24 hours in pictures

Baghdad, Iraq: A photograph of the wedding of a US soldier lies inside his helmet Photograph: David Furst/AFP

Aldermaston, UK: Anti-nuclear campaigners hold hands as they surround the perimeter fence at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Islamabad, Pakistan: Policemen remove barbed wires and barricades near the residence of the deposed Pakistani supreme court chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Hazaribagh, Bangladesh: People buy rice at a market. People from middle and low incomes are struggling as the prices of rice, pulses and other essentials increase every day Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

Washington, US: Mascots from the Washington Nationals baseball team pose for photographs during the annual Easter Egg Roll Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/AP

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: A new church member is baptised in milk after church leaders decide he is possessed by evil spirits Photograph: John Moore/Getty

Liupanshui, China: Rapeseed plants bloom in a valley Photograph: AFP

Shusong village, China: Tibetan nuns prepare breakfast at the Taibaling nunnery Photograph: Greg Baker/AP

Sofia, Bulgaria: A woman walks past a rainbow Photograph: Boryana Katsarova/AFP

Melbourne, Australia: Surfer Mick Fanning during the Rip Curl Pro Surfing at Bells beach Photograph: Brandon Malone/Action Images

Cologne, Germany: A snowman in a park Photograph: Clemens Bilan/AFP

Chengdu, China: A worker walks through a seamless steel pipe factory Photograph: Wang Xiaobo/EPA

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Peached-faced lovebirds inside their cage at the Emperor Valley zoo and botanical garden Photograph: Yuri Cortez/AFP

Minsk, Belarus: A child looks at birds during a snowfall in a park Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP