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24 hours in pictures

24 hours in pictures: 13th European Balloon Festival
Barcelona, Spain: View of the inside of a hot air balloon during the 13th European balloon festival, at Igualada Photograph: Susi Saez/EPA
24 hours in pictures: Pashtun woman
Baghlan province, Afghanistan: A displaced Pashtun woman covers her face during a meeting near the village of Kafta Khana. Hundreds of Pashtuns were forced by local Tajiks to leave their villages Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP
24 hours in pictures: A supporter of Honduras' ousted President
Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A supporter of the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, walks along a wall Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: An internally displaced girl
Swabi, Pakistan: A girl holds her sibling while taking shelter at the Yar Hussain camp. Pakistan will start bringing home people displaced by fighting from next week Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: Obama to Ghana
Accra, Ghana: A vendor folds T-shirts commemorating Barack Obama's planned visit to Ghana. Obama was due to arrive in Ghana today on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
24 hours in pictures: Chinese army troops do their morning exercise
Urumqi, China: Troops do their morning exercise on the main square. The anger of weekend riots has given way to cold bitterness on both sides of the ethnic divide in Xinjiang province Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
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Cologne, Germany: Nadua, a golden-bellied capuchin monkey, scratches his head at the zoo Photograph: Clemens Bilan/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Iraq boys
Sadr City, Iraq: People peer through a window to watch boys being circumcised. Some 200 boys were circumcised for free by medics at the Zahraa mosque, paid for through donations to the mosque during the past year Photograph: Ahmad Al-rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Masks cover the eyes of newly-born babies
Manila, Philippines: Masks cover the eyes of newborn babies afflicted with jaundice at a government-run maternity hospital. The Philippine congress has been debating a reproductive health bill that would promote family planning and provide health services to poor families Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: Guano collecting
Trujillo, Peru: Workers fill sacks with guano at Macabi island. Guano is an organic fertiliser once found in abundance on more than 20 islands off the Peruvian coastline, where the dry climate preserves the droppings of seabirds. Extraction has resumed after a 10-year break, with the bird population having climbed from 3.2 million to 4 million in the last two years – compared to 60 million in the first years of the guano rush in the 19th century Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Bull running
Pamplona, Spain: A participant runs ahead of a Jandilla fighting bull named Capuchino, on the fourth bull run of the San Fermin festival Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Festival in Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba: Dancers perform during the annual Caribbean festival. The event features religious ceremonies, street shows, concerts, conferences and art exhibits Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP
24 hours in pictures: G8 summit
Rome, Italy: People near the Pantheon await the arrival of Michelle Obama and her daughters, Sasha and Malia, on a visit to Rome's oldest large-scale dome Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Bengal tiger
Vallejo, California: Odin, a white Bengal tiger, dives for a piece of meat at the opening of the Odin's Temple of the Tiger exhibit at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Photograph: Russel A Daniels/AP
24 hours in pictures: Sri Lankan fishermen
Koggala, Sri Lanka: Stick fishermen perch on stilts fixed to the ocean floor Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP
24 hours in pictures: Palestinians release balloons
Beit Jala, West Bank: Palestinians release balloons during a protest against the Israeli barrier. It is the fifth anniversary of a ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague that Israel's construction of the barrier in the occupied West Bank was illegal Photograph: Nayef Hashlamoun/Reuters
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