24 Hours In Pictures

Asoifsskali, Iceland: firefighters use a high-pressure hose to clean volcanic ash from a church
Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Phoenix, Arizona: Jesus Ruiz protests against Arizona's new immigration law during a candlelight vigil outside the State Capitol. The state's Republican governor, Jan Brewer, ignored criticism from President Barack Obama that the legislation will lead to racial profiling and civil rights abuses against the Hispanic community
Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Fraijanes, Guatemala: an inmate talks to the press about the bad treatment inside the maximum security jail, 36km west of Guatemala City. Two guards are held hostage by prisoners demanding better care
Photograph: Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images

Taipei, Taiwan: a man carries his pet iguana during the 2010 'Love Animal Day' pet carnival
Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters

Taipei, Taiwan: a woman carries her dog in a sling during the 2010 'Love Animal Day' pet carnival
Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: a collection of amulets worn by an anti-government demonstrator in an encampment at a business district
Photograph: David Longstreath/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: an anti-government demonstrator, his body covered with tattoos
Photograph: David Longstreath/AP

London: BBC journalist Jeremy Paxman interviews the Conservative party leader, David Cameron
Photograph: Getty Images

Najaf, Iraq: family members mourn a victim of the Sadr City bomb attack. Thirteen blasts killed at least 56 people and wounded 121 others in different parts of the Iraqi capital
Photograph: Ali Abu Shish/Reuters

London: a satellite image shows the progress of construction at the 2012 Olympic Village
Photograph: Getty Images

Naidong County, China: a chicken farm belonging to a Tibetan-Han couple in Zedang township in the Yarlung Valley, said to be the cradle of Tibetan civilisation
Photograph: Getty Images

Naidong County, China: Baiyang, aged two, poses for a photograph in a house in Zedang township in Yarlung Valley, said to be the cradle of Tibetan civilisation
Photograph: Getty Images

New Orleans: women stand in mud and puddles as they listen to Lionel Ritchie perform at the New Orleans jazz and heritage festival. There had been torrential rain for two hours
Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Stavropol, Russia: a choir wait for their turn to perform during a concert marking the 140th birthday of the founder of the Soviet state, Vladimir Lenin
Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters

Gulf of Mexico: more than 50 miles south-east of Venice, on the tip of Louisiana, a boat with an oil boom tries to contain an oil slick after the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig
Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP