24 hours in pictures

West Bank: a Palestinian protester kicks a teargas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, near the city of Nablus. Seven Palestinians were wounded during the clashes Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA

Yemen: an anti-government protester wears bands on his eyes and mouth, to protest against alleged police torture of detained protesters, during a rally to demand that Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh be put on trial Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Chicago, US: fog descends upon Millennium Park as a lone pedestrian walks in front of a monolithic projection at Crown Fountain Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Egypt: an Egyptian youth sells flags and hats in the national colours during a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Turkey: Kurds carry the coffins of victims of a Turkish air raid, outside Uludere hospital in Sirnak province. 35 civilians were killed in the strike Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP

Turkey: women mourn the victims of the air raid Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP

India: Muslims offer evening prayers inside a mosque in New Delhi Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Kosovo: a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) looks through an ice-covered window while taking part in a peaceful protest in Pristina Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP

Pakistan: 11-year-old Afghan refugee Sahira Masoom, centre, skips while she and other girls play in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

India: an Indian family wrap themselves in blankets under a flyover near a bus terminus in New Delhi, India to get some respite from the cold weather Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/EPA

Scotland: Up Helly Aa vikings from Lerwick in the Shetland islands stand with flaming torches during the annual torchlight procession to mark the start of Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations in Edinburgh. The annual procession starts at Parliament Square and finishes with a fireworks display at Calton Hill Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

India: newly recruited Indian border security force soldiers congratulate each other after a passing-out parade ceremony in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar. 444 recruits, formally inducted into the BSF, will join Indian soldiers fighting separatist guerrillas in Kashmir to try to end an insurgency that started in 1989 Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP