24 hours in pictures

Bilin, West Bank: Palestinian demonstrators use sling-shots to hurl stones at Israel border police Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Napopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Ugandan soldier stands outside a destroyed hut Photograph: Lionel Healing/AFP/Getty

Seville, Spain: A bullfighter's apprentice puts on an Andalucian hat during the opening day of the World Bull Fair Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: A street vendor wears a plastic sheet to protect himself from the snow Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Berlin, Germany: A rickshaw driver makes her way through the snow Photograph: Michael Gottschalk/AFP/Getty Images

Dhaka, Bangladesh: People help as firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a shopping centre Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Jerusalem, Israel: People walk in and out of the Damascus gate Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

London, UK: Clapham Junction station Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Vienna, Austria: The opening of the Opera Ball Photograph: Fayer/AFP/Getty

Karachi, Pakistan: A man waits for customers for a camel ride Photograph: Emlio Morenatti/AP

London, UK: St James's Park lake is drained of water. The lake will be cleaned and refilled in a bid to improve the water quality Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images

New York, US: A model backstage at the Malandrino Fall 2009 fashion show Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty

Paris, France: Students and teachers demonstrate as part of a nationwide protest to denounce a government reforms for academics Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty

Mumbai, India: Rubina Ali Qureshi with her father, Rafiq Asghar Ali Qureshi, right, at her uncle's home. Rubina played the youngest version of Latika, the leading lady in Slumdog Millionaire, and is heading to Hollywood for the Oscars. Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP