24 hours in pictures

Krasnoyarsk, Siberia: Lyubov Valiyeva, a member of the Cryophil winter swimming club, plays in the snow on the banks of the Yenisei River in temperatures of -25C Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Connecticut, USA: Snow covers soft toys left at the Sandy Hook elementary school memorial in Newtown Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP

Berlin, Germany: Members of the Berlin Seals ice swimming club take a dip in the partially frozen Oranke lake Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Port Elizabeth, South Africa: A seagull drops a morsel of food as it flies along the seafront Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: Policemen block a road to prevent protests over the gang-rape of a woman on a moving bus Photograph: Tsering Topgyal/AP

Lisbon, Portugal: A homeless man listens to his radio in Figueira square Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Kuwait City, Kuwait: Two men take shield themselves from the rain under cardboard boxes Photograph: Yasser Al-zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

New York, USA: A volunteer firefighter places a star on top of a Christmas tree in Breezy Point, which was devastated by Tropical Storm Sandy Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: A woman carries her child on her back as she sweeps a road Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Sunderland, UK: Participants in the Seaburn Boxing Day dip take to the waters of the North Sea Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Jiangsu, China: Paramilitary policemen take part in winter training Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Bucharest, Romania: A man crosses a city centre boulevard Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A visitor worships at the Thean Hou Chinese temple Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Jiangsu, China: Cyclists make their way through a snow shower Photograph: Meng Delong/Corbis

Hefei, China: A baby Japanese macaque at a wildlife park Photograph: Jianan Yu/Reuters