24 hours in pictures

New Delhi, India: Children wearing festive clothing ride in the back of a bicycle rickshaw on their way to a Christmas party Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Amritsar, India: Indian men with their bicycles cross a road which is under construction on a cold and hazy morning in northern India Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA

New Delhi, India: A homeless elderly man sits in a dry fountain after waking up on a cold morning. Though India is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Cagayan de Oro, Philippines: Typhoon Washi has killed more than 1,000 people and has left tens of thousands homeless Photograph: News Pictures/Rex Features

Cairo, Egypt: A protester sits in front of a cement barricade bearing the writing 'Free', during a demonstration against the country's military rulers in Tahrir Square Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Denver, Colorado: Kevin Chang, eight, plays with freshly fallen snow in Denver's Civic Center Park Photograph: Evan Semon/Reuters

Montevideo, Uruguay: Dancers of Uruguay's national ballet company dance during the last lesson of the year, held moments before performing in the closing event of the celebrations for Uruguay's Bicentenary Photograph: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images

Panmunjom, South Korea: North Korean soldiers look at South Korea across the Korean Demilitarised Zone Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Sana'a, Yemen: A woman shows a message reading 'Our demand is the trial' written on her hands during a demonstration to demand the trial of Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Karachi, Pakistan: An owner tries to control his horse while he waits for customers at Clifton beach Photograph: Fareed Khan/AP

Netanya, Isreal: Surfers walk on the beach in the coastal city north of Tel Aviv as the sun starts to set over the Mediterranean Sea Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia: A dancer performs 'Kali Mati' (Dead River) as part of the Jakarta Biennale 2011. The performance represents a major clean up in the city to revive polluted rivers from the 'dead' Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP

Bethlehem: A woman lights candles as she prays in the Church of the Nativity Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Bethlehem: Christian pilgrims wait to go inside the Grotto of the Church of Nativity ahead of Christmas Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Prague, Czech Republic: People light candles and lay flowers at Vaclavski square to pay their respects to former Czech president Vaclav Havel Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: Traffic at Tahrir Square – activists have planned a march on Friday to protest against army rule and the latest violence Photograph: Reuters