24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: A girl dressed in Qing dynasty costume waits to take her place in a photo shoot at the Forbidden City Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Boston, USA: A ring-tailed lemur receives a lick from its sister at the Franklin Park zoo Photograph: Steven Senne/AP

Cadiz, Spain: Fisherman Rafael Marquez wades in next to tuna caught using the Almadraba method, an age-old and elaborate Andalusian fishing technique still used in Spanish coastal areas close to the Strait of Gibraltar Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Mau Aima, India: A child bathes in water from a tubewell in a field Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

London, UK: A workman cleans the fountains in the Queen Victoria memorial in front of Buckingham Palace before the royal wedding on Friday 29 April Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Tel Aviv, Israel: Israeli environmental activists and International Anti-Fur Coalition members hold signs to protest against Canada's seal hunt Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Lodnon, UK: Tourists wearing Union Jack hats soak up the atmosphere outside Westminster Abbey, where Prince William and Kate Middleton will be married on Friday Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Srinagar, India: Kashmiri schoolchildren run for cover as protesters throw stones at Indian police Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Misrata, Libya: An injured man is carried on a stretcher after arriving at Hikma hospital in the rebel-held city Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Benghazi, Libya: Libyan rebels take part in a parade Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia: Members of the Indonesian presidential security force take part in an anti-terror drill Photograph: Supri/Reuters

Sana'a, Yemen: A Yemeni doctor uses the light from his mobile phone to help other medics clean the wounds of an anti-government protester Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Rome, Italy: A crow perches on one of the chairs placed in St Peter's Square, at the Vatican, in preparation for the beatification mass for Pope John Paul II on 1 May Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Santiago, Chile: The coffin of the Chilean writer Gonzalo Rojas is carried outside the Fine Art museum during his funeral Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

São Paulo, Brazil: Turkish dance company Taldans perform at the Urban Visions festival in the Parque Mário Covas Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA