24 hours in pictures

Burma: Fishermen on Ngwe Saung beach, Bay of Bengal Photograph: Voishmel/AFP/Getty Images

Hubei province, China: Golden-haired monkeys huddle to keep warm at the Shennongjia national reserve Photograph: Quirky China News/Rex Features

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Labourers demolish a fallen building one year after Haiti's earthquake. Only 5% of the rubble has been cleared Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Harbin, China: Couples take their vows during a mass wedding on the sidelines of the Harbin ice and snow festival. Eighteen couples from six countries tied the knot Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Jason Nataeli, 10, stands next to the coffin of his cousin Nury Cac, 3, during her funeral. Cac was among six people killed by an explosion on a bus Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

New York, US: A woman walking along Spring Street is reflected in a motorcycle mirror Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Khartoum, Sudan: Southern Sudanese people in the north load their belongings on a truck as they prepare to leave for the south before the secession referendum Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Kalofer, Bulgaria: Men perform the traditional Horo dance in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river as part of Epiphany Day celebrations Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform on bamboo ladders during a new year demonstration Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Bolivia: A woman herds alpacas at the Ulla Ulla biosphere reserve Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

New York, US: Construction cranes above the rising structure of One World Trade Centre. The top deck is now 187 metres above street level and the steel columns are in place to support the 54th floor Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Boys sit outside a grocery store in the Santa Marta slum Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Guelb Agantour: The dust cloud of French driver Francois Lethier's buggy during the seventh stage of the Africa Eco Race. The race started in Nador, Morocco and continued through Mauritania to Senegal Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images