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24 hours in pictures

24 hours: Gaza Strip: Palestinian beekeepers work at an apiary near the Bureij camp
Gaza Strip: Palestinian beekeepers work at an apiary near the refugee camp of Bureij. A total of 450 hives produce 4,000kg of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: Poboya, Indonesia: Miners mine for gold in an illegal gold mine
Poboya, Indonesia: Miners look for gold inside a tunnel in an illegal gold mine Photograph: Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters
24 hours: Tweefontein, South Africa: AfrikaBurn festival in the the Karoo desert
Tweefontein, South Africa: Werner Strauss rides his bicycle with LED lights after arriving at the AfrikaBurn festival in the Karoo desert. The festival is based on Burning Man and sees thousands of people gathering in the desert to construct a temporary community Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA
24 hours: West Covina, California, US: A Chihuahua waits for his unemployed owner
West Covina, California, US: A chihuahua named Playboy the 5th waits in a shed for his owner Kelly Edwards, 54, who was laid off four years ago Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
24 hours: Seoul, South Korea: Subway crew help 'victims' during an exercise
Seoul, South Korea: Subway crew help 'victims' during an anti-terrorism exercise at a station Photograph: Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA
24 hours: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: Parents with their babies in paediatrics department
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: Parents with their babies at the paediatrics department wait for medical treatment in the main Bissau hospital Simao Mendes. Due to the military coup several doctors and nurses have fled the city making access to medical care difficult Photograph: Andre Kosters/EPA
24 hours: Lisbon, Portugal: A man with red carnations tucked in his jacket
Lisbon, Portugal: A man with red carnations tucked in his jacket, a symbol of the 1974 Portuguese revolution, marches to celebrate the 38th anniversary of revolution Photograph: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: Belgrade, Serbia: A Gypsy child holds a kitten in an informal settlement
Belgrade, Serbia: A Gypsy child holds a kitten in an informal settlement. Authorities are moving 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP
24 hours: Lalitpur, Nepal: People pulling the chariot of Rato Machhindranath
Lalitpur, Nepal: A devotee directs people pulling the chariot of Rato Machhindranath during the chariot festival. Rato Machhindranath is known as the god of rain, and both Hindus and Buddhists worship Machhindranath to pray for rain during the rice harvest season Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
24 hours: Cape Town, South Africa: Beachgoers walk past shark warning flags
Cape Town, South Africa: Beachgoers walk past colour-coded shark warning flags, black indicating poor visibilty, on Muizenberg beach. Muizenberg lies on the edge of False Bay, home to a large concentration of Great White sharks Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
24 hours: Duisburg, Germany: A visitor climbs down steps at a former steelworks
Duisburg, Germany: A visitor at a former steelworks which has been converted into a recreational park. The park, called the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, allows visitors to walk all over the former steelworks grounds, and is one several projects in the region that have converted former industrial facilities into cultural attractions Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
24 hours: Los Angeles: Officers arrest a man suspected of stealing girlfriend's car
Los Angeles, California, US: Officers arrest a man suspected of stealing his girlfriend's car. 29 April will mark the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
24 hours: Slavutich, Ukraine: Candles at memorial for Chernobyl 'liquidators'
Slavutich, Ukraine: Ukrainians light candles at the memorial for 'liquidators' who died during cleaning up works after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986 Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
24 hours: New York, US: A boy looks through a viewer at the Top of The Rock
New York, US: A boy looks through a viewer at the Top of The Rock in front of the The Empire State Building. One World Trade Center, being built at the site of the fallen twin towers, could surpass the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York as soon as next week Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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