24 hours in pictures

Panama City, Panama: Workers walk on the bottom of Miraflores locks as they carry out work on the Panama Canal. For six days, crews will work around the clock to complete maintenance projects Photograph: Arnulfo Franco/AP

Brest, Belarus: An honour guard stands in front of eternal fire during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: People hold balloons before releasing them into the air in honour of disappeared people Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Laura, Australia: Dancers perform during an aboriginal dance festival Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Macedonia: People watch the first rays of the sunrise through the astronomical stone markers at the ancient megalith observatory of Kokino Photograph: Georgi Licovski/EPA

Prague, Czech Republic: A baby hippo plays in its enclosure at the zoo Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters

Tiwanaku ruins, Bolivia: People hold up their hands to feel the first sunrays at dawn during a traditional Andean New Year's ritual Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A Japanese tourist paddles in the sea at Leblon beach Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: A second world war veteran holds a candle at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin Wall Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP

Ghatal, India: Vehicles make their way through a flooded street Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: Children enjoy the third annual Go Skateboarding Day organised by the Skateistan School Photograph: S Sabawoon/EPA

Negambo, Sri Lanka: Fishermen carry their catch at the end of the day Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Guatire, Venezuela: A woman and child pass a line of national guard soldiers outside the riot-hit El Rodeo prison Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A vendor who sells dolls on a roadside waits for customers Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Poznan, Poland: People launch Chinese lanterns during Kupala Night in celebration of the shortest night in the year Photograph: Marek Zakrzewski/EPA