24 hours in pictures

Sana'a, Yemen: Anti-government protesters gather around a burning vehicle belonging to government supporters during a demonstration to demand the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Christchurch, New Zealand: Office workers look for a way out of a high-rise building after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the South Island city, killing at least 65 people Photograph: Simon Baker/Reuters

Malkiya, Bahrain: Six-year-old Ali Mohammed looks upon the body of his father Abdul Ridha Mohammed during his funeral. Abdul Ridha Mohammed had been shot in the head when Bahraini security forces attacked anti-government demonstrators in Pearl roundabout in Manama last week Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Amritsar, India: Hungarian artist Krisztina Nemeth performs a folk dance on stage during the Amritsar international folk festival Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA

Ben Shemen forest, Israel: An egret stands out in a field of anemones Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: An elderly man carries firewood on his back and makes his way up to his home Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Korolev space mission control centre, Russia: A Russian space specialist watches two of the 'astronauts' of the Mars500 experiment – Diego Urbina of Italy and Alexander Smoleyevsky of Russia – walking on a mock-up of Mars Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Construction workers build new homes in the Haitian capital, more than a year after an earthquake devastated the island Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: Cadets gather before a rehearsal in the Military Music School Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

Islamabad, Pakistan: People enjoy rides on a swingboat as others watch in a slum area on the outskirts of the city Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

Minneapolis, USA: Darryl Bowling gets a coating of snow as he clears the pavement on Douglas Avenue after heavy snowfall Photograph: Richard Sennott/AP

Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo: A woman waits outside a mobile military tribunal before the sentencing of 11 soldiers accused of rape and crimes against humanity Photograph: Pete Muller/AP