24 hours in pictures

New Delhi, India: People stand in the river Yamuna offering prayers to the sun god during the Hindu festival Chhat Puja Photograph: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters

Manila, Philippines: Protesters burn mock US and Israeli flags outside the Israel embassy Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

Freetown, Sierra Leone: A woman walks past posters on a fence outside a colonial-era house Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

West Jefferson, North Carolina: Men drag a Christmas tree through a field at Omni Farm. Crews at the farm will harvest nearly 20,000 Christmas trees this season Photograph: Chris Keane/Reuters

Atareb, Syria: A member of the Free Syrian Army receives treatment for a head injury Photograph: Abdalghne Karoof/Reuters

Doha, Qatar: Pigeons perch on wooden struts on a building in Souq Waqif Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

Lima, Peru: People watch a parade outside a bullfighting ring during a festival Photograph: Karel Navarro/AP

Munich, Germany: A baboon yawns in his enclosure at Hellabrunn Zoo Photograph: Michael Dalder/Reuters

Nairobi, Kenya: Police detain a man in the Somali district of Eastleigh. Police used teargas and fired into the air to contain violence that erupted after a bomb exploded killing seven people and wounding many more Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

London, England: Singer Rihanna performs at the Forum in Kentish Town Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

New York: A boat damaged by hurricane Sandy on Staten Island Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A newscaster reads the news during a national television broadcast Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters

Hamburg, Germany: Seagulls fly around a woman Photograph: Axel Heimken/dpa