24 hours in pictures

Algiers: Goldfish in plastic bags for sale on the street
Photograph: Louafi Larbi/Reuters

Washington, US: With a rainbow in the background, seagulls fly by the USS Abraham Lincoln at Naval Station Everett
Photograph: Dan Bates/AP

Beijing, China: The face of US's President Barack Obama portrayed as ObaMao is seen printed on a keyring for sale at Chaoyang park during the Chinese new year holiday
Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Oman: A man holds a sword as he waits for cyclists during the fourth stage of the first Tour of Oman, between Ibri and Nakhal
Photograph: David Furst/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City: A resident uses a donkey and a cart to remove debris left by receding flood waters in the Chalco neighborhood
Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP

Granada, Nicaragua: Young women take part in a parade during the 6th International Festival of Poetry
Photograph: Mario Lopez/EPA

New York: A model is reflected in a broken mirror backstage before the Marchesa Fall 2010 collection during New York fashion week
Photograph: Stephen Chernin/AP

Marjah, Afghanistan: US Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, read and pack their gear under red light head lamps
Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Mounted Kyrgyz men play the traditional sport of Kok-Boru (Ulak-Tartysh). The players on horseback compete for points by throwing a stuffed sheepskin into a well
Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Lima, Peru: Toys are sold on the side of a street
Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Canete La Real, Spain: A road worker takes shelter during a rain storm
Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A boy holds a picture of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he sits on a chair outside the presidential palace during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Unken, Austria: Skiers on a cross-country ski run in the Heutal valley
Photograph: Kerstin Joensson/AP

Cuzco, Peru: An Andean woman with her llama
Photograph: Enrique Castro-mendivil/Reuters