24 hours in pictures

Atmeh, Syria: Syrian boys walk to their tent at a camp for displaced people Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

B'nei Brak, Israel: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men sit during a celebration of Hanukkah Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP

Stockholm, Sweden: Nobel laureates and members of the Swedish royal family seen through an interior window at the Nobel Prize Banquet Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

New York, US: Amanda Seyfried attends the Les Miserables film premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre Photograph: Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Red shoes, symbolising missing women, outside the state attorney's office during a demonstration Photograph: Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain: Spanish police carry off a member of the Mortgage Victims' Platform outside Bankia headquarters Photograph: Daniel Ochoa De Olza/AP

Accra, Ghana: Ruling party supporters celebrate the re-election of President John Dramani Mahama Photograph: Gabriela Barnuevo/AP

Asuncion, Paraguay: Demonstrators hand out flowers to riot police during a march marking International Human Rights Day Photograph: Jorge Adorno/Reuters

Cancún, Mexico: Clowns celebrate International Clown Day Photograph: Reuters

Las Vegas, US: Tuf Cooper of Decatur flips a calf on its side during the tie-down roping competition at the National Finals Rodeo Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP

Winchester, UK: Choristers from Winchester Cathedral ice-skate beside the church Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Michigan, US: President Barack Obama high-fives an employee at the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Rome, Italy: Pigeons overwhelm a bicycle Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Cairo, Egypt: A wheelchair-bound woman shouts political slogans outside the presidential palace Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

Qiantun, China: Farmer Liu Qiyuan looks out from one of seven survival pods he has dubbed 'Noah's Arc' in his back yard Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images