24 hours in pictures

Naalin, West Bank: Palestinian protesters run away from teargas during a demonstration against the separation barrier Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan: Displaced people who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants await relief supplies Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Nablus, West Bank: Palestinian girls chase a group of birds Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Jaipur, India: Onlookers stand beside the derailed carriages of a passenger train. At least nine people died when 15 cars of the New Delhi-bound train left the tracks under braking in poor visibility Photograph: Reuters

Yunnan, China: A man walks to the upper part of the west garbage dumping site, which will be fully saturated this year Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

London, England: A British Airways flight departs Heathrow airport on the day that the Spanish airline Iberia and BA reached agreement over a possible merger Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Jammu, India: A child rides on a buffalo on the banks of the river Tawi Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan worker warms his hands over a fire at a construction site as cold weather takes hold in the city Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty

Roermond, Netherlands: In temperatures hovering around -8C, a sculptor carves the finishing touches to his creation at the Dutch ice sculpture festival Photograph: Koen Suyk/ANP

Bucharest, Romania: Roma children play in the village of Raducaneni Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP

Cape Town, South Africa: Table Mountain is lit up to mark national diabetes day Photograph: Schalk Van Zuydam/AP

Newhaven, England: Waves crash against a lighthouse on the Sussex coast Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Eight-year-old Ahmid cleans onions to be sold at a market. Pakistan says 3.3 million of its children are at work helping their struggling families to survive Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP