24 hours in pictures

Cayenne, Guyana: waves hit the coastal road during high tides Photograph: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: a truck driver looks out through the broken windscreen of his vehicle at the site of a suicide attack near the Afghan intelligence agency headquarters Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Netivot, Israel: a man collects candles next to a burning pyre at the grave of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain: members of the Mortgage Victims' Platform take part in a protest to mark Spain Investors Day Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

Sagar Island, India: a girl pulls a tricycle loaded with religious material for sale on the last day of the Makar Sankranti festival at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

Paraparaumu, New Zealand: the dead body of a 15-metre sperm whale lies on a beach on the Kapiti coast Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

Crowhurst, Sussex,: a road protester known as Simon Sitting Bull sits in the tunnel he has dug at the Combe Haven Defenders camp as protests continue over the development of the £93.8m Bexhill to Hastings link road through the Combe Haven Valley Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Kinderdijk, the Netherlands: snow covers historic windmills Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images

Dhaka, Bangladesh: a party activist shouts a warning for a bus to stop during a half-day strike to protest against an oil price rise Photograph: AM Ahad/AP

Berlin, Germany: a model on the catwalk for designer Leandro Cano as part of the Mercedes Benz fashion week for autumn winter 2013 Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Suederoogsand, Germany: the bow of a shipwreck on a sandbank. In total, three shipwrecks are currently standing on the sandbank. They were almost completely submerged in sand earlier Photograph: Hendrik Brunckhorst/LKN-SH/EPA

Mexico City, Mexico: a doctor speaks on his phone as he walks past graffiti Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Kenmore, Scotland: an angler casts during the opening of the salmon fishing season on the river Tay Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia: Russian musician Arkady Shilkloper plays his three-metre-long alphorn on the top of the largest sail of the Sydney Opera House, as part of the Sydney festival Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA