24 hours in pictures : January 11 2007

Wagrain, Austria: A snowboarder, with Alpine mountains in the background, heads towards Koeglalm peak Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP

Turag, Bangladesh: Poor Bangladeshi women queue to buy rice through a scheme that provides the foodstuff at affordable prices Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

Chongqing, China: A farmer climbing a tree to pick oranges in Yanjing township, where a bumper crop has seen prices fall Photograph: China photos/Getty

Ruhpolding, Germany: The silhouette of an athlete at the biathlon World Cup Photograph: Oliver Lang/AFP

Bass Strait, Australia: Clouds viewed through a tinted aircraft window Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP

Marbella, Spain: A member of the Spanish civil defence service searches for Amy Fitzpatrick, a 15-year-old Irish girl missing since New Year's Eve Photograph: Jose Luis Roca/AFP

Minsk, Belarusia: Business owners protest at government moves to increase tax rates on private companies Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Abu Musa , Iraq: A US Army soldier throws a smoke grenade during Operation Phantom Phoenix, a nationwide campaign against al-Qaida-linked militants Photograph: Marko Drobnjakovic/AP

Kuinet, Kenya: Two sons of Kenyan former Olympic athlete Lucas Sang walk ahead of the coffin of their father, killed in a machete attack during recent violence over disputed election results Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Indian members of Islamic Shia Bohra community, visiting Sri Lanka for their annual festival of Moharram, have breakfast beside the sea Photograph: Sanka Vidanagama/AFP

Suchitoto, San Salvador: A bird sits on a bush by Suchital lake, where regional tourism ministers are meeting Photograph: Roberto Escobar/EPA

London, UK: A man in a mock cell outside the US Embassy during a protest organised by Amnesty International to mark the sixth anniversary of US detentions at the Guantanamo Bay centre Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan people sit on top of old cars as they watch a dog-fighting tournament Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP

Las Vegas, US: Sony Rollys, egg-shaped MP3 players, dance to the music at the Consumer Electronics Show Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Crested Butte, US: Bob Rozman shovels around his house following a snow storm. Photograph: Nathan Bilow/AP

Bucharest, Romania: Volunteers look for vulnerable homeless people in freezing weather Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP