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24 hours in pictures

24 hours : Katmandu, Nepal: A man from the Gurung community shows his son soap bubbles
Katmandu, Nepal: A man from the Gurung community shows his son soap bubbles during a parade to mark Tamu Loshar, or New Year Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP
24 hours : Jakarta, Indonesia: A trader falls asleep as he sells paper trumpets
Jakarta, Indonesia: A paper trumpet vendor falls asleep ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations Photograph: Supri/Reuters
24 hours : Caracas, Venezuela: A plate of a burned-out car at the scene of an accident
Caracas, Venezuela: A plate of a burned-out car at the scene of an accident in which reportedly 14 people were killed Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP
24 hours : Bodhgaya, India: An Indian worker carries a pair of loudspeakers
Bodhgaya, India: An Indian worker carries a pair of loudspeakers during preparations for the Kalachakra Buddhist festival Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
24 hours : Israel: Israeli Apache helicopters release flares at a graduation ceremony
Israel: Israeli Apache helicopters release flares during an air force pilots' graduation ceremony at Hatzerim air base Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
24 hours : Detroit, Michigan, USA: A man eats his lunch at the soup kitchen
Detroit, Michigan, US: A man eats his lunch at the soup kitchen in the basement of the St Leo Catholic Church Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters
24 hours : Cagayan De Oro City, Phillipines: Filipino children play at a school
Cagayan De Oro City, Phillipines: Filipino children play at a school turned into a temporary evacuation centre at a village devastated by floods Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA
24 hours : Wuppertal, Germany: Baby elephant Uli resists the weigh-in at the zoo
Wuppertal, Germany: Baby elephant Uli resists the weigh-in at the zoo's annual inventory Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP
24 hours : FIS Tour de Ski Oberhof - Men's Day 1
Oberhof, Germany: Exhausted athletes lay on the ground after competing in the FIS Tour de Ski Oberhof Men's Prologue at DKB Ski Arena Photograph: Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images
24 hours : Changsha, China: People queue up to buy train tickets at a railway station
Changsha, China: People queue up to buy train tickets at Changsha railway station as they prepare to return home for the Chinese lunar new year on 23 January Photograph: AP
24 hours : Chulmleigh, England: Liberty the last ex-battery hen to be rehomed is fed
Chulmleigh, UK: Liberty the last ex-battery hen to be rehoused is fed. The small battery hen cage has been phased out and replaced by more spacious 'enriched cages' Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
24 hours : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: People push a boat as an offering for Yemanja
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: People push a boat filled with flowers into the sea off Copacabana beach as an offering for Yemanja, the goddess of the sea Photograph: Victor R Caivano/AP
24 hours : Lima, Peru: Peruvian shamans make a ritual of predictions for 2012
Lima, Peru: Peruvian shamans make a ritual of predictions for 2012, at San Cristobal hill Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours : Harbin, China: Children of migrant workers lie on the snow to form 2012
Harbin, China: Children of migrant workers lie on the snow to form the number 2012 while celebrating the coming new year in front of a snow sculpture Photograph: AP
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