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24 hours in pictures

24 hours: Kabul, Afghanistan: A street vendor stands in front of a bonfire
Kabul, Afghanistan: A street vendor stands in front of a marketplace bonfire
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
24 hours: celebration of sufi saint Data Ganjbaksh in Lahore, Pakistan
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
24 hours: snow in southern Germany
Benediktbeürn,Germany: Skiers pass over a snowy meadow
Photograph: Christof Stache/AP
24 hours: rain at the western wall in jerusalem
Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take cover from rain by the Western Wall
Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP
24 hours: Independence day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka: A girl sleeps at an all-night vigil for independence day celebrations
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Reuters
24 hours: A blind woman stands in the garden of a centre for blind people in Haiti
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
24 hours: service for Iemanja, an African goddess of the sea in Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay: A woman pays tribute to Iemanja, an African goddess of the sea, as she wades in the ocean
Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/AP
24 hours: Dia de Candelaria, or Candlemas day in Mexico
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
24 hours: A gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States
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
24 hours: Burial of a temple elephant in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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
24 hours: Heavy rain hits Canary Islands
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
24 hours: International Toy Fair in Nuremberg
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
24 hours: Traditional bean-scattering ceremony at a temple in Narita, Japan
Narita, Japan: Visitors scramble to collect beans at the traditional bean-scattering ceremony at Naritasan Shinshoji temple
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
24 hours: Zara Expo in Amman, Jordan
Amman, Jordan: A hair stylist cuts the hair of a model during a show at Zara Expo
Photograph: Mohammad Abu Ghosh/AP
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