24 hours in pictures

Tsumagoi, Japan: White smoke rises from the Mount Asama volcano Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

Taipei, Taiwan: Workers place incense sticks after praying outside their company's building on the first day back at work after the Chinese new year holidays Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

Allahabad, India: Hindu worshippers perform rituals at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati during the annual month-long Magh Mela Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Murano, Italy: Master glassmaker Simone Cenedese uses a blowtorch on a piece of commissioned work at his family's furnace on the island near Venice Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: Clergy attend the crowning of the Patriarch Kirill as the 16th leader of the Russian Orthodox church Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Tongren, China: A Tibetan monk walks in front of a monastery during the Monlam prayer festival, one of the most important events in Tibetan Buddhism Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A new-born doe licks the face of another at Malaysia's national zoo Photograph: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters

Kunming, China: A man fishes on the banks of the Dianchi lake Photograph: /Reuters

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A trader looks at pigeons during an auction Photograph: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters

Melbourne, Australia: Tributes lie near West Gate bridge, from which a four-year-old was allegedly thrown by her father last week Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty Images

Sapporo, Japan: Women pray at a tomb for dead guide dogs Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters

Asahikawa, Japan: A seal swims at Asahiyama zoo Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty Images