24 hours in pictures

Jerusalem: Thousands of Gilad Shalit supporters reach the city at the end of a 12-day, 200km march to urge the release of the Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants since 2006
Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Ashdhan, India: Farmers in a paddy field throw rice plants to their counterparts on the other end of the village
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: Mourners load on to a bus the coffin of Ali Ahmed, who was killed on Thursday in an attack on a Shia pilgrims gathered to mark the death of Imam Musa al-Kadhim
Photograph: Karim Kadim/AP

Lahore, Pakistan: Devotees mingle after paying their respects at the Data Ganj Baksh Sufi shrine, scene of a double suicide attack which killed 43 people last week
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

France: The fifth stage of the Tour de France, between Épernay and Montargis
Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A ticket salesman gives directions to a man from inside his booth at a bus station
Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP

Chester, UK: A zoo keeper holds a six-week-old bush dog during a veterinary check
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Loma del Cimarron, Cuba: A Santero dancer holds up a pigeon to be released during an African-Cuban religious ceremony Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

London, UK: A workman puts finishing touches to the fleet of bicycles which are to be used in London's new cycle hire scheme
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Oakland, US: Looters break into an athletic footwear store after a Los Angeles jury convicted former transit officer Johannes Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter
Photograph: Susana Bates/EPA

Berlin, Germany: Models at the Underground Catwalk show during Berlin fashion week
Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty

Miami, US: A man on a water slide aboard the Norwegian Epic cruise ship
Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP