Source: Reuters

The Prince of Wales shares his thoughts on his ‘Mama’s’ achievements in her role as monarch over the last six decades in a personal tribute to the Queen

Wishing Her Majesty a happy diamond jubilee in our own way, with:

• Travel tips for the diamond jubilee weekend: what’s on where – plus how to avoid it;
• A TV guide for both Royalists and Republicans;
• How to draw the Queen (and her knickers) for kids;
• The best of the worst jubilee souvenirs;
• 60 years of the Queen’s fashions.

(Photography: PR)

Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

From 24 hours in pictures - 29 May:

California, US: Arlington West memorial on the beach next to Santa Monica pier. Veterans for Peace installed the temporary memorial project as a place to mourn, reflect, contemplate, grieve and to honour and acknowledge those who have lost their lives, reflecting on the costs of war. The name, Arlington West, reflects the national cemetery of the United States, Arlington National Cemetery, a burial place of honour for fallen war heroes

Photograph: Sasha/Getty Images

From the archive, 16 May 1929: The Woman’s Alternative: Tired feminist or helpless parasite?

In the May number of “Harper’s Magazine” Miss Lillian Symes writes that she is growing weary of the losing game played by the modern woman. Man, she complains, has been only too ready to allow feminist doctrines to work out to his own advantage, and complacently to watch his wife assume the double burden of domestic responsibility and financial contribution to the household while thankfully cutting down by half his old economic obligations.

Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Painter Lisa Burton poses with the latest waxwork of Queen Elizabeth II at Madame Tussauds. This is Madame Tussauds’ 22nd model of Her Majesty - see how she’s changed through the years in our gallery

Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis

It’s 20 years since the race riots sparked by the police beating of Rodney King that shook Los Angeles and the US. See how the LA streets affected look now and how the news was covered with reports from our archive:

From the archive: Riots fire US race divide

The United States was tottering last night on the brink of a new racial crisis, pitting black against white in the nation’s cities, which turned Los Angeles into a war zone on Wednesday night. In Atlanta, the last resting place of Martin Luther King, students went on a copycat rampage in a shopping mall. Police reported a number of beatings and arrests. In Washington, President Bush went on television to appeal for calm, trying to contain a potentially explosive situation nationwide after the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers accused of beating a black motorist, Rodney King.

Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

How One World Trade Centre looked on 27 April 2012, as it’s poised to become New York City’s tallest building

Photograph: The White House/Getty Images

This moving and poignant image was taken on Wednesday though only just arrived with us overnight. President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Michigan

Photograph: Museum of British Surfing

His Royal Hawaiiness? King Edward VIII, then the Prince of Wales, rides a wave off Waikiki beach in Hawaii in 1920, in what is believed to be the earliest picture of a British surfer - royal or otherwise.

This amazing photo is part of a gallery marking the opening of the Museum of British Surfing in North Devon. Our travel team is on the look out for more great vintage or historic surfing pictures - here’s how you can share yours.