24 hours in pictures

Gao, Mali: a man collects cartridge cases at a damaged police station one day after Islamist gunmen battled with French and Malian troops following two straight days of suicide bombings Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal: a Buddhist splashes coloured water on Boudhanath Stupa during the first day of the three-day-long Losar, or new year celebration of the Tibetan, Tamang and Sherpa communities Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Sesimbra, Portugal: xhildren wait to take part in a samba parade during the carnival Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Switzerland: a man stands beside a snow and ice covered cross on the peak of Mount Saentis in the eastern Swiss Alps Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Allahabad, India: marching band members wait to perform during a procession walking to bathe on the banks of Sangam during the Maha Kumbh Mela Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

London, England: actor Jessica Chastain poses in a snow shower on the red carpet at the annual British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: tourists listen as a vendor, left, sells a product at a street stall at the Yuyuan Garden on the second day of the Chinese lunar new year Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Parati, Brazil: a reveller participates in the traditional Bloco da Lama Mud block carnival Photograph: Victor Moriyama/AFP/Getty Images

Tegucigalpa, Hondura: a police officer frisks a bus passenger after football fans were arrested in connection with a shootout between followers of Olimpia and Motagua Photograph: Jorge Cabrera /Reuters

Portland, Maine, US: a man digs his car out after a blizzard dumped a record 31.9 inches of snow on the city Photograph: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

Otepaa, Estonia: a man walks to the sauna during the European Sauna Marathon. More than 600 participants took part in the event, visiting 20 saunas with a total distance of over 62 miles Photograph: Ints Kalnins/Reuters

Bani Hushaish, Yemen: a tribesman carries a Yemen national flag as he walks between chairs before a rally to commemorate the second anniversary of the uprising against Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Mohamed Al-sayaghi/Reuters

New York, US: models pose at the Montcler Grenoble fall 2013 fashion presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Gotham Hall Photograph: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images