24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: A child uses a mobile phone to photograph a man dressed as a Chinese emperor during a dragon boat festival held at the Longtan park. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Eagar, Arizona, US: A firefighter rests in a schoolfield after battling the Wallow fire. The 225 square-mile blaze has grown into the third-largest in Arizona's history. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP

Goerwangs, Bavaria, Germany: Storm clouds over the St Alban chapel in the Alpine foothills.
Photograph: Karl Josef Hildenbrand/EPA

Hong Kong, China: An aircraft takes off from Hong Kong international airport. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP

Ollantaytambo, Peru: Quechua indigenous women stand in line to vote in the presidential runoff election between Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, and Ollanta Humala. Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Johannesburg, South Africa: Two twins cover themselves with fallen winter leaves at the Emmerencia Park. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Bangkok, Thailand: Pakistani refugees, members of the Ahmadiyya, an Islamic minority sect, pray as they leave a detention centre on a bus. They were released on bail as they await the results of resettlement applications. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Peshawar, Pakistan: Mourners carry the coffin of a suicide bomb victim after an attack in the garrison town of Nowshera. Photograph: Hasham Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images

San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina: A car is completely covered in volcanic ash after the Puyehue volcano, which had lain dormant for decades, erupted in central Chile on Saturday. Photograph: Alfredo Leiva/AP

Dallas, Texas, US: A fan with pictures of Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry painted on his head before Game 3 of the NBA Finals basketball game. Photograph: David J. Phillip/AP

Ramallah, West Bank: Palestinians try to prevent an Israeli Defence Force water cannon from moving during clashes at the Kalandia refugee camp. Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan man sleeps on a grave at a cemetery. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

St Gallen, Switzerland: A rider jumps at the Longines Grand Prix of Switzerland during the CSIO Show. Photograph: Ennio Leanza/AP/Keystone

Zagreb, Croatia: A drum is left on the tarmac after the orchestra fled heavy rain before the farewell ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI at the airport. Photograph: Sasa Zinaja/EPA