24 hours in pictures

Bodh Gaya, India: Buddhist volunteers pour milk into a vat to prepare tea for devotees during the Kalachakra festival. Bodh Gaya is believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Quillón, Chile: A firefighter tries to control one of many wildfires devastating the region Photograph: Ariel Marinkovic/EPA

Gönnersdorf, Germany: Dark clouds are seen through a rainy window in Saxony Photograph: Arno Burgi/AFP/Getty Images

London, England: Penguins swim during the annual stocktake at London zoo Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA

Walla Walla, US: Two men walk along Bennington lake in Washington state at sunset Photograph: Jeff Horner/AP

Sitra, Bahrain: An anti-regime protester gestures as he faces riot police during a protest Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

Harbin, China: A woman bleeds after hitting a patch of ice during a winter swimming competition in the Songhua river Photograph: Sheng Li/Reuters

Cairo, Egypt: An injured protester stands outside the court where Hosni Mubarak, the ousted president, is standing trial Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Local youths play football in the snow Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: Passengers queue to buy train tickets outside a railway station in a scramble to return home for Chinese lunar new year celebrations on 23 January Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Yantai, China: Huaao the giant panda climbs a tree at a zoo in Shandong province Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: Agents take part in the inauguration of the headquarters of the investigative police agency Photograph: Reuters

Shanghai, China: A woman cleans her home as an aeroplane flies into Hongqiao international airport Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images