24 hours in pictures

Beijing, China: Tourists ride on sleds on the frozen Houhai lake Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Members of Los Amantes de la Boca rehearse before participating in carnival celebrations Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Navy personnel fire a 21-gun salute on the seafront Galle Face promenade to mark the nation's 65th Independence Day Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

JanJang, South Sudan: A child goes to fetch water near where a new refugee camp is to open to support the overwhelmed Yida camp Photograph: Camille Lepage/AFP/Getty Images

Venice, Italy: A costumed reveller poses near St Mark's Square during the Venice carnival Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem: A vendor reads a newspaper at a market in the Old City Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Vänersborg, Sweden: Referee Petri Kuusela is helped off the ice during the final match between Sweden and Russia at the Bandy World Championships Photograph: Anders Wiklund/Scanpix Sweden/Reuters

Niono, Mali: A boy loads cut sugar canes on to a truck at a plantation Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Siberia, Russia: A child looks across the frozen Yenisei river Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: Activists with the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis stage a protest. The placard reads: 'Stop! No more bullfighting' Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

La Vega, Dominican Republic: A masked reveller takes part in the annual carnival parade Photograph: Ricardo Rojas/Reuters

Durban, South Africa: A boy balances a football on his head on South Beach Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A beggar sits on a slush-covered road during a snow shower Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images