24 hours in pictures

New Delhi, India: Indian migrant workers lay on rented cots in dense fog Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A Pakistani child enjoys a ride in a Christian neighbourhood Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Waw, Burma: A small boy sleeps under a desk next to his brother at a small government-run school Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: Salvaged documents are gathered inside the two-storey Egyptian Scientific Complex after a fire broke out during clashes Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

New Delhi, India: Indian men bathe on a water pipe above a sewage drain on a cold and foggy morning Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Beijing, China: A factory worker operates a loom at a textile manufacturing factory Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

New York, USA: Police officers attend the funeral of New York City police officer Peter Figoski, who was shot dead while responding to a robbery in Brooklyn Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Ali al Salem, Kuwait: A US soldier sleeps amid backpacks as he waits to head home at Camp Virginia Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian protesters stand on top of cement blocks forming a barrier set up by the military near Tahrir Square Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Manila, Philippines: Philippine navy personnel and Filipino workers arrange donated caskets to be transported to flood-affected provinces Photograph: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA

Houston, USA: Triston Katic, 12, spends some time with a kitten in its cage during the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' winter Critter Camp Photograph: Nick de la Torre/AP

York, UK: Trevor Hill arranges the turkeys for the Christmas poultry auction at Murton Livestock Centre Photograph: Bethany Clarke/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: Afghan refugee children attend school in a slum Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Katunayake, Sri Lanka: An employee makes firecrackers at a factory in Katunayake Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Myton, UK: Children wait for their cue during a traditional Christmas nativity at St Mary's church Photograph: Bethany Clarke/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Children talk to a Santa Claus sponsored by a bank in the Alemao slum complex Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

London, UK: Members of the Chapel Royal Choirboys choir attempt to skate at the Hampton Court ice rink Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images