24 hours in pictures

Idlib, Syria: Rebels at a training session in Maaret Ikhwan Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Hobart, Australia: A magpie and a seagull tussle on a cricket pitch Photograph: Matt King/Getty Images

Lancashire, UK: A woman waits for a bus in Preston Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Bloemfontein, South Africa: A delegate of the ruling party African National Congress snoozes during a conference Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Ruzhou, China: Children play at a kindergarten Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Cairo, Egypt: A young girl is captivated by chickens for sale in a market Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Lalitpur, Nepla: A butcher slices meat from the head of a buffalo Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Harbin, China: Winter swimmer Gong Shulin climbs out of the Song Hua river Photograph: Wu Hong/EPA

Gaza City, Gaza: Members of Hamas's Palestinian National Security at a graduation ceremony Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP

Madrid, Spain: A man pushes banners in a bin after a union demonstration Photograph: Daniel Ochoa De Olza/AP

Katmandu, Nepal: A boy plays with a mask Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Athens, Greece: An employee from Hellenic PostBank holds a flag next to a riot policeman guarding the finance ministry Photograph: Kostas Tsironis/AP

Salamanca, Spain: An Iberian pig trots back to its pen in the village of La Alberca Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images

São Gonçalo, Brazil: A worker puts the finishing touches on masks at a factory Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Connecticut, US: Raindrops rest on a painting of Jesus Christ at a memorial for victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images