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24 hours in pictures

24 hours: A protester covers his face with a picture of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo, Egypt: An anti-Mursi protester covers his face with a picture of former president Gamal Abdel Nasser as he rests while waiting for other protesters to arrive in front of the presidential palace during a demonstration Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
24 hours: Groundsmen pull covers over cricket ground
Hyderabad, India: Groundsmen pull covers over the ground as dark clouds hover over the stadium on the third day of the first test between India and New Zealand Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/AP
24 hours: A man holding a makeshift fire broom helps to contain a major forest blaze
Chios, Greece: A man holding a makeshift fire broom helps to contain a major forest blaze on the eastern Aegean Sea island. Hundreds of firefighters, soldiers and volunteers are struggling to tame a fire that has already burnt 7,000 hectares of forest, cultivated land and groves of the island's famed mastic trees Photograph: AP
24 hours: People mourn the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: People mourn the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as they gather outside the National Palace, the official residence of the prime minister Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
24 hours: Shyaam holds headset to fortune telling machine
Mumbai, India: Shyaam, 28, holds a headset to a fortune telling machine as he calls out to customers at Juhu Beach Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
24 hours: A migrant Indian barber sets to work at his roadside hair salon
Kathmandu, Nepal: A migrant Indian barber sets to work at his roadside hair salon Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
24 hours: An Israeli soldier holds a Palestinian girl back as she cries
Nabi Saleh, Palestine: An Israeli soldier holds a Palestinian girl back as she cries following the arrest of her mother during a demonstration in the West Bank village in protest against the confiscation of Palestinian land to expand the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: A White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Manaus, Brazil: A White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) eats fruits at the Sauim Castanheira Wildlife Refuge. The refuge takes in wild animals which are found injured or lost to treat them until recovery Photograph: Reuters
24 hours: An injured syrian boy waits for treatment
Aleppo, Syria: A young boy who was injured when a shell, released by regime forces, hit his house, waits to be treated at a hospital. Syrian forces blitzed areas in and around the Aleppo, activists said, as western powers sought to tighten the screws on embattled President Bashar al-Assad Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: Andean natives play reed flute during a parade
Lima, Peru: Andean natives play reed flute (quena) during a parade with llamas and alpacas to promote a local fair Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: Tall Ship's Race 2012 Festival
Dublin, Ireland: Sailors from the 'Cuauhtemoc', a Mexican Tall Ship, celebrate at a prize giving ceremony outside Dublin's Customs House during the Tall Ship's Race 2012 Festival stopover Photograph: Julien Behal/PA
24 hours: Sunflower Bee
Oregon, USA: A European honey bee forages on a pollen-rich blooming sunflower in a public garden at a park near Roseburg Photograph: Robin Loznak/Corbis
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