24 hours in pictures

Fukushima, Japan: A girl walks with her mother after her first day at the Shimizu primary school Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Hortobágy, Hungary: Storks lay bound on the floor before being set free on the great Hungarian plains Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

Sicily, Italy: Fresh bombs and missiles are added to a F-16, as the jet is readied for Libyan operation at Signella airbase Photograph: Joachim Adrian/AP

London, UK: Madonna and Child, Maria von Köhler's sculpture of the late Michael Jackson dangling his baby son out of a window Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City, Mexico: Dancers from the National Dance Company prepare backstage for a dress rehearsal of Sleeping Beauty at Chapultepec Castle Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Ishinomaki, Japan: A boy plays in a toy car in front of a car upended by the tsunami Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

San Diego, US: US sailors unroll a giant Stars and Stripes before a baseball game Photograph: Denis Poroy/Reuters

Pyongyang, North Korea: Puhung underground station Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Sana'a,Yemen: An anti-government protester pours water on his head to cool off Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Brega, Libya: A Libyan rebel wears his medals, dagger and a hand grenade on his vest Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Chester, UK: African dogs eat a beef carcass in their new enclosure at Chester zoo Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Jerusalem: A boy removes prayer notes left by visitors from between the stones of the Western Wall Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Farah, Afghanistan: An Afghan soldier tries to get mobile phone reception at a forward operating base Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi border guards perform during their graduation ceremony Photograph: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters

Zawiya, Libya: A partially burned wall of a police station set alight by rebels during fighting with Gaddafi forces Photograph: Pier Paolo Cito/AP