24 hours in pictures

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Schoolgirls pray before class at the Sacred Heart of Turgeau school set up in Unicef tents after the January earthquake
Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: Family members at a funeral for one of the many victims of a spate of bomb attacks
Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: A Red Shirt opposition protester brandishes a weapon seized from a security guard at the Thai parliament
Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Payerne, Switzerland: A test pilot steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype plane on its first flight
Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: Two workers stand on top of a glass covered pathway at the entrance of a theme park
Photograph: Pat Roque/AP

Seville, Spain: Dancers from the English National Ballet rehearse Cinderella at the Maestranza theatre
Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters

Montcoal, US: West Virginia police direct traffic outside the Big Branch mine, where an explosion killed at least 25 people
Photograph: Michael Henninger/AP

Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands: Farmers remove weeds in flowering fields of hyacinths
Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Jerusalem: Ultra-orthodox Jewish children walk in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood
Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A man looks at mirrors in a car accessories shop
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Shanxi, China: Rescue workers prepare to head down the Wangjialing coalmine searching for workers trapped by a flood
Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Seeshaupt, Germany: A swan swims on the Starnberger See at sunrise
Photograph: Christof Stache/AP