24 hours in pictures: January 31 2008

Cuttack, India: A woman works in a cabbage field on the banks of the river Kathajodi Photograph: Biswaranjan Rout/AP

Athens, Greece: An Orthodox nun waits outside the Metropolitan church to pay her respects to the late Archbishop Christodoulos Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP

Cusco, Peru: Worshippers carry a statue of San Sebastian during a procession Photograph: Jaime Razuri/AFP

Kisumu, Kenya: A girl sits on part of the railway line that connects Kenya with Uganda, after a crowd sabotaged it Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

Warsaw, Poland: A man walks past a video wall showing Warsaw stock exchange indexes Photograph: Alik Keplicz/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A priest from the Mayan community performs a traditional ritual in commemoration of the 1980 assault by local security forces on the Spanish embassy that left 39 dead Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP

London, UK: Author Doris Lessing listens to the ambassador of Sweden at the Wallace Collection Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP

Madrid, Spain: A painter works near a piece by Pablo Picasso during preparations for a new exhibition Photograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

Kerman, Iran: Iranian Muslims watch Zoroastrians' ceremony to mark Sadeh, an ancient feast celebrating the creation of fire Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

Johannesburg, South Africa: Police carry out a raid on the premises of the Central Methodist church, which has become a haven for homeless people, mainly refugees from neighbouring Zimbabwe Photograph: Denis Farrell/AP

San Francisco, US: Evening rush hour traffic on the Bay Bridge Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Hebron, West Bank: A bird sits on a post during a snowstorm Photograph: Abed Al Hafiz Hashlamoun/EPA

Da Nang, Vietnam: Vietnamese workers go on strike at the Keyhinge toy plant Photograph: STR/AFP

Rome, Italy: Shoes worn with a creation by fashion designer Ella Zahlan during the AltaRoma fashion week Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Leipzig, Germany: A man sits on a Microbike, one of the smallest motorbikes in the world Photograph: Sebastian Willnow/AFP

Liverpool, UK: A sculpture by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle entitled Venus de Milo at the Tate gallery Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP