24 hours in pictures

Mexico City, Mexico: a veterinarian operates on a dog during a cat and dog sterilisation programme Photograph: Miguel Tovar/Getty Images

Allahabad, India: a Hindu devotee takes a dip in the waters of the Ganges river ahead of the Kumbh Mela Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Lower Shabelle, Somalia: a tank operator tests his steering while positioned at a base Photograph: Reuters

Divnogorsk, Siberia: members of a local winter swimming club warm up on a bank of the Yenisei river at -17C Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Caracas, Venezuela: a member of Venezuela's Bolivarian militia holds a flower during a rally Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Woking, UK: a blue morpho butterfly rests on a leaf in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley Gardens Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Golan Heights, Syria: children play in snow in an abandoned building Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Giglio, Italy: the Costa Concordia cruise ship is seen from the lighthouse as it lays aground Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Jakuszyce, Poland: sled dogs take part in the Border Rush race in the Giant Mountains national park Photograph: Reuters

Pyongyang, North Korea: North Korean men shovel snow from the roof of a building Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Calama, Chile: riders race their motorcycles through dunes during the Dakar rally Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

Jerusalem: an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man covered with snow Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Seseña, Spain: tyres are stored in a field for recycling Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images