24 hours in pictures

Jiaxing, China: A man undergoes fire treatment at a local traditional medicine hospital. Fire treatment can be used to make a patient lose weight Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Frankfurt, Germany: Leftwing protesters burn a portrait of Hesse state's conservative Christian Democratic Union prime minister, Roland Koch Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Changzhi, China: An employee at the Changning steel and iron factory Photograph: /Reuters

Lynn, US: A firefighter coated with ice after battling a fire in freezing conditions Photograph: John Centrino/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Protesters seen through a Congress building window Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Cologne, Germany: Tina Turner performs at the first night of her European tour at the Cologne Arena Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

Burbank, US: A worker sculps a wax statuette to form a casting for the Screen Actors Guild award known as The Actor Photograph: Paul Buck/EPA

Paihia, New Zealand: A dolphin leaps into the air as he surfs through the wake of a fishing boat in the Bay of Islands Photograph: Simon White/AP

Berlin, Germany: A man measures dancers' legs at the Friedrichstadtpalast music hall in east Berlin Photograph: Clemens Bilan/AFP/Getty Images

Taipei, Taiwan: A man sleeps after monitoring stockmarket prices at a securities firm Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters

Gaza, City, Gaza: Smoke seen through a window of the Associated Press office Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Washington, US: President-elect Barack Obama confers with the vice-president-elect, Joe Biden Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Tostado, Argentina: Cows reflected on a pond at a drought-hit ranch Photograph: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters

Beit Lahiya, Gaza: Relatives mourn a relative killed during the continued fighting Photograph: /Reuters