24 hours in pictures

Singapore: People stroll past a fake cherry blossom tree ahead of tomorrow's lunar new year Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Woodbrook, Trinidad and Tobago: A reveller participates in a Carnival parade Photograph: Andrea da Silva/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: A man walks his dog on a snow-covered street Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Tyler, Texas: Lightning rolls across the sky as powerful thunderstorms stretch across Texas to Tennessee Photograph: Dr. Scott M. Lieberman/AP

Kousseri, Cameroon: A Chadian refugee carrries her belongings as she crosses a bridge back to the Chad capital, N'Djamena Photograph: Kambou Sia/AFP

Los Angeles, California: People wait in line at a primary polling station in Venice Beach Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: People line up outside a subsidised food store Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Washington: US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell (centre) is flanked by FBI and CIA chiefs as he addresses the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's annual threat assessment hearing Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

Jakarta, Indonesia: A protester against news magazine Tempo shows a cover showing late Indonesian dictator Suharto and his children in the guise of Jesus and the disciples in Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP

Kusumi, Kenya: Displaced people move to a new home Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty

Hest Bank, Lancashire: Polish cockle pickers at Morecambe Bay Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Cape Canaveral, Florida: Water droplets on a spiders web shine in the morning at the Kennedy Space Centre Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP

Nanjing, China: Residents walk past lunar new year decorations that symbolise abundance Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Quezon City, Philippines: A Filipino vendor scoops cheap, locally made 'dirty ice-cream' onto cones Photograph: Alanah M. Torralba/EPA

Sydney, Australia: An exhibition of parkour, or free running Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty