24 hours in pictures

RS Pura, Kashmir, India: An Indian villager collects marigolds from a field – the flowers are perennially in heavy demand in India Photograph: Jaipal Singh/EPA

Malaga, Spain: People in traditional costume drink wine out of a wineskin before competing in the annual 49th Verdiales music contest. Verdiales is a form of traditional flamenco music popular in the province Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Adelboden, Switzerland: A man walks in the snow under cable cars Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters

Loya Derah, Afghanistan: A US soldier from 595th Sapper Company 2nd Engineers Battalion blows up some used or unexploded rockets, smoke grenades and mortars in an abandoned house during a clearance patrol in the Zari district of Kandahar province Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: A fireman removes icicles from a roof Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

New York, USA: Children ride sleds down a hill in Central Park after a blizzard dropped 51cm of snow in the area Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Israel: Israeli air force cadets toss their caps during an air force pilots' graduation ceremony at Hatzerim air base Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: A girl takes in the view of the crowded street from her father's shoulders in the Ameyoko market, jam-packed with year-end shoppers Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP

Srinagar, India: Kashmiri Muslim children play hopscotch outside their house on a cold day Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Canada geese take off from a frozen section of the Schuylkill River Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Nablus, West Bank: A Jewish boy prays in Joseph's Tomb. In co-ordination with the Palestinian forces that control Nablus, the Israeli army escorted hundreds of Jewish settlers and pilgrims to the ancient shrine on Tuesday morning Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador: Catholics carry representations of the baby Jesus during a procession to celebrate the Day of the Holy Innocents Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: A police officer confiscates banned firecrackers at Divisoria market as the country prepares to welcome in the new year Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

Pozzuoli, Italy: Rubbish is piled up along the shore road near Naples. 1,400 tonnes of rubbish have accumulated during the holidays in the city and surrounding suburbs, and the military has been called in to help remove it Photograph: Ciro Fusco/EPA