24 hours in pictures

Casarabonela, Spain: Villagers hold torches during the Divina Pastora procession as part of a festival to honour the Virgen of Los Rondeles Photograph: Jon Nazca/guardian.co.uk

Maloya, India: A farmer walks through a wheat field in Punjab state Photograph: Ajay Verma/guardian.co.uk

Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys line up with their paper candle hats as they follow their Rabbi from a school in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood to hold celebrations for the Jewish holiday of Hanukah, Photograph: Abir Sultan/guardian.co.uk

La Union, Chile: A man leaves polling booth during the general elections Photograph: Claudio Santana/guardian.co.uk

Abu Dhabi: A car drives along a flooded street Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/guardian.co.uk

Kunar, Afghanistan: Smoke dissipates above a mountain after an airplane dropped a bomb near a forward operating base camp Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/guardian.co.uk

Tijuana, Mexico: A couple dance in a bar Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/guardian.co.uk

New York, USA: A Miniature schnauzer sits by as a boy pets a Labrador retriever, during the ASPCA's Blessing of the Animals Photograph: Tina Fineberg/guardian.co.uk

Vatican City: A child holds a figurine of a baby Jesus while listening to the Angelus of Pope Benedict XVI in Saint-Peter's Square Photograph: Christophe Simon/guardian.co.uk

Khan Neshin, Afghanistan: Elders walk into the desert on their way home from a meeting with members of the Us Army and Afghan National Border Police Photograph: Kevin Frayer/guardian.co.uk

Sofia, Bulgaria: Members of the Jewish community attend the celebration of the first day of Hanukkah in a synagogue Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/guardian.co.uk

Changzhi, China: A man rides an electric motorcycle amid heavy fog Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Hurghada, Egypt: A hat belonging to a tourist lies near the scene of a traffic accident. Three German tourists were killedwhen their vehicle was in a collision with a freight train Photograph: Tarek Mostafa/guardian.co.uk