24 hours in pictures

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man walks along a street at night
Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain: A fashion show gets under way at the Portuguese stand of the International Tourism Trade Fair
Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: Labourers work at a dockyard site on the banks of the Huangpu river near the Bund district
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A mother comforts her son, who lost a leg in the earthquake, in the Saint Damien hospital
Photograph: Ana-Bianca Marin/Reuters

Melbourne, Australia: Visitors to an exhibition of work by Ron Mueck at the National Gallery of Victoria admire his piece Two Women
Photograph: Raoul Wegat/Getty Images

Gaza City: A customer adjusts a horse's harness as he awaits his turn outside the Abu Mahmud cart repair shop
Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India: A couple share a moment in dense fog at Lodhi Gardens
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Ticuantepe, Nicaragua: A man works in a pineapple field
Photograph: Mario Lopez/EPA

Plavnica, Montenegro: A two-tonne hippo that escaped from a private zoo nine days ago by swimming out of its flooded pen, enjoys a meal after its safe return
Photograph: Risto Bozovic/AP

San Sebastian, Spain: Children take part in the Tamborrada parade outside the town hall
Photograph: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images

Caracas, Venezuela: President Hugo Chávez hugs a child
Photograph: /Reuters

Malaga Spain: German artist Johan Lorbeer gives his still-life performance, Proletarisches Wandbild, on a wall of the Contemporary Art Museum
Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

Singapore: A 20-day-old Greater Flamingo seen under a UV light that provides warmth for hatchlings in the Jurong bird park
Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Delaram, Afghanistan: A man walks on the street as the sun sets
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters