24 hours in pictures

Khorramabad, Iran: A girl covered with mud during Ashura celebrations Photograph: Keystone/Rex Features

Perth, Australia: Spectators watch the action during day one of the third Ashes test match between Australia and England Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanese Shia Muslim men listen to the story of Imam Hussein during Ashura day Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP

Bogota, Colombia: A mime artist performs in front of Christmas decorations Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Afghan men play pool in a slum area Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Bethlehem, West Bank: A Palestinian woman walks with a child past the shadow of a cross on the Church of the Nativity Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: An army cadet fires a weapon from a swimming pool in a combat training course at the military school Heroico Colegio Militar Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Brussels, Belgium: Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the European Council on the second day of the EU leaders summit Photograph: Thierry Roge/Reuters

Beijing, China: Two workers put up decoration lights on a tree Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Munich, Germany,: A woman strolls next to snow covered stairs Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP

Waterfoot, UK: A group of cormorant sea birds perch on a pier as waves break around them Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Istanbul, Turkey: Shi'ite women take part in a re-enactment of the battle of Kerbala during an Ashura procession Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

Mainz, Germany: A pug with a dusting of snow on its face Photograph: Fredrik Von Erichsen/EPA

Silwan, Jerusalem: A Palestinian man covers his head with a scarf to shade himself from the sun as he waits for noon prayers Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP