24 hours in pictures

Luanda, Angola: A child crosses a flooded street in a suburb
Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: A beach goer selects books from 30 red Ikea Billy bookcases lined up to form the world's longest outdoor bookcase to celebrate the 30th birthday of the brand's signature furniture piece, at Bondi Beach
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: Children hold a statuette of Child Jesus during a religious procession celebrating the feast of the Child Jesus
Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters

Virginia, USA: Miniature southdown sheep, are covered in snow during a snowstorm near Richmond
Photograph: Bob Brown/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man rests in a concrete cylinder on a street in Carrefour
Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Shanxi, China: A passenger looks out of the window from a train before it sets off at a railway station in Taiyuan
Photograph: Reuters

Lima, Peru: A competitor flexes his muscles inside a bathroom before a bodybuilding competition
Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Beijing, China: An entrant in an ice-fishing competition on a frozen lake
Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Kiel, Germany: An apple hangs under snow on a tree in a garden
Photograph: Heribert Proepper/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: People look at the damage to the iron market after a fire
Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Porto, Portugal: A man walks past a woman wearing a red wedding dress as part of a flash mob
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: Women walk by a jewellery shop and a grocery store in a Christian neighborhood
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Two dogs rest at a cemetery
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Sakhir, Bahrain: Children on Jebel al-Dukhan, or Smoke Mountain, the nation's highest point
Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

Yamanouchi, Japan: Macaque monkeys relax near the hot spring at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) monkey park
Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images