24 hours in pictures

Jenin, Palestine: A Palestinian flag flutters behind a villager as he rides his camel through the West Bank
Photograph: Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images

Delaware, US: Airmen unload the bodies of Private First Class Gunnar R Hotchkin, Specialist Joseph D Johnson and Captain Michael P Cassidy at Dover Air Force Base
Photograph: Steve Ruark/AP

Stockholm: Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling arrive at the Royal Concert Hall on the eve of their wedding
Photograph: Henrik Montgomery/REUTERS

Orlando, US: Fans catch a glimpse of the Harry Potter cast at the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios
Photograph: Scott Audette/REUTERS

Chelsea, London: A cadet from Saint-Cyr gives his boots a last-minute polish before parading for the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and British prime minister, David Cameron
Photograph: Adrian Dennis/PA

Maun, Botswana: A hippo breaks the surface of the water outside Kingspool Luxury Safari Camp
Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Salt Lake City, US: The execution chamber at Utah State Prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad. Four bullet holes are visible in the wood panel behind the chair
Photograph: Pool/REUTERS

London: David and Samantha Cameron greet the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy outside No 10 Downing Street
Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing: Kung Fu, a 10-month-old old english sheepdog, has dye treatment to look like the lead character from the film Kung Fu Panda
Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Workington, Cumbria: Floral tributes are placed at the cremation service of mass murderer Derrick Bird
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Maryland, US: A marine leans into the rotor wash as President Barack Obama, aboard Marine One, prepares to take off from Andrews Air Force base
Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP

Louisiana, US: A hard hat floats in the oily waters caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on East Grand Terre Island
Photograph: Lee Celano/REUTERS

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A street vendor waits for clients
Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP