24 hours in pictures

Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqi army soldiers take part in a joint military and police parade Photograph: Ahmed Alhussainey/AP

Gloucester, UK: Contestants in the men's race chase a Double Gloucester cheese down the steep gradient of Cooper's Hill during the annual Bank Holiday cheese-rolling contest Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

Phoenix Island, Kirbait: Greenpeace activists protest next to the Albatun Tres tuna fishing vessel, which the group claims is the world's largest tuna fishing ship Photograph: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace/AP

Tijuana, Mexico: A policeman talks with a man accused of drug trafficking. Drug violence along Mexico's border with California is escalating despite a military-backed assault on traffickers Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: A man wearing locks around his neck attends annual gatherings at the shrine of Sufi Saint Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi Mashhadi, more known as Bari Imam. Thousands of people visited the shrine on the first day of the Urs, which continues until May 29 Photograph: T Mughal/EPA

Sichuan province, China: Some of the 108 wooden carvings of China's emperors are seen broken on the floor of the Fuxing Buddhist temple after the earthquake Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: A member of the Santi Asoke Foundation checks security during a protest against the government Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP

Beirut, Lebanon: Fireworks light the sky as celebrations begin following the the election of Michel Sleiman as president Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A man inspects traditional round bread clay ovens for cracks Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP

Mumbai, India: A salt pan worker collects salt with the help of a wooden rake Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP

Balaton, Hungary: A balloon flies over a field near Hungary's biggest lake during the fifth hot air balloon race between five nations - Austria, Britain, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia Photograph: Viktkor Veres/AFP

Scarborough, South Africa: A Somalian woman at a makeshift camp where people are taking refuge from anti-foreigner attacks Photograph: Schalk/AP

Chennai, India: A crow is silhouetted against the rising sun at Marina beach Photograph: Babu/Reuters

New York: US: New Yorkers' images are reflected as they peer through a telectroscope displaying a live video feed transmitted from London. The other end of the telectroscope is near Tower Bridge Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty

St Petersburg, Russia:The moon is seen above a dome of the Smolny Cathedral in this photograph, taken with a digital camera through the eyepiece of a telescope Photograph: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP

New York, US: People celebrate memorial day on the beach at Coney Island Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty