24 hours in pictures

Paris, France: Policemen check the broken window of a luxury store during clashes with supporters of the Algerian national football team on the Champs-Elysee after Algeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

Tagab Valley, Afghanistan: Soldiers pray in a French military tent set up as a mosque Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Tangerang, Indonesia: Rows of empty chairs at a job fair for new graduates Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Chongqing, China: Taxis queue up to get their fuel tanks filled with liquid gas. There has been a shortage of gas due to severe cold weather in parts of the country Photograph: AFP /Getty Images

Friedrichshafen, Germany: Swans swim on the Bodensee Photograph: Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a memorial ceremony at the graves of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, at the Mount of Olives cemetery. Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka were killed by Islamist terrorists during the attack on Mumbai's Chabad House a year ago Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Motte Majra, India: A labourer walks through a pond as he collects water chestnuts in the northern state of Punjab Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters

Seoul, South Korea: Policemen scuffle with anti-North Korea and pro-US activists Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Children skip in the street Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Volovshchina, Belarus: Servicemen of the Interior Ministry's special unit take part in an annual competition Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Fort Carson, Colorado, US: A woman holds the identity tags of her brother who was among eight soldiers killed in a single battle in Afghanistan Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

Peshawar, Pakistan: A woman at the site of a suicide bomb blast outside a court building Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Supporters of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman react after the supreme court upheld death sentences on five former soldiers for the killing of the country's independence leader in 1975 Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP