24 hours in pictures : January 30 2008

San Francisco, Colombia: Members of an army mine clearance team practise clearing mines. Human rights groups claim the increasing use of landmines by Colombian rebels is killing and mutilating hundreds of people each year Photograph: Luis Benavides/AP

Aima village, India: Indian health workers cull chicks and birds after further identified outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 virus. The epidemic is "under control", India says Photograph: STR/EPA

Puerto Inca, Ecuador: A man carries a television aboard a rescue boat after floods forced his family to evacuate home Photograph: Victor Proano/AP

Kiev, Ukraine: A retired Soviet officer takes a part in an anti-Nato rally organised by the Ukrainian Communist party Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP

Benbrook, US: A grass fire whisks through a field as winds of more than 50mph blasted across Texas, downing power lines and delaying flights Photograph: Laurie L. Ward/AP

Batpora, Kashmir, India: Kashmiri villagers carry the bodies of suspected militants killed in a gun battle. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/EPA

Guangzhou, China: Passengers wait for buses to Guangzhou railway station in southern China, where train services have been delayed by heavy snow Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP

Nairobi: BBC Wildlife presenter Saba Douglas Hamilton (L) joins Kenyan female human rights activists laying floral tributes at a peace monument known as Freedom Corner Photograph: Kate Holt/EPA

Barcelona: Sarcofago de Larthia Seianti, one of 170 works of art of the main museums in Italy and the Vatican, and the Louvre in Paris, on display at the Caixa Forum Centre as part of an exhibition on Etruscan art Photograph: Toni Albir/EPA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Men work on a float at the Viradouro samba school. Some Brazilians are upset over the Viradouro group's plans to use the float signifying a heap of dead bodies, representing the Holocaust, during the Rio carnival samba parade Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/AP

Manchester, UK: John and Patricia Baxter, aged 73 and 57 respectively, try out the new play equipment at the Older People's Play Area in Dam Head Park, Blackley. The new play area, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is designed to give gentle excercise for the elderley and has the slogan "You're never too old to play" Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

London, UK: A woman passes rows of vehicles suitable for children at the Toy Fair, the UK's largest business exhibition of games and toys. Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Val d'Isere, France: France's David Poisson clears a gate during the men's official downhill training of the FIS Ski World cup. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP

British Columbia, Canada: Low clouds and partially frozen waters of the Capilano Reservoir following a winter storm that dumped heavy snow Photograph: Andy Clark/AP