman stands in her home in the Blikkiesdorp township
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Cleburne, US: Flames shoot into the air after a natural gas line explosion
Photograph: Courtney Perry/AP

Roodepoort, South Africa: Shadows of the Australian team are highlighted on a fence as they arrive for a training session
Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty