24 hours in pictures

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A man walks past a murder rate protest by the NGO Rio de Paz. The 500,000 beans were placed on red sheets to represent the number of people murdered in Brazil over the past 10 years Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

Rosengarten, Germany: Wolves play at the Schwarze Berge wildlife park Photograph: Axel Heimken/EPA

Compostela, Philippines: Toys are left to dry out among the wreckage caused by typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters

New Delhi, India: Indian sugarcane farmers listen to a speaker during a protest organised by National Farmers Association Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

Tokyo, Japan: A dog looks at a canine-friendly take on Japanese Christmas cake. This version can be eaten by both dogs and their owners Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters

Sens, France: An apprentice prepares a pair of tortoiseshell spectacle frames in Maison Bonnet's workshop. Tortoiseshell was banned under the 1973 CITES convention, but the firm uses stocks amassed before the ban Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Los Angeles, US: An LA park ranger listens to a call on his radio in front of the freshly painted Hollywood sign following a press conference to announce the completion of a major makeover Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan: Japan's only male geisha, Eitaro, left, chooses a recording of traditional Japanese dance music for a performance with his sister Maika at their geisha house Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

Minoity, Belarus: A worker checks mushroom beds at a private farm, workshops of which are located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile military base Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: Saint Basil's Cathedral behind snowdrifts in Red Square Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

Hanoi, Vietnam: Fruit on display at the Hom market Photograph: Kham/Reuters

Ayodhya, India: Police officers stand guard near a Hindu temple, on the eve of the anniversary of the destruction of Babri mosque. The mosque was destroyed in 1992 during riots involving tens of thousands of people Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Shanghai, China: A police officer directs traffic in a busy street. In 2010, 65,225 people were killed and more than 250,000 others injured on China's roads, with 3.9m road accidents reported Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters