24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: A street vendor stands in front of a marketplace bonfire
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Lahore, Pakistan: A sufi smokes cigarettes as he and others gather to celebrate the annual celebration of sufi saint Data Ganjbaksh
Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/AP

Benediktbeürn,Germany: Skiers pass over a snowy meadow
Photograph: Christof Stache/AP

Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take cover from rain by the Western Wall
Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A girl sleeps at an all-night vigil for independence day celebrations
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A blind woman stands in the garden of a centre for blind people, destroyed by the recent earthquake
Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Montevideo, Uruguay: A woman pays tribute to Iemanja, an African goddess of the sea, as she wades in the ocean
Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/AP

Candelaria, Mexico City: A man holds a statue of the baby Jesus during a celebration of the Dia de Candelaria, or Candlemas day
Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Washington DC, US: A gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the US hides his face at a press conference
Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Colombo, Sri Lanka: An elephant called Menika, who died of old age, is taken for burial at the Gangaramaya temple
Photograph: M.A. Pushpa Kumara/EPA

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain: A dustcart lies trapped in a crater caused by heavy rain on the island of Tenerife
Photograph: Cristobal Garcia/EPA

Nuremberg, Germany: Entertainer Alexander Duszat, known to Germans as 'Elton', blows a ping-pong ball in a competition to promote a new game at the 61st International Toy Fair
Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters

Narita, Japan: Visitors scramble to collect beans at the traditional bean-scattering ceremony at Naritasan Shinshoji temple
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

Amman, Jordan: A hair stylist cuts the hair of a model during a show at Zara Expo
Photograph: Mohammad Abu Ghosh/AP