10 photo highlights of the day - in pictures

A dancer from Moldova performs the bear dance, a ritual for good luck in the New Year, during a traditional parade in Comanesti, Romania Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Rain-soaked New England Patriots fans cheer during an NFL football game between the Patriots and the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Massachusetts Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP

Supporters of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League beat a lawyer and supporter of the main opposition party during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, calling on the prime minister to cancel forthcoming elections Photograph: AM Ahad/AP

A train passes an ancient aqueduct in Noáin, northern Spain Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Russian police detain a participant in a rally against terrorism in Volgograd, Russia, after a bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city, killing at least 14 people. The attack came a day after a blast killed 17 people at the railway station Photograph: Denis Tyrin/AP

Densely packed housing in Hong Kong, where house prices are the highest in the world, according to a survey by Savills Photograph: Dale De La Rey/AFP/Getty Images

Bashir, an Afghan child sells balloons for 5 Afghani (1 penny) in Kabul Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

A boy sits in a bucket while waiting for his mother to fetch water from a nearby pump to bathe him, in the southern Indian city of Chennai Photograph: Babu/Reuters

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, erupts near Riposto, Sicily Photograph: Angela Platania /Demotix via Corbis

People transport their belongings to a safer place after fire destroys their homes at Dhobi Ghat, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir Photograph: Danish Ismail/Reuters