24 hours in pictures

Qasr el Yahud, West Bank: Christian Orthodox pilgrims pause inside a church just before a traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony
Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan security forces look over a building where Taliban fighters were killed after clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces in a market
Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Rafah, Gaza: Palestinians take part in a demonstration calling the Egyptian government to stop its construction of an underground steel wall along its border
Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: A migrant construction worker checks his mobile phone as an office worker speaks on his mobile phone
Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

Sao Paulo, Brazil: A model on the catwalk during Sao Paulo Fashion Week
Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Carnlough, Co Antrim: A duck, pheasants and rabbits hang from a clothes line before being plucked, skinned and frozen at Garron Point in Northern Ireland
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Caquiaviri, Bolivia: A partygoer urinates on a wall as he takes a rest from the Andean carnival celebrations
Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP

Allahabad, India: A stallholder fixes the lights beside the river Ganges during the month-long Magh Mela festival
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Local men wait to find a job with US paratroopers
Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

Novosibirsk, Russia: A man prepares for a dip in the icy waters of the river Ob as part of a traditional Orthodox Epiphany celebration
Photograph: Alexei Yefimov /Reuters

Denver, US: Children take part in a Martin Luther King Day Parade
Photograph: Matt McClain/Getty Images