24 hours in pictures

Ishinomaki, Japan: Hikari Oyama plays with bubbles after she and her grandmother paid their respects at the memorial to victims of last year's tsunami at the Okawa Elementary School Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Bhaktapur, Nepal: Nepalese men chat to each other Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Birmingham, UK: bedlington terriers wait to be paraded on the final day of the Crufts dog show Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Mixco, Guatemala: Aroldo Juarez takes a shower in his home before being evacuated with his family to a shelter Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal: a Nepalese woman carries her child on her back as she works at a brick factory in Bungmati Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Agartala, India: a bird collects nectar as flowers bloom Photograph: Sushanta Das/AP

Allahabad, India: a bride is reflected in a mirror as she gets ready before a mass marriage ceremony for 25 couples Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Gaza Strip, Gaza: wounded Palestinian children in a hospital after an Israeli air strike Photograph: Reuters

Beijing, China: paramilitary policemen change guard in Tiananmen square Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Maloja, Switzerland: the annual Engadin cross-country skiing marathon in Switzerland Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/AP

Thun, Switzerland: contestants race through the mud during the Strongman Run competition Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters

Istanbul, Turkey: Darya Kilishina of Russia competes in the women's long jump final at the world indoor athletics championships Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA

Unalakleet, Alaska: Aaron Burmeister taking part in the Iditarod Trail sled dog race Photograph: Marc Lester/AP

Jabalya, Gaza: a Palestinian man surveys a destroyed house Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters