24 hours in pictures

Jacobsdorf, Germany: A flower umbel is covered with ice crystals Photograph: PATRICK PLEUL/EPA

Jammu, Kashmir: An Indian Sikh Nihang devotee performs fire-breathing as he takes part in a religious procession by community members ahead of the anniversary of the birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs Photograph: Jaipal Singh/EPA

Cape Town, South Africa: South African members of the Cape Minstrel bands perform in the annual Tweede Nuwe Yaar (Second New Year) carnival through the streets. The annual parade dates back to the days of slavery, when slaves were granted a holiday on this day each year Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Argentina: Cyril Despres, of France, competes in the first stage of the Argentina Dakar Rally 2009 between Buenos Aires and Santa Rosa de la Pampa Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AP

Sofia, Bulgaria: An ice fisher drills a hole into the ice to fish on a frozen lake Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Innsbruck, Austria: Andrea Morassi of Italy competes during a training jump at the FIS World Cup Four Hills competition Photograph: Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images

Bilbao, Spain: Pro-independence supporters hold thousands of portraits of imprisoned members of the Basque armed group ETA during a rally against the Spanish government and in support of the freeing of prisoners Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Denver, Colorado, US: The burned-out tail section of Continental Airlines flight 1404 is carried on a flatbed trailer as workers move the wreckage from the ravine in which it crash-landed on 20 December Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzogovina: Activists pelt posters of the Bosnian prime minister, Nikola Spiric (left) and the international peace envoy Miroslav Lajcak with shoes during a protest demonstrating against their policy in the ethnically divided Balkan country Photograph: Danilo Krstanovic/Reuters

Marken, Netherlands: A lake is covered with ice rocks Photograph: Olaf Kraak/EPA

Baghdad: Iraqi Shia worshippers beat drums as they mark Ashura, commemorated by Shia Muslims as the day of mourning for Imam Ali, killed in the Battle of Karbala in AD 680 Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP

Accra, Ghana: Ghanaian supporters of the opposition candidate, John Atta Mills, celebrate his presidential run-off victory outside the National Democratic Congress campaign headquarters Photograph: Haydn West/EPA

Zinnwald, Germany: A severe hoar frost grips the state of Saxony Photograph: Arno Burgi/EPA

Lesnovo, Bulgaria: A Bulgarian wears a mask for Kukeri, a masked ritual in rural Bulgaria, while performing a ritual dance Photograph: Petar Petrov/AP