24 hours in pictures

Aleppo, Syria: the daughter of a Palestinian-Syrian woman looks out from her house in the Saif al Dawla district. Palestinian citizens of Syria often have to hide their origin Photograph: EPA

New York, US: revellers watch the 252nd annual St Patrick's Day parade march Photograph: Ramin Talaie/Getty Images

Schleife, Germany: A Sorb egg painter decorates an Easter egg while using bent spoons full of melted wax as colouring at the annual Easter egg market Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images

Rome, Italy: a tourist guide dressed as a Roman centurion stands in a cafe on Piazza di Pietra Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Harare, Zimbabwe: citizens cast their votes in a polling station lit with candles and gas lamps in the Waterfalls suburb, during a referendum on a new constitution that would curb Robert Mugabe's powers and pave the way for elections later in the year Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

San Salvador, El Salvador: people march to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the murder of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was murdered when he was officiating mass in 1980 Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City, Mexico: police officers and journalists stand next to the body of Gerardo Hernandez Cornejo. Gunmen killed Cornejo, alias 'El Oso' - 'the Bear' - who was connected with the distribution of drugs Photograph: Alejandro Dias /Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: followers of the ancient Sabaean Mandean religious sect bathe in the Tigris river during a celebration marking Banja or Creation Feast Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP

Strumica, Macedonia: revellers perform during a carnival procession Photograph: Boris Grdanoski/AP

Kathmandu, Nepal: activists burn an effigy of newly-appointed prime minister, Khil Raj Regmi, during a protest against an agreement to allow Regmi to head the new administration to oversee the election Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Tumaco, Colombia: a soldier guards a shipment of 3.9 tonnes of cocaine seized in a large clandestine laboratory for the production of the drug, during its presentation to the press at a military air base Photograph: Guillermo Legaria/AFP/Getty Image

Madrid, Spain: a tourist drinks coffee as demonstrators march during a protest against financial cuts Photograph: Andres Kudacki/AP