24 hours in pictures

Brighton, UK: Swimmers jump into the sea from a pier on Brighton beach Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP

Nashua, United States: Raindrops appear on a car window Photograph: AP

Jerusalem, Israel: Barack Obama stands with the director of Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Avner Shalev, in the Hall of Names Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/AP

Zehlendorf, Germany: A bee collects pollen on a sunflower in a field Photograph: Michael Urban/AFP

Sheshemene, Ethiopia: A woman lies next to her child as he recuperates from malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF) stabilisation centre Photograph: Siegfried Modola/AFP

Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain: A man sunbathes on Compostela beach Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP

Belgrade, Serbia: Partizan Belgrade fans wave a picture of Radovan Karadzic during a friendly soccer match against Olympique Lyon Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Beijing, China: Paramilitary soldiers march on the Olympic Green past the main Olympic Stadium, seen beneath a sculpture of torch runners Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP

Calcutta, India: Different species of wild birds are displayed for sale in a local market. India is home to some 1,200 different species of birds Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

Valencia, Spain: A general view of the bullring as French bullfighter Sebastian Castella performs at Valencia's bullring Photograph: Kai Foersterling/EPA

Beijing, China: A security guard takes an escalator among the replicas of Chinese traditional drums which are lit by lights at night at the Olympic Green Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Lingfield, UK: The Irish horse Pietersen brings up the rear in the fifth race of the day, the Forest Row Handicap Stakes Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty

Ansan, South Korea: Elementary school students shout the word 'mother' as they lay in the water during an exercise at a marine boot camp. Some 70 students took part in the three-day camp as a way to mentally and physically strengthen themselves Photograph: Ahn Young-Joon/AP