24 hours in pictures

Camp Springs, US: Military personnel stand by as Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Suzhou, China: Clothes hang from windows at a dormitory for workers of an electronic factory Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk Beit Horon, West Bank: A Palestinian boy rests on a donkey Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP Photograph: Oded Balilty/guardian.co.uk Jaslo, Poland: Railway lines after flooding Photograph: Darel Delmanowicz/EPA Photograph: Darel Delmanowicz/guardian.co.uk Fort Jackson, US: Pelicans covered by oil from the BP oil spill disaster sit in a pen waiting to be cleaned at a rescue centre facility Photograph: Sean Gardner/Reuters Photograph: Sean Gardner/guardian.co.uk Chongqing, China: Local people gather at a tea fair Photograph: AFP/Getty Photograph: guardian.co.uk Millbury, US: Darlene Sheehy collects items from her kitchen after a tornado destroyed her home Photograph: JD Pooley/AP Photograph: JD Pooley/guardian.co.uk Amritsar, India: Sikh pilgrims inside a special train to Pakistan where they will commemorate the Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev in Lahore Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip: Palestinian labourers build structures as part of a recreational area using sacks of sand Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Photograph: Mohammed Abed/guardian.co.uk Cape Town, South Africa: A woman stands in her home in the Blikkiesdorp township Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Cleburne, US: Flames shoot into the air after a natural gas line explosion Photograph: Courtney Perry/AP Photograph: Courtney Perry/guardian.co.uk Roodepoort, South Africa: Shadows of the Australian team are highlighted on a fence as they arrive for a training session Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Photograph: Stan Honda/guardian.co.uk