24 hours in pictures

Athens, Greece: Anti-riot police arrest a protester during a demonstration Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala City, Guatemala: People walk near the main plaza Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Israel: Riot police arrest a mock rioter during a large scale security exercise in the Tseilim army base Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A bus driver during his shift Photograph: Daniel Leclair/Reuters

Sofia, Bulgaria: Grain producers besieged the building of parliament in their latest protest against delays in agricultural subsidy payments by the state and the freezing of EU aid Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

West Bank: Caravans in the Jewish settlement of Migron Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP

Allahabad, India: A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana on the bank of the river Ganges Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Bethlehem, West Bank: Craftsman Adel Daroud carves an olive wood effigy of Jesus Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea: Opposition Democratic Party members try to enter into a parliamentary committee room as ruling Grand National Party members spray fire extinguishers from the room to block them at the National Assembly Photograph: EPA

Kiev, Ukraine: Ballet dancers in senior classes of the choreography faculty of Kiev's Academy of Arts Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia: Pig the dugong aquaints himself with the new Mermaid Lagoon exhibit at Sydney Aquarium Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Posters of election candidates on a street Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Changzhi, China: A coalminer showers at the Sanyuan Coal Mine Photograph: Reuters

Hochfilzen, Austria: Competitors ski downhill as they compete in the men's 20km individual biathlon World Cup Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Zurich, Switzerland: The snow-covered landscape of the Hulftegg pass Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/AP