24 hours in pictures : January 15 2008

Chongqing, China: People queue to get free porridge at the Huayan Temple to mark the Laba festival Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: President George Bush's motorcade is escorted by Arabian horses as he arrives at King Abdullah's palace Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP

Banos, Ecuador: The Tungurahua volaco erupts Photograph: Jose Jacome/EPA

Carson City, Nevada: Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama peer over a vending machine during a meeting Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Tokyo, Japan: A geisha's traditional New Year hair arrangement using a strand of rice seeds, symbolising abundance and fertility Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

Boston, US: A lone pedestrian makes their way across the Public Garden Photograph: Darren McCollester/Getty

Near Hebron, West Bank: A Palestinian family make food in a hillside cave Photograph: Abed Al Hafiz Hashlamoun/EPA

Caia, Mozambique: People wade through a flooded road that connects the towns of Caia and Sena after the Zambezi river flooded Photograph: Pedro Sa Da Bandeira/EPA

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Colombia's president, Alvaro Uribe, (R) talks with his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, during the inauguration ceremony for Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP

Racak, Kosovo: An ethnic Albanian man visits a grave of a family member killed in 1999 by Serbian forces on the ninth anniversary of a massacre in which 45 people died Photograph: Dimitry Dilkoff/AFP

Yardilovci , Bulgaria: A boy performs a traditional mask dance, part of a pre-Christian tradition to ward off evil spirits Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Sonapur, India: Villagers take part in a community fishing event at Bamuni lake on the occasion of Bhogali Bihu, which marks the end of the winter harvest Photograph: STR/EPA

Los Angeles, US: US pop star Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles County Superior courthouse for a hearing on visitation rights for her two sons Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

Milan, Italy: A model presents a creation by Italian designer Kean Etro at the Milan ready-to-wear fashion show Photograph: Damien Meyer/AFP

Basel, Switzerland: Dada-Puppen, a 1916-1918 work by German artist Hannah Hoech, the sole female member of the Dada Berlin group, on show at an exhibition Photograph: Georgios Kefalas/EPA

Kenmore, UK: Anglers mark the opening of the salmon fishing season on the river Tay of Scotland Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty