24 hours in pictures

A fisherman is silhouetted as the Rachel Corrie aid ship enters the port of Ashdod after being intercepted by the Israeli navy
Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

A woman conducts dancers during the traditional three-day Trachtenfest event in Schwyz, Switzerland
Photograph: Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters

People salute at the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, during the commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the D-day allied landings on the beaches of Normandy
Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

Israeli soldiers detain an activist during a demonstration in the West Bank town of Beit Omar
Photograph: Abed al Hashlamoun/EPA

A man hangs washed clothes to dry at the Dhobi Ghat open air laundry in Mumbai, India
Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Thousands of people chant slogans against Israel in Caglayan Square in Istanbul, Turkey
Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

People dressed in traditional costume ride a horse during a pagan feast in Kopachev, Ukraine
Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

A girl makes her way home after working in the fields in Panjwayi, Afghanistan
Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

A Palestinian demonstrator kicks away a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in Iraq Burin in the West Bank, against the expansion of Jewish settlements
Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images

An employee of Rosenwach Tank Co works to dismantle an old rooftop water tank in Queens, New York, before building a replacement
Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Twins eat sweets in the local parish hall after taking their first holy communion in St Mary's Roman Catholic church in Cushendall, Northern Ireland
Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Houses in Boldva, Hungary, are surrounded by floodwater after torrential rains caused the river Bodva to burst its banks
Photograph: Sandor H. Szabo/EPA