24 hours in pictures

Belopopci, Bulgaria: An ice fisher catches a fish on the frozen lake Photograph: Petar Petrov/AP

Hanover, Germany: A worker prepares a stand for the upcoming CeBIT fair, the world's biggest IT fair Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

London, UK: A sculpture made from Swarovski crystals and medical syringes, titled Precious One, is displayed at the Halcyon Gallery Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features

Some of the 15,000 participants in the 85th long-distance cross-country Vasaloppet ski race Photograph: Ulf Palm/EPA

London, UK: A drawer of antique glass eyes is displayed at the Science Museum's object store Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines: A polluted creek covered with rubbish. A 2008 report said the Philippines had 50 major polluted rivers, with a majority of pollutants coming from domestic waste Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

Lop Buri, Thailand: An Aids patient lies on his bed at a hospice in the grounds of the Wat Phra Baht Nam Phu Buddhist temple Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

Meta, Colombia: A Colombian army soldier guards one of the 11 natural caverns found the jungle region of Cano Yarumales. The caverns were used to shelter around 2,700 members of Farc Photograph: Guillermo Legaria/EPA

Watertown, Wisconsin, US: A crescent moon and the planet Venus share the sky behind the steeple of St Bernard's Catholic church Photograph: John Hart/AP

Herat, Afghanistan: An Afghan woman holds her child as she walks on a windy day Photograph: Fraidoon Pooyaa/AP

Cangzhou, China: A farmer clears dried corn stalks from a field Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Duisburg, Germany: A young red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) peers out of his mother's pouch at the city's zoo Photograph: Philipp Guelland/AFP/Getty Images

Nagatoro, Japan: An ascetic Buddhist monk runs through flames during the Nagatoro fire festival, held to celebrate the coming of spring, at the Choshozan Fudoji temple Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Suzdal, Russia: A man is seen through scarves displayed for sale in the ancient town of Suzdal, north-east of Moscow. Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters