24 hours in pictures

Churchill, Australia: Smoke fills the horizon from one the bushfires that have raged across Australia Photograph: Rhys Smith/Newspix/Rex Features

Washington DC, US: Treasury secretary Tim Geithner testifies before the Senate banking committee Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty

Wotton-under-Edge, UK: The sun sets over snow-covered fields Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

Berlin, Germany: Michelle Pfeiffer arrives for the premiere of the film Cheri at the 59th Berlin international film festival Photograph: Rainer Jensen/EPA

Taipei, Taiwan: An artist from the National China Beijing Opera Theatre performs on stage Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

New York, US: A toy poodle is groomed by handlers after winning the Toy Poodle category during day two of the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty

Chinautla, Guatemala: A woman and her daughter carry sacks of mud in order to make pottery Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP

Mumbai, India: A man takes pictures of a pyramid-like structure made from plastic buckets and bottles, aimed at creating awareness about water conservation Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters

Jerusalem, Israel: A Jewish worshipper stands at the Western Wall Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A worker puts finishing touches to masks made in the likeness of Brazil's chief of staff Dilma Rousseff Photograph: Bruno Domingos/Reuters

Val d'Isere, France: Volunteers prepare the race course during the rest day at the Alpine Skiing World Championships Photograph: Karl Josef Hildenbrand/EPA

Craigellachie, UK: A cooper walks past snow-covered casks at the Speyside Cooperage Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Fort Myers, US: People take photographs at a town hall meeting with US president Barack Obama Photograph: Joe Raedle/EPA

Tel Aviv, Israel: Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the rightwing Likud party, delivers a speech on election night Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty