24 hours in pictures

Franschoek, South Africa: a woman runs from a burning barricade during a farm workers' strike in the wine-producing valley. Farm workers across the Western Cape returned to their wage strike to protest about low wages Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: Palestinian security guards pray at a football stadium, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Lyon, France: French and Italian demonstrators face police officers as they protest against the construction of a trans-Alpine high-speed rail network linking their countries via a tunnel under the mountains, on the sidelines of the 30th annual France-Italy summit Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

Brasilia, Brazil: a woman takes a picture of a sunrise from the balcony of her hotel Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

Stoos, Switzerland: a couple walk by a snow-covered church. Meteosuisse has forecast abundant snow and high winds Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: riot police officers eat their lunch as they stand guard in front of Egypt's top court during a protest by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Moscow, Russia: a woman walks on the street in front of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral, seen through a hole in a net on a scaffolding Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congolese women cheer as government troops arrive. Several hundred Congo army soldiers returned to the key eastern city, as rebels remained poised nearby and a possible fight loomed for the city of 1 million inhabitants Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: internally displaced Afghan children play inside a mud shelter at a makeshift camp as winter approaches Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Sofia, Bulgaria: a woman out walking in heavy snowfall Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

New York, US: a surfer catches a wave at Rockaway Beach in Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters

Madrid, Spain: people queue to enter a government job centre. The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Spain has edged up toward 5 million Photograph: Daniel Ochoa De Olza/AP

New Delhi, India: rescue workers from the national disaster response force and Delhi fire service take 'victims' to hospital, during a drill conducted at a high-rise building Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Bangkok, Thailand: a Thai customs official holds a confiscated turtle during a press conference at the airport. Thai authorities arrested a Thai man after finding 343 turtles in boxes for export to Hong Kong Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA