24 hours in pictures

Freiburg-Waltershofen, Germany: A harvest helper wearing gloves cuts grapes at the Tuniberg vineyards in the early morning Photograph: Patrick Seeger/EPA

Oberstdorf, Germany: The ski jump and the village of Oberstdorf are reflected in the goggles of Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai during the practice for the first event of the 4-hills ski jumping tournament Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Bocaue, Phillippines: A worker loads nitrate powder into small tubes at a makeshift pyrotechnics factory. Small-scale firecracker and pyrotechnic makers in the renowned firecracker-producing town report brisk sales as the country prepares for new year celebrations Photograph: Jes Aznar/AFP/Getty Images

Kashiwa, Japan: Used office chairs fill a storage area on the outskirts of Tokyo. Office Buster, a firm dealing with used office equipment for resale, are busy with inventories from companies that have gone out of business during the current economic crisis Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP

Nanjing, China: A worker makes an ox-shaped lantern at a workshop in Jiangsu province. Many decorative ornaments, toys and lanterns are being produced to usher in the year of the Ox Photograph: Jeff Xu/Reuters

Johannesburg, South Africa: A cheetah waits for his daily feed at the Rhino and Lion park near Johannesburg Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Afghanistan: A woman carries a bundle of twigs past terraced fields in Kunar province Photograph: Bob Strong/Reuters

Seri Menanti, Malaysia: The coffin of Malaysia's former king Tuanku Jaafar Tuanku Abdul Rahman is paraded along a street after leaving his palace during his funeral. Malaysia's former king, Tuanku Jaafar, a state ruler who became Malaysia's 10th constitutional monarch between 1994 and 1999, died on Saturday at the age of 86 Photograph: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A policeman stands guard as voters queue up to cast their votes. Bangladeshis formed long queues at polling stations before public voting began to choose a new prime minister and restore democracy after two years of emergency rule, in the country's first election in seven years Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Sydney, Australia: A European honey bee has a cocaine solution placed on its back by Dr Andrew Barron at the Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution at Macquarie University. An Australian scientist is doping up honey bees with cocaine to study how their brain reacts to the drug, and possibly find a way to stop addiction in humans Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Frieslands, Netherlands: Skaters compete on a track of ice created from grassland sprayed with water in the northern Dutch province Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images

Lima, Peru: Peruvian shamans make a ritual of predictions for the new year over a picture of US President-elect Barack Obama at San Cristobal hill Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: A baby yawns behind a fruit stand selling round-shaped fruits in preparation for New Year's Day celebrations. It is a local tradition for Filipinos to display 12 different types of round-shaped fruits, one for each month of the year, at home on New Year's Day for prosperity Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters