24 hours in pictures

Northumberland, UK: a red squirrel in the snow. The white stuff has blanketed Britain, resulting in school closures and serious travel disruption Photograph: Will Nicholls/Rex Features

Jakarta, Indonesia: an ailing 87-year-old woman lies in a boat as Indonesian soldiers evacuate her from a flooded luxury housing complex Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: models backstage before the Thom Browne Menswear autumn/winter 2013/14 show as part of Paris fashion week Photograph: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: a man fishes on the banks of the Moscow river in Kolomenskoye park as temperatures dropped to -14C (6.8F) Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/AP

San Sebastián, Spain: tamborileros (drummers) improvise protection against the rain as they march in the traditional La Tamborrada parade, when companies of uniformed marchers parade through the streets of San Sebastián playing drums and barrels in honour of their patron saint Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Giza, Egypt: a child bricklayer takes a ride on a donkey at a brick factory Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Piornal, Spain: people throw turnips at the folkloric figure of El Jarramplas – a ritual believed to symbolise the expulsion of everything bad – as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

Innsbruck, Austria: Swedish freeride skier Jon Oerarbaeck speeds down deep powder snow during a freeride skiing tour on Seegrube mountain Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters

Rangoon, Burma: children using a mobile phone. Last week Burma's government invited expressions of interest for two mobile phone licences – a first step towards increasing mobile penetration from its current 5-10% Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Washington DC, US: a man wears a jacket covered with badges in support of the US president, Barack Obama, as he waits on the National Mall for Obama's second inauguration Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Niono, Mali: bystanders stand next to a French APC as a French Puma transport helicopter comes in to land Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Aleppo, Syria: Free Syrian Army fighters hold their weapons during heavy clashes with government forces Photograph: Andoni Lubaki/AP

Ayutla, Mexico: masked and armed men read newspapers as they stand guard to defend their communities against violent criminal gangs Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP