24 hours in pictures

New Delhi, India: Indian soldiers sit on stunt motorcycles during a rehearsal for an upcoming Republic Day parade Photograph: Kevn Frayer/AP

Mumbai, India: A woman begs in a subway Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

London, UK: Seagulls perch on posts sunk into the Serpentine in Hyde Park Photograph: AP

London, UK: Brazilian gymnast Ethiene Cristina Gonser Franco prays as her teammate Adrian Geovana Nunes Gomes performs on the beam at the Olympics test and qualification event at the North Greenwich Arena. The Brazilian women's team went on to take the last remaining qualification slot for this year's Olympic Games Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Jamapara, Brazil: Firefighters wait and watch as a bulldozer digs in search of several missing people after a mudslide in Rio de Janeiro state Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

South Carolina, USA: Doranne Pearler tries to catch a glimpse of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry as he leaves a campaign stop Photograph: David Goldman/AP

Madrid, Spain: A protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against Spain's high youth unemployment Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Shanghai, China: Ducks in a basket wait to be sold on a city street Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Bodhgaya, India: Buddhist devotees wait for the arrival of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Mahabodhi temple Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man bathes at the temporary camp of Champ de Mars, across the street from the collapsed National Palace, two years after the earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Las Vegas, USA: A buyer takes in the back view of several LG 3D televisions at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP

Damascus, Syria: Pro-Syrian regime demonstrators wave a giant portrait of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad Photograph: Muzaffar Salman/AP

Laghouat, Algeria: Riot police stand guard as people protest over a housing dispute in the town, abou 400km south of the capital Algiers Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland: A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, together with a portrait of Jungfrau railways founder Adolf Guyer-Zeller by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters