24 hours in pictures: January 8 2008

Ramallah, West Bank: Members of the Palestinian presidential guard are reflected in a security mirror as they guard the entrance to the president's headquarters Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Los Cristianos, Tenerife: Would-be immigrants sit on the deck of a coastguard rescue boat Photograph: Arturo Rodriguez/AP

Nairobi, Kenya: Shopkeepers look at the charred remains of the toy market in the Kibera slum Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/AP

London, UK: Bilawal Bhutto is seen through a TV camera eyepiece as he speaks at a press conference Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty

Manchester, US: People carry campaign signs as Republican candidate Mitt Romney greets voters Photograph: John Sullivan/Getty

Deservilliers, France: A man prepares to enter the Biefs Boussets cave in an attempt to rescue six fellow speleologists trapped inside Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP

Nuremberg, Germany: A polar bear called Vera carries her cub at the zoo Photograph: Daniel Karmann/EPA

Panjin, China: Farmers' wives make steamed buns Photograph: Junang/EPA

Ribnovo, Bulgaria: Letfe Mekerozova is pictured during her two-day wedding ceremony Photograph: Boryana Katsarova/AFP

Livingston, UK: Donald McKillop shows his new bionic hand at the official opening of the technology firm Touch Bionics' new facility Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

Mykulychyn, Ukraine: Girls sing Christmas carols near a window. Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas on January 7 Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP

Chester, UK: Leaf ants are counted for the annual stocktake at Chester zoo Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Baghdad, Iraq: Newly-graduated policemen are seen during a ceremony Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/AFP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A woman walks through snow Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP