24 hours in pictures

Jerusalem: A Palestinian man with a donkey passes an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man as he prays at sunset
Photograph: Nati Shohat/EPA

Lome, Togo: Security forces fire tear gas at opposition suppoters during a post-election protest
Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

Athens, Greece: An Athenian shelters under an umbrella as he walks down a street during a rainstorm
Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Beit Jala, West Bank: Palestinian protesters put up flags on a fence opposite the Israeli separation barrier
Photograph: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images

Constitucion, Chile: Drinking water for people affected by the recent earthquake is unloaded from an aid truck
Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

Frankfurt an der Oder, German: Crows perch in the top of a tree in front of the dawn moon
Photograph: Patrick Pleul/EPA

Novosibirsk, Russia: People ice-fish on the Ob River in Siberia
Photograph: Ilnar Salakhiev/AP

Shenyang, China: A competitor waves during a beauty contest for the obese on International Women's Day
Photograph: Sheng Li/Reuters

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: People stand around a roadside stall selling oranges
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Valencia, Spain: Hundreds of people stand under spectacular lighting on the Literato Azorin as Valencians honour their patron saint, Saint Joseph
Photograph: Juan Carlos Cardenas/EPA

Kandahar, Afghanistan: US soldiers take cups of grape juice while participating in communion during a church service
Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Sotira, Cyprus: A mother grieves before the funeral of her son, who had been missing since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. His remains were found during exhumations and identified using DNA
Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP

Beijing, China: Snowy weatheraround the Forbidden City
Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA