24 hours in pictures

Beit Shemesh, Israel: an ultra-Orthodox bride looks into the women's section during her traditional Jewish wedding Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

New Delhi, India: activists in an auto-rickshaw hold a mask of the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. They had tried to stage a protest outside the district court where the men accused of the gang rape and murder of a student are undergoing trial Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Mexico City, Mexico: Jonas Brothers fans shout for the band outside the W hotel Photograph: Miguel Tovar/Getty Images

Kiev, Ukraine: poodles of the Ukrainian national circus perform a dance Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

Chicago, USA: firefighter Michael De Jesus is covered in ice as he mans a water cannon to battle a huge warehouse fire Photograph: John Gress/Reuters

Santiago, Chile: children play in a pool in the street of the San Pablo shantytown Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

New Jersey, USA: parking metres stand out from sand dunes at the Seaside Heights amusement park and boardwalk which was devastated by superstorm Sandy last year Photograph: Marko Georgiev/AP

Beit Shemesh, Israel: ultra-Orthodox Jewish women watch behind a curtain at a traditional Jewish wedding Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Los Angeles, USA: people fire at targets at a Los Angeles gun club Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala: relatives cry during the funeral of Roberto Enrique Cac Suc, who disappeared in 1982. During the 1960-1996 civil war, people were forcibly taken away and vanished into army camps. Cac Suc's skeleton was found during archaeological investigations at the regional army HQ in Coban Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Athens, Greece: riot police blockade the street near the subway train depot, where striking workers had barricaded themselves Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Geneva, Switzerland: an eagle flies over the table at the Excalibur Dinner at the Caves des Vollandes Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Roger Dubuis

Buenos Aires, Argentina: members of a murga (musical theatre) group perform in the runup to carnival celebrations Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP