24 hours in pictures

Seville, Spain: A bull is seen during a bullfight in the Maestranza bullring
Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters

Jiegu, China: Tibetan monks walk in a sandstorm as they attend a mass prayer for earthquake victims
Photograph: Kevin Zhao/Reuters

Denver, USA: A performer on a unicycle successfully tosses four bowls off her foot onto her head during the halftime entertainment at a basketball game
Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters

Iceland: The path of a plane is seen over the top of an erupting volcano near Eyjafjallajokull
Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Bureij, Gaza: Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay: Maka natives get ready for the festivities marking American indigenous people day
Photograph: Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images

Oklahoma City, USA: Boy Scouts line up to mark the 15th anniversary of the Murrah federal building's bombing
Photograph: Brett Deering/Getty Images

Beijing, China: Air passengers wait to get on a bus heading towards a hotel after their flight was cancelled
Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Tel Aviv, Israel: A young girl cries as fireworks go off on Independence Day
Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Washington DC, USA: A man stands next to a sign at a pro-gun rally
Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Singapore: A stranded passenger takes a nap while waiting for the next available flight out of Changi international airport
Photograph: Sam Kang Li/AP

New York, USA: A girl warms up before auditioning for the School of American Ballet
Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

Yushu County, China: Nurses deliver a baby at a makeshift shelter in the aftermath of the earthquake in Qinghai province
Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features

Los Angeles, USA: Anti-war protesters greet Marine One as President Barack Obama arrives to speak at a fundraiser
Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images