24 hours in pictures

Cario, Egypt: Voters remonstrate with a soldier as they wait to cast their ballots in Basateen Photograph: Pete Muller/AP

London, UK: A man soaks up the sun as he leans against a pillar outside the Bank of England Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Jaipur, India: Labourers pass baked bricks at a factory Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain: A pilgrim plays guitar in car heading to the shrine of El Rocio in Donana national park Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

Colorado, USA: Graduates celebrate as President Barack Obama gives out their diplomas during the Air Force Academy graduation Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

San Salvador, El Salvador: Criminologist Israel Ticas checks the teeth of an unidentified woman found in a clandestine cemetery Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Cannes, France: A contortionist performs on the red carpet during the Cannes film festival Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Payerne, Switzerland: The flight suit of pilot Andre Borschberg before an attempt to fly a solar-powered plane 1,554 miles to the Moroccan capital, Rabat Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Actors dressed as Lady Justice and a soldier stage a performance outside the supreme court of justice Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

New York, USA: A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of Congo: Members of a Congolese women's association, who have been widowed by conflict, reflected in a window Photograph: Reuters

Blackpool, England: Students celebrate the end of exams as they brave the chilly Irish Sea, while most of the rest of the UK was bathed in sunshine reaching 26C

• This caption was amended on 24 May 2012. The original wrongly said the men were swimming in the North Sea. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Rajasthan, India: Sufi Muslim devotees walk together while visiting the Ajmer Sharif during the Urs festival in Ajmer Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Seoul, South Korea: Shaven-headed trainee monks wearing 3-D glasses watch a movie at SK Telecom T.um museum Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP

Beijing, China: Visitors check revolvers at a police equipment exhibition Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP