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24 hours in pictures

24 hours: Rangoon, Burma: A Hindu devotee pierces a Hindu boy's mouth
Dalla, Burma: A Hindu devotee pierces a boy's mouth during a traditional fire festival Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AP
24 hours: Ronda, Spain: Spanish bullfighter Manuel Jesus El Cid performs a pass
Ronda, Spain: El Cid performs a pass with a heifer during a tentadero, a short fight to check the animal's bravery, during the first international biennial of bullfighting Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
24 hours: St. Petersburg, Russia: Artists gesture as a bear sits on a tightrope
St Petersburg, Russia: A bear balances on a tightrope during a performance at the Circus on Fontanka Photograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA
24 hours: Jerusalem: Ultra Orthodox Jews inaugurate a Torah scroll
Jerusalem, Israel: A man from the ultra-Orthodox Tholdot Avraham Yizhak Hasidic dynasty uses a quill to write the last letters of a Torah scroll during an inauguration ceremony for the holy book Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
24 hours: Yerevan, Armenia: The Armenian capital Yerevan and mount Ararat
Yerevan, Armenia: A view of the capital, Yerevan, and mount Ararat. Presidential elections are under way in the country Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA
24 hours: Quito, Ecuador: Voters fill in their ballots
Quito, Ecuador: Voters fill in their ballots at a polling station Photograph: Dolores Ochoa/AP
24 hours: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A boy plays with scooter in the Cidade de Deus
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A boy takes a break from playing with his scooter in the Cidade de Deus, or City of God, shantytown Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: Aleppo, Syria: Women undergo military training
Aleppo, Syria: Women members of the Sawt al-Haq (Voice of Rights) organisation undergo military training Photograph: Muzaffar Salman/Reuters
24 hours: Havana, Cuba: Blogger Yoani Sanchez at the airport
Havana, Cuba: Dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez awaits passport checks at Jose Marti international airport as she prepares to leave for an 80-day tour of more than a dozen countries Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters
24 hours: Hong Kong, China: A young visitor looks at a pure gold sculpture
Hong Kong, China: Visitors look at a solid gold Mickey Mouse sculpture in a jewellery store at Hong Kong Disneyland Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
24 hours: Srinagar, India: An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard
Srinagar, India: A paramilitary soldier stands guard near an armoured vehicle during a strike called by Kashmiri separatists Photograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP
24 hours: Fuente Vaqueros, Spain: Black poplars
Fuente Vaqueros, Spain: The black poplar, which is common in many parts of Europe, has become the rarest native tree in Britain, where only about 7,000 of the species remain, according to estimates Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: New York, US: 14th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade in New York
New York, US: A woman dressed in traditional costume is reflected in the mirror of a 1956 Bentley as she takes part in the 14th annual Chinatown lunar new year parade Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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