24 hours in pictures

Osaka, Japan: A woman dressed in the style of the Heian period takes part in the the Otaue rice-planting ceremony at the Sumiyoshi Shinto shrine
Photograph: Tomofumi Nakano/EPA

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A member of a US army explosive ordnance disposal team wears a bomb disposal suit prior to an exercise
Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Louisiana, US: Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the sea in the Gulf of Mexico
Photograph: Kate Davison/ Greenpeace/Reuters

Jaffa, Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the removal of ancient tombs from a construction site
Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

Mumbai, India: A couple at the seafront during high tide
Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Gaza City, Gaza: A Palestinian man is reflected in mirrors as he rides a donkey
Photograph: Maya Hitij/AP

Dand, Afghanistan: Afghan national police officers, recently graduated from a local police academy, stand outside a police outpost
Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Suratash, Krgyzstan: An ethnic Uzbek mother holds her son as they wait at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, hoping to flee ethnic violence
Photograph: Oxana Onipko/AFP/Getty Images

Edmond, US: A man splashes water while sitting in front of his house after floods inundated the area
Photograph: Paul Hellstern/AP

Mazatlan, Mexico: Relatives of inmates wait for news outside a prison after a riot in which at least 28 inmates were killed
Photograph: Christiann Davis/AP

Nablus, West Bank: Ultra-Orthodox Jews crowd around the tomb of Joseph. Jews were bussed into the Palestinian-controlled city by the Israeli army to pray at the site
Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza: Palestinian boys at a summer camp run by the UN relief and works agency
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP