24 hours in pictures

Lahore, Pakistan: Kushti wrestler Mosan Ali, 16, left, prepares the soil in the ring prior to a match. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk

Reykjavik, Iceland: Hundreds of people gather to submit a petition outside the residence of Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Photograph: Ragnar Axelsson/guardian.co.uk

Kristinehamn. Sweden: A female wolf lies in the snow, shot by hunters during Sweden's first wolf hunt in 45 years Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

Krasnoyarsk, Russia: A boat watchman walks along the Yenisei River bank, with the air temperature at about - 36 degrees Celsius Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/guardian.co.uk

Karachi, Pakistan: A labourer clears rubble at the site of destroyed shops set ablaze by an angry mob in reaction to last week's suicide bomb attack during a procession of Shia Muslims commemorating Ashura Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/guardian.co.uk

Beijing, China: Paramilitary policemen stand guard at Tiananmen Square on a snowy day Photograph: Joe Chan/guardian.co.uk

Jammu, India: A Sikh devotee spits fire during a religious procession ahead of the anniversary of the birth of Guru Gobind Singh, in the winter capital of Kashmir Photograph: Jaipal Singh/guardian.co.uk

Argentina: Chile's Francisco Lopez Contardo rides his Aprilia during the Stage 1 of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between Colon and Cordoba Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/guardian.co.uk

Cape Town, South Africa: A member of the Cape Minstrel band rests after the annual Tweede Nuwe Yaar carnival Photograph: Nic Bothma/guardian.co.uk

Wisconsin, US: A man surfs in the slushy waters of Lake Michigan as steam rises in the background Photograph: Samuel Castro/guardian.co.uk

Warsaw, Poland: People walk through a courtyard covered with snow Photograph: Kacper Pempel/guardian.co.uk