24 hours in pictures

Manila, Philippines: Filipino residents try to control a blaze as smoke rises from burning shanties during a fire which destroyed at least 500 shanties and left more than 1,200 families homeless Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA

Brega, Libya: A wounded prisoner from Gaddafi's forces is transported in the back of a pickup truck by rebels to hospital for treatment Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Los Angeles, US: A young girl looks at a butterfly at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum during the opening day of the Butterfly Pavilion Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

Lampedusa, Italy: A woman receives assistance after arriving at the island; more than 20,000 Tunisians have sailed on often rickety boats to Italy's southernmost point after the overthrow of the Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January Photograph: Giorgos Moutafis/AP

Liverpool, England: People strolling at Aintree racecourse at the end of Ladies Day Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty

Oaxaca, Mexico: Central American migrants get off a train during their journey toward the US-Mexico border Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Children enjoy their weekend at a park Photograph: Hossein Fatemi/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn US flags during a rally marking the eighth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops Photograph: Karim Kadim/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Friends of Igor Moraes da Silva, one of the victims of Thursday's shooting at Tasso da Silveira school, attend the mass before the funeral in the Jardim da Saudade cemetery Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

Lampedusa, Italy: Some of the 600 migrants who arrived in the port of the Italian island in the past day sit in a military boat waiting to be transferred to a reception centre inland Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP