24 hours in pictures

Giglio, Italy: a salvage worker points to a plan of the Costa Concordia as preparations are made for diesel recovery from the striken cruise ship Photograph: Laura Lezza/Getty Images

São Paulo, Brazil: a model poses for a photograph as she waits backstage before the Lino Villaventura Winter 2012 show Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Beltsville, Maryland, US: a car makes its way under a blanket of fog Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: a customer stares into a cage at the bird market Photograph: Qais Usyan/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: a man walks in a park covered with snow Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

New Delhi, India: a jogger stretches in a park Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

Beijing, China: a woman swallows a live snake as she performs at the temple fair in Ditan Park Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Seoul, South Korea: traditional dancers perform during the lunar new year holiday celebrations Photograph: Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: men work out using weights made of cement at Diabo beach Photograph: Ricardo Moraes /Reuters

Lady Lake, Florida, USA: the Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum gets hit with glitter by two unidentified members of the crowd at a town hall meeting Photograph: Octavian Cantilli/Reuters

Cairo, Egypt: a seven-year-old holds a placard that reads in Arabic: 'Our army is over our head, and the parliament belongs to the ousted,' during a protest in Tahrir Square Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Vancouver, Canada: a woman walks to work in the rain Photograph: Ben Nelmst/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a young man exercises at the entrance to his house Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP