24 hours in pictures

San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina: Fans press up against a fence to look at rally cars after the second stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Harbin, China: A performer in a Donald Duck costume takes pictures at the Sun Island International Snow Sculptures art exposition Photograph: How Hwee Young/Epa

Allahabad, India: Homeless people warm themselves around a fire Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Police look for clues at the scene of an explosion Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Onlookers at a cordoned-off zone where a bus caught fire in rush-hour traffic Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Cairo, Egypt: A Christian protester injured during clashes with riot police gestures as he is led away Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Heijningen, Netherlands: A worker at a glass recycling facility, reflected in a puddle, walks past a pile of of bottles Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: A worker hangs the Chinese character Fu, symbolising welfare, on trees in a park for the Chinese New Year celebrations Photograph: Alexander F Yuan/AP

Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan: Afghan villagers who have been hired by the US army to construct canals for the irrigation of fields wait to start work Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Malaga, Spain: A seagull is silhouetted against the sun at dawn during a partial solar eclipse on Guadalmar beach Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan: People offer prayers at the start of the new business year at the Kanda Myojin Shrine, known as the shrine of prosperous businesses Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters