24 hours in pictures

Bhubaneswar, India: Slum children warm themselves near a bonfire during cold weather Photograph: Biswaranjan Rout/guardian.co.uk

Davos, Switzerland: A child pulls a sledge while walking through the snow Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/guardian.co.uk

Hamburg, Germany: A zookeeper uses a ruler to measure a Caiman lizard during animal stock taking at the Hagenbeck Zoo Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.uk

Lima, Peru: Effigies of Victor Ariza, a Peruvian military officer who spied for the Chilean government, are sold in a market. During New Year's celebration, it is a local tradition for Peruvians to burn effigies of unpopular figures from the past year Photograph: Mariana Bazo/guardian.co.uk

Glasgow, UK: Ice forms around tributes left at the cenotaph as Scotland records its coldest night so far this winter Photograph: Danny Lawson/guardian.co.uk

Taiyuan, China: Police officers stand alongside brand new cars provided by lthe ocal government to ensure public security over the New Year holidays Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A follower carries offerings to a sculpture representing Lemanja, the goddess of the sea and central figure of the local African-derived religion called Umbanda, at the Copacabana Beach Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/guardian.co.uk

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan man walks past the Olympic Rings at the entrance of Afghanistan's first skateboarding park and school Photograph: Marko Djurica/guardian.co.uk

Kiev, Ukraine: A man walks past a snowman after heavy snowfall Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/guardian.co.uk

Jerusalem: A Palestinian labourer hauls stone facing at a new Israeli housing project in the East Jerusalem Jewish neighbourhood of Har Homa. Israel came under international criticism after it announced plans this week to build nearly 700 new Jewish homes in areas of the West Bank, such as Har Homa, it captured from Jordanian forces in the 1967 Six Day War and which it considers part of greater Jerusalem Photograph: David Silverman/guardian.co.uk

Lloyds Hill, Australia: A firefighter picks his way through the devastation where molten metal runs from a burnt property after an overnight fire Photograph: Nic Ellis/guardian.co.uk

Germany: A walker casts a long shadow as she walks along the beach of Schoenberger Strand at the Baltic Sea as temperatures reach minus two degrees Celsius Photograph: Heribert Proepper/guardian.co.uk