24 hours in pictures

Washington, US: Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy laugh during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House
Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Hyderabad, India: Policemen try to douse a fire after a shop was set alight at the Begum bazar
Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/AP

Lakeville, Massachusetts, US: Lee Ann Tavares checks the flood damage to her seasonal home on Long Pond
Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Trim, Ireland: Horses in the snow
Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

New Delhi, India: An child reaches between blind men begging for charity outside a temple
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Severomorsk, Russia: Sailors take part in a farewell ceremony at the departure of the 19,000-tonne nuclear-powered cruiser "Peter the Great" for military exercises at sea
Photograph: Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: People on a crosswalk
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Zamora, Spain: Penitents wait to take part in the procession of the 'Jesus del via crucis' brotherhood, during holy week
Photograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A woman carries baskets with vegetables from a street market
Photograph: Jorge Saenz/AP

Skopje, Macedonia: A stork flies at sunset in Petrovec village
Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Guatemala City, Guatemala: People eat tacos at a food stand
Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Mexico City, Mexico: A girl buried in the sand at a public pool
Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Quezon province, Philippines: A religious devotee stands under a small waterfall in Mount Banahaw
Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters