24 hours in pictures

Olmelil, Kenya: Voters line up at a polling station. Five byelections are being held across the country - some of them because of the deadly chaos that followed the disputed December 27 general election Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

New York, US: The New York Times building is struck by lightning Photograph: Nic Fulton/Reuters

Seoul, South Korea: Police force protesters on to the pavement during a rally against the resumption of American beef imports Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

Batam Island, Indonesia: Parachute troops come in to land during a military exercise Photograph: Yuli Seperi/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: Shia women wait outside the Al Rasheed Bank in Jamilah market Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Gos Beida, Chad: Men share a midday meal at Kerfi, a site for Chadians displaced by the conflict in Darfur Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Kerfi, Chad: A mother and her sick baby wait in a health clinic run by Médecins Sans Frontières at a site for displaced Chadians Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly /Reuters

Barcelona, Spain: The last lemon in a supermarket crate. Lorry drivers have stepped up their strike over rising fuel prices Photograph: Samuel Aranda/Getty

Khartoum, Sudan: Rescue workers fight to put out a Sudan Airways plane that crashed and burned at the capital's airport Photograph: Reuters

Manila, Philippines: Workers load sacks of imported rice. International rice prices have eased after supply increased and the Philippines, the world's largest importer of rice, suspended a flurry of purchases Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: A boy plays in water plants on the shoreline of Laguna lake, the country's largest freshwater lake Photograph: John Javellana/Reuters

Salzburg, Austria: A Greek fan before the Uefa Euro 2008 group D match against Sweden Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty

Sichuan province, China: A man uses a magnifying glass to examine a pigeon's eye. Street markets are reappearing in the earthquake zone Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Kyauktan township, Burma: A woman collects water from a dam. Despite rain almost every day, clean fresh water is still a prized commodity in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis Photograph: AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Children play on a discarded mattress next to a train track through a slum Photograph: Beawiharta /Reuters

New Jersey, US: Adults and children cool off in a water spray at a park during a heatwave Photograph: Mike Derer/AP