24 hours in pictures

Washington DC: A nesting bird peeks out of a budding Japanese Yoshino cherry tree Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Shenyang, China: A woman practises tai chi Photograph: Sheng Li/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: An employee at a foreign exchange trading company looks at monitors Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Paris, France: People enjoy the sunny spring weather in the Tuileries gardens Photograph: Pierre Andrieu/AFP/Getty Images

Nasiriyah, Iraq: A woman bakes bread in a traditional clay oven in the marshes. The inhabitants of the ancient marshes are struggling due to drought that is altering fishing patterns, the migration of birds and the breeding of water buffalo Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images

Bait Lahiya, Gaza Strip: Four-year old Jehan Soboh, a Palestinian refugee, stands beside her playhorse in her family home Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Activists from the radical Islamic party Hifazat-e-Islam attend a rally during a countrywide strike Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

Capas, Philippines: A US marine carries a monitor lizard before it was slaughtered and cooked for lunch during jungle survival training Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: A demonstrator wearing a T-shirt reading 'No house, no job' takes part in a protest over youth unemployment Photograph: Andres Kudacki/AP

Meikhtila, Burma: A picture of a mosque among debris in a house damaged in riots. Ethnic hatred is spreading, threatening the country's historic democratic transition Photograph: Minzayar /Reuters

Silivri, Turkey: Riot police fire water cannons and teargas as they clash with protesters trying to enter a courthouse. Prosecutors were scheduled to deliver their final arguments in a case against 275 people accused of plotting to overthrow the government Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images

London, England: Artists queue to hand in their submissions for the 245th summer exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Czestochowa, Poland: Deer run through a snowy field Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images