24 hours in pictures

Nairobi, Kenya: Civilians help to hold a water hose as firefighters try to control a raging fire at a supermarket Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: A boy sorts pieces of scrap metal at an iron factory in the Zeitun neighbourhood Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images

Trece Mártires, Philippines: Damaged structures inside a fireworks factory after an explosion Photograph: Dennis M Sabangan/EPA

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Children fly a kite in the Cité Soleil slum Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Cotter, US: A tree lies on a house after ice and snow hit northern Arkansas, uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing widespread power outages Photograph: Kevin Pieper/The Baxter Bulletin/AP

Seoul, South Korea: Two puppies cloned through fat stem cells from a beagle donor Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during his spring/summer 2009 haute couture collection show Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images

Washington, US: President Barack Obama returns to the White House Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images

Seville, Spain: Cast members of the Cirque Du Soleil show Varekai perform during a show preview Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: Students hold torches during a late-night march to celebrate the 156th anniversary of the birth of Cuba's independence hero, José Martí Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

London, UK: Squatters dance in the street as they leave one of two mansions they had taken over on Park Lane Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Coquelles, France: Employees work on the Channel tunnel to finish repairing damage cause by a fire last year Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

Munich, Germany: A worker walks between trains during a one-day warning strike of Deutsche Bahn employees Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters

Beijing, China: Performers dressed in traditional costumes and wearing stilts rest as a crowd watch another performance at the Summer Palace temple fair Photograph: David Gray/Reuters