24 hours in pictures

Tokyo, Japan: Workers walk past a cherry tree in full bloom. Unseasonably cool weather has extended the cherry blossom season this year Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown /EPA

Rosthwaite, UK: Prince Charles' shoes are seen in detail as he presents an award to local hotel owners Photograph: Dave Thompson /PA

Charlottetown, Canada: A seal pup in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence during Canada's annual seal hunt Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A man checks his money as he waits in a queue to buy rice at a shop that offers fair prices. Rice prices in Asia have been steadily rising in the last month Photograph: Pavel Rahman /AP

Mosul, Iraq: Husband and wife Cameron and Chelsea Adams are seen at Forward Operating Base Marez. The couple are deployed together with the Third Armoured Cavalry Regiment Photograph: Maya Alleruzzo/AP

Gaza City, Gaza: Canaries are tended to at a pet shop. Bird owners are suffering from a shortage of birdseed due to closed border crossings between Gaza and Israel Photograph: Abid Katib /Getty

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A boy with symptoms of dengue fever looks through netting at a Brazilian air force field hospital. A dengue epidemic has claimed at least 58 lives in the area since January Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: A woman with her face painted black protests against growing inflation Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A woman and her child beg outside a restaurant Photograph: Emilio Morenatti /AP

Prague, Czech Republic: Slavia Prague fans protect themself against tear gas fired by riot police after clashes during their derby match against Sparta Prague Photograph: Filip Singer /EPA

Mosul, Iraq: Family members protest as US soldiers detain a relative after a rocket-propelled grenade attack Photograph: Maya Alleruzzo /AP

Ile de Re, France: Volunteers clean up residue from the emptying of a ship's fuel tank which polluted the beach at Ars-en-Re Photograph: Xavier Leoty /AFP

Poolesville, USA: A carpenter sands the pulpit that will be used by Pope Benedict XVI during his upcoming visit to Washington Photograph: Chip Somodevilla /Getty

Moscow, Russia: A model on the catwalk during Russian fashion week Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev /AP

Chongqing, China: A local walks along the banks of the drought-stricken Yangtze river Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Minsk, Belarus: Ducks float on a lake at sunset Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP