24 hours in pictures

Marigaon district, India: farmers, silhouetted against the setting sun, irrigate their agricultural field after planting new paddy seedlings Photograph: EPA

Rangoon, Burma: people carry an injured person after a fire and explosion on a tanker carrying diesel fuel on the Hlaing River Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

Doncaster, England: a small crowd watches the action from the grandstand at Doncaster racecourse Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

Rome, Italy: Mathias Menanteau works on a cello body in his workshop. He builds and restores violins and cellos for reknowned musicians Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

Caracas, Venezuela: soldiers attend a military parade to commemorate the 21st anniversary of President Hugo Chávez's attempted coup d'état Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: French daredevil Alain Robert reaches into his chalk bag as he scales the Habana Libre hotel without using ropes or a safety net Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Jacmel, Haiti: participants wait for the start of a parade during carnival celebrations Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP

Seville, Spain: a man rides past uncollected rubbish. Rubbish collectors have been on strike to protest against the austerity cuts imposed by the town hall Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

Taunton, England: staff at the RSPCA West Hatch wildlife centre wash a stricken guillemot bird covered in a unknown pollutant Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Dhaka, Bangladesh: people are reflected in the broken window of a burnt bus after the activists from Jamaat-e-Islami set it on fire during a day-long strike in protest against the decision by the country's war crimes tribunal to deliver judgment in a case against their leader, Abdul Quader Mollah Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: boys warm their hands over a brick factory fire on a cold day Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

Kathmandu, Nepal: a child plays on a cart near her home at a slum on the banks of Bishnumati Rive Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Mutianyu, China: a hawker waits for customers beneath a watchtower on a quiet section of the Great Wall of China Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images