24 hours in pictures

Vancouver, Canada: A girl is thrown in the air by her teammates as they prepare for the Sea-to-Sky Cheerleading Championship Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP Photograph: Darryl Dyck/guardian.co.uk Beijing, China: Visitors explore an art installation called Feelings are Facts by Olafur Eliasson and Ma Yansong Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA Photograph: How Hwee Young/guardian.co.uk New York: Artist Kiki Garber gets help carrying her painting of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria as she heads home after displaying it at a mass at St Stanislaus Kostka Church in Brooklyn Photograph: Tina Fineberg/AP Photograph: Tina Fineberg/guardian.co.uk Bangkok, Thailand: The hands of a Red Shirt opposition supporter on a coffin during a memorial ceremony for the victims of clashes between protesters and Thai security forces Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/guardian.co.uk Lampa, Chile: A priest offers the Holy Sacrament to an elderly man during the traditional Cuasimodo procession for the old and sick who could not go to church on Easter Day Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/guardian.co.uk Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, US: A reception commitee for Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea as he arrives for the Nuclear Security Summit Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/guardian.co.uk Tel Aviv, Israel: People observe a two-minute silence as sirens sound across the country in memory of Holocaust victims Photograph: David Furst/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: David Furst/guardian.co.uk Ajnala, India: Punjabi Sikhs give a prayer of thanks for a good harvest during Baisakhi celebrations, marking Sikh New Year Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Marjah, Afghanistan: Local men wait to make a claim with US Marines for compensation after their homes were damaged during the US military offensive against the Taliban insurgency Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mauricio Lima/guardian.co.uk Manila, Philippines: Striking dock workers clash with private security guards and police as they resist the takeover of harbour operations by a new management Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP Photograph: Bullit Marquez/guardian.co.uk Bangkok, Thailand: An elephant uses its trunk to splash water on foreign tourists to celebrate the Songkran festival Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/guardian.co.uk Tel Aviv, Israel: A child rides a bicycle Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP Photograph: Ariel Schalit/guardian.co.uk