24 hours in pictures

Athens, Greece: People stand around mock crime scene silhouettes painted on the street during clashes Photograph: Pantelis Saitas/EPA

Ramallah, West Bank: A Palestinian family walks past a pool of blood from slaughtered sheep, during the holiday of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Herrnhut, Germany: A Christmas decoration company employee arranges illuminated stars at the company's shop Photograph: Norbert Millauer/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: A staff member of the Glamour Eye Salon undergoes an eyelash extension treatment Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Malalha, Gaza: Palestinian boys from a small Bedouin community outside Gaza City play in a greenhouse Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty Images

Accra, Ghana: A female supporter of the National Democratic Congress rejoices receiving news that the party is ahead as the country waits for the final results of the presidential and parliamentary elections Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK: A member of staff for The Crown Estate, working on the Queen's Windsor Great Park, adds logs to a fire to keep warm before felling Christmas trees Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Amritsar, India: The Grand Mosque on the eve of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

San Diego, US: Firefighters near the remains of a military jet that crashed into homes Photograph: Fred Greaves/Reuters

Geneva, Switzerland: An aircraft makes its final approach before landing at Cointrin airport Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: Two protesters wearing masks depicting activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki in front of a 17-metre sand sculpture of a fin whale on Bondi Beach as part of a Greenpeace anti-whaling protest Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/EPA

Sipadan, Malaysia: A scuba diver approaches a swirling school of giant barracudas Photograph: David Loh/Reuters

Toronto, Canada: A woman walks through a light snowfall Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

New York, US: John Lennon fans gather at the Strawberry Fields memorial mosaic in Central Park on the 28th anniversary of his death Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: Orthodox Russians mourn the late Russian Orthodox patriarch Alexy II at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Photograph: Dima Korotayev/Getty Images

Lima, Peru: Children line up to receive their first communion at La Merced church Photograph: Karel Navarro/AP