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24 hours in pictures

24 hours in pictures: US marines in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province
Deh Karez, Afghanistan: Sergeant Thomas James Brennan from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company smokes a cigarette beneath camouflage netting Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters
24 hours in pictures:  gold mine in Panompa, Thailand
Panompa, Thailand: A man holds a stick as he installs a pump to extract mud at a primitive gold mine Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: A boat full of illegal migrants in Lampedusa
Lampedusa, Italy: A boat full of illegal migrants enters the port Photograph: Roberto Salomone/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Amritsar Heritage Festival 2011
Amritsar, India: Schoolboys wearing traditional bhangra dance costumes wait for the start of a procession to mark the beginning of the Amritsar heritage festival Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA
24 hours in pictures: Election officials in Rukungiri, Uganda
Rukungiri, Uganda: Election officials transport ballot boxes on a motorbike to a polling centre Photograph: James Akena/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: An Egyptian army band plays music in  Tahrir square
Cairo, Egypt: An army band plays music in Tahrir Square during celebrations marking one week after Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Fireworks explode over the Beijing
Beijing, China: Fireworks explode over the National Theatre to celebrate the annual Lantern festival Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Mexican teenager paints a portrait of  Prince William and Kate Middleton
Mexico City, Mexico: Estibalis Chavez sits on a street while painting a portrait of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The Mexican teenager is staging a hunger strike outside the British embassy in Mexico City in an attempt to secure an invitation to the royal wedding Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez /Reuters
24 hours in pictures: a man prunes a royal palm tree in Cuba
Havana, Cuba: A pruner, or 'desmochador', climbs a royal palm tree to cut branches of berries on a farm Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: high-rise apartment complex in Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China: Laundry is hung to dry in a traditionally built area as a high-rise apartment complex looms in the background Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP
24 hours in pictures: international envoys conference to resolve the Darfur crisis
Nyala, Sudan: Darfurians perform a traditional dance during the opening of an international envoys' conference to resolve the Darfur crisis Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Afghan National Policemen
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan: Policemen stand in line as they attend a shooting course at Camp Leatherneck Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images
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