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24 hours in pictures

24 hours: A cliff diver in Acapulco, Mexico
Acapulco, Mexico: A diver prepares to jump with torches from La Quebrada cliff
Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: A boy walks over soil after a landslide in Bududa, Uganda
Bududa, Uganda: A boy walks over a landslide that killed at least 80 people
Photograph: James Akena/Reuters
24 hours: A man holds his sister-in-law hostage at knife-point on a street in Wuxi
Wuxi, China: A man holds his sister-in-law hostage at knife-point on a street in Jiangsu province.The woman was eventually rescued unharmed
Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
24 hours: An man holds a pigeon at the bird market in Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan: A man holds a pigeon at the bird market
Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters
24 hours: Chinese Lantern Festival  in Taiwan
Taitung, Taiwan: People throw firecrackers at a man representing the god of wealth as part of the Chinese lantern festival
Photograph: Reuters
24 hours: Jakarta , Indonesia: A protester throws a pole towards police
Jakarta , Indonesia: A protester throws a pole towards police during a rally by students outside parliament
Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters
24 hours: Haitians take part in voodoo ceremony in port-au-prince slum
Cite Soleil, Haiti: A Voodoo priest plays the drums and sings with a group of fellow worshippers during a ceremony
Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
24 hours: riots in Cali , Colombia
Cali, Colombia: A demonstrator throws a petrol bomb at police
Photograph: Carlos Ortega/EPA
24 hours: Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Beijing, China: A visitor rushes to take his seat for the opening ceremony of the national committee of the Chinese people's political consultative conference, held at the Great Hall of the People
Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA
24 hours: therapeutic feeding centre supported by UNICEF near the border with Darfur
Goz Beida, Chad: A woman holds her young baby in a therapeutic feeding centre supported by Unicef near the border with Darfur
Photograph: Kate Holt/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours: A soldier stands guard in a village on the border of Afghanistan
Bajur, Pakistan: A soldier stands guard in a village in the tribal region on the border with Afghanistan
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
24 hours: A spotted owlet perches on a tree at Chalermphakieat temple in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand: A spotted owlet perches on a tree at Chalermphakieat temple
Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP
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