24 hours in pictures

Athens, Greece: Friends and relatives of alleged members of the Epanastatikos Agonas urban guerilla group clash with riot police outside court
Photograph: EPA

Yambio, Sudan: Voters queue at a polling station
Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty

Warsaw, Poland: Under a giant cross at Pilsudski Square, nuns pray for victims of the plane crash in which President Lech Kaczynski was killed
Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Covered by a shirt, the body a woman sits on a chair where she was murdered at a race circuit
Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Women queue for food being distributed at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors
Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Marjah, Afghanistan: People look for shelter as a sandstorm approaches
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty

Haridwar, India: Hindu devotees offer prayers on the banks of the river Ganges
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: People are sprayed with water during the Songkran festival to mark the Thai new year, in the tourist area of Khao San Road
Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty

Manila, Philippines: A child dries crops on top of a shanty on the bank of the Pasig river
Photograph: Hannah Reyes/EPA

Hayle, UK: A seal pup makes its way towards the sea in a cove, close to where pups were released by the National Seal Sanctuary's animal care team
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

La Rochelle, France: Divers Cyril Oumedjkane, left, and Hassan Mouti plunge from a helicopter
Photograph: Dean Treml/AP

Manila, Philippines: Flags are waved to welcome the Chinese supply ship Qiandaohu for its five-day port call
Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Mallorca: A dancer performs the flamenco in a village near Bunyola
Photograph: Reuters