24 hours in pictures

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A street vendor tries to keep people from stealing her goods
Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty

Rawalpindi Pakistan: Afghan refugees struggle to reach the hand of a Pakistani man, offering meat
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Cherbourg, France: Greenpeace activists chained to a railway line try to prevent the arrival of a train carrying uranium to be loaded on a cargo ship for Russia
Photograph: Jean-Paul Barbier/AFP/Getty

Amritsar, India: Two military cadets stand behind the national flag before the beginning of rehearsals for India's upcoming Republic Day
Photograph: Sanjeev Syal/AP

Xinzo, Spain: People participate in the "flour battle" during the carnival festival
Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty

Teeside, UK: A rural snow scene
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Manila, Philippines: More than 5,000 Catholic priests gather at a convention centre for a five-day National Congress of the Clergy
Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Suining, China: Labourers install scaffolding at a construction site
Photograph: Reuters

Jakarta, Indonesia: Activists during a protest against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA

Istanbul, Turkey: A woman walks her husky in Yildiz park
Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty

Islamabad, Pakistan: A wedding party
Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty

Lima, Peru: A man enjoys a slide at a water park
Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Cumnock, Australia: A sculpture is exhibited as part of the Animals on Bikes paddock art sculpture tourist trail
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images