24 hours in pictures

San Fernando Pampanga, Philippines: Filipino spectators at the annual Giant Lantern Festival Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

Ulcinj, Montenegro: A traditional ram-fighting festival in the southern city Photograph: Savo Prevelic/AFP

Arosa, Switzerland: Photographer Alessandro Della Bella takes a picture of himself during a tandem paraglider flight from the 2,653-metre Weisshorn mountain Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/AP

New Delhi, India: Workers head for home after completing their day's work in a suburb of the capital, the nation's hub for migrant labour. Delhi attracts some 200,000 workers every year from states such as West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA

Qlatooka, Iraq: Two villagers clean their house, near the border with Turkey. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets as deep as 60 miles inside northern Iraq for three hours early on Sunday. An Iraqi official said the raids had hit several villages, killing one woman Photograph: Yahya Ahmed/AP

Kabo, Central African Republic: A child bathes in a camp for internally displaced people Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

New Orleans, US: Jay Ross sits on his bed in Duncan Plaza, across from City Hall, where more than 100 homeless people sleep each night. Affordable housing stocks have dwindled and homelessness has more than doubled, to affect almost 12,000 people in the city, since Hurricane Katrina Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty

Mecca, Saudia Arabia: Muslims perform prayers around the holy Ka'ba at the Grand Mosque Photograph: Hasan Sarbakhshian/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Police clash with protesters trying to march towards the residence of the country's detained former chief justice Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

Berlin, Germany: The US photographer Stephanie Sinclair holds the photo that won her the Unicef Photo of the Year competition. The picture shows a 40-year old bridegroom and his 11-year old child bride during their wedding in Afghanistan Photograph: Stephanie Pilick/EPA

Moscow, Russia: Soviet-era dissident Vladimir Bukovsky looks on while meeting his supporters outside the Sakharov museum. A group of human rights activists, academics and independent journalists has put Bukovsky forward as a candidate in next spring's presidential election Photograph: STR/AP

Arosa, Switzerland: Curling players enjoy the sunny winter weather Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/AP

Polokwane, South Africa: Supporters of the president, the ANC's Thabo Mbeki, hold up three fingers showing their support for his third term on the second day of the 52nd ANC National Conference at the University of Limpopo Photograph: Jon Hrusa/EPA

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Buddhist monks from the ethnic-minority Kampuchea Krom group attack a policeman in clashes with riot police after they were refused permission to deliver a petition to the Vietnamese embassy Photograph: Remissa/EPA

Havana, Cuba: Pilgrim Tomas Joglar Sosabravo, 74, drags stones along an avenue as he heads towards El Rincon church. Thousands of Christians and followers of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion gather annually in El Rincon to fulfill promises to Saint Lazarus Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP

Sydney, Australia: The Moruya Crew hang on as their boat flips over during the Ocean Thunder Pro Surf Boat Series, held at Dee Why Beach Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty

Chandigarh, India: A figure of a woman studded with broken washroom tiles, on display at the Nek Chand Rock Garden. The Rock Garden is a sculpture garden built from recycled industrial and domestic waste Photograph: Aman Sharma/AP