24 hours in pictures

Rafah, Gaza: Palestinian children throw basketballs to the air to celebrate their attempt to break the world record for the number of basketballs bounced simultaneously, in the destroyed Gaza international airport Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

New Delhi, India: Models display creations by the Indian designer Manav Gangwani during couture week Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

London, UK: Guests gather in the gardens of Buckingham Palace during a garden party hosted by the Queen Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza: A Palestinian boy takes a picture of his friend outside a children's centre Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Chongqing, China: Workers clean up mud left by floods on the banks of the Yangtze river Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Mount Moses, Egypt: Tourists climb the mountain summit to watch the sun rise Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Los Angeles, California: Demonstrators dump black slime in front of the headquarters of Occidental Petroleum Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

San Diego, California: Panky Sui poses with others dressed as characters from the movie Ghostbusters, during Comic-Con International Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

Jaipur, India: Dead fish in the waters of the lake of Jal Mahal, also known as Water Palace Photograph: Reuters

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A bomb disposal robot brings a carton for inspection by Staff Sergeant Craig Cohen, a US army bomb disposal expert Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Lviv, Ukraine: People cooling themselves in a fountain near the opera house Photograph: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City, Mexico: Sewer diver Julio Camara stands in a cage as he is lowered for a dive at the city's drainage system plant Photograph: Carlos Jasso/AP

Tokyo, Japan: A boy lies in a water fountain in a park Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Specimens of different species of fireflies are displayed at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia Photograph: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: Activists covered in food colouring protest over the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP