24 hours in pictures

Zubieta, Spain: A man dressed as a demon walks through bonfire smoke during carnival celebrations Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

Port-au Prince, Haiti: Rescuers lift a boy from the rubble of a quake-damaged house that collapsed as he and a friend attempted to salvage copper wire and other metals Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Tbilisi, Georgia: A woman walks past a beggar in the subway Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: A Brazilian tapir receives a cooling shower at Taronga Zoo as temperatures head towards 40C Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA

Shanghai, China: A boy with a toy rabbit walks in the Yuyuan Garden Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Managua, Nicaragua: Children play in their home which is one of the buildings still left standing after the 1972 earthquake Photograph: Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Cairns, Australia: Hotel pool chairs are sunk for safety purposes as Cyclone Yasi approaches Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Boonville, US: Lorries drive through snow in the I-70 highway Photograph: L.G. Patterson/AP

Cairo, Egypt: Supporters of president Hosni Mubarak hold a rally in support of him Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Sutatausa, Colombia: Rescue workers after a methane gas explosion at the La Escondida coal mine, which killed five workers Photograph: Fredy Builes/Reuters

Iowa City, US: A group of people walk home during heavy snowfall Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: A woman runs after a boy on a bridge Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP