24 hours in pictures

Qalqilya, West Bank: A donkey being castrated in a car park by the Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land organisation, which runs a free mobile vet clinic Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Minsk, Belarus: Riot police block demonstrators trying to storm the government building protesting against alleged voting fraud in the election Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Mata, Israel: Israeli police stand guard near the body of US tourist Christine Logan after she was found dead in a wooded area Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Beijing, China: Visitors look at a tour pamphlet in the Forbidden City Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand: A Thai man wearing a face mask joins fellow anti-government red shirt protesters as they gather in Bangkok's shopping district Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

San Martin Texmelucan, Mexico: A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire in a car after a pipeline explosion Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP

Born, Netherlands: Wild geese fly above a snowy field Photograph: Ermindo Armino/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A group of Afghan girls collect water from a hand pump in a slum area Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Bethlehem, West Bank: Christian pilgrims seen in the grotto at the Church of Nativity Photograph: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA

Stavropol, Russia: A sphynx cat is seen in its cage during a regional cat exhibition Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters

East Timor, Indonesia: A woman collects eggs from the Gracia chicken farm Photograph: Lirio Da Fonseca/Reuters

Allahabad, India: Indian men dressed as Santa Claus visit slums Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Paris, France: People walk carefully down snow-covered stairs at the Trocadero Square Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Zari, Afghanistan: US sergeant James Cook works out at the Sabloghay camp Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images