24 hours in pictures

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: UN peacekeepers assist a woman suffering from breathing problems
Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Cartago, Costa Rica: The president-elect, Laura Chinchilla, greets supporters during a visit to the Basilica Virgin de Los Angeles
Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Srinagar, India: People protest against the killing of Zahid Farooq Shah, a 17-year-old whose death was blamed on security forces
Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Los Angeles, US: Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's former doctor, arrives at the Airport Los Angeles courthouse
Photograph: Frederick M Brown/Getty Images

Kiev, Ukraine: Supporters of Viktor Yanukovych, who leads the country's presidential poll with around 98% of votes counted, during a rally
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Jerusalem: A schoolgirl is evacuated during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces following arrests at the Shuafat refugee camp
Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Transsexual prostitutes wait on a street
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: A girl holds an umbrella as she shelters from the rain outside a house
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

London, UK: An ice sculpture surrounds the Nissan Cube, being unveiled on the South Bank
Photograph: Sarah Lee

Prague, Czech Republic: A fireman takes part in a broken ice emergency rescue drill
Photograph: isifa/Getty Images

Edinburgh, UK: Pupils from Boroughmuir high school come face to face with a Sumatran tiger through glass during a visit to Edinburgh Zoo
Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

Chevy Chase, US: A woman walks her dog on a snow-covered street
Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty

Whistler, Canada: A skier in a chairlift watches another skier flying through the air on Mount Blackcomb
Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Langley Dam, UK: A trout fisherman casts his line
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA