24 hours in pictures : January 9 2008

Rangoon, Burma: Buddhist novices watch a Don-yein dance, traditionally performed by Myanmar's Karen ethnic tribe during the new year celebrations at the Chauk-htet-gyi monastery Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AFP

Quito, Ecuador: The Tungurahua volcano erupts. Volcanic activity has increased in recent days, and villages beside the mountain have been evacuated Photograph: Pablo Cozzaglio/AFP

Manila, Philippines: Catholic devotees raise their hands as they wait for the arrival of a replica of the Black Nazarene outside Quiapo church. The annual ritual is seen as a way to seek blessings or forgiveness for sins Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

Nashua, US: The Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his wife, Cindy, stand on stage following his victory speech after the New Hampshire primary Photograph: Preston Rescigno/Getty

Jakarta, Indonesia: A student from a group representing 20 universities holds a flower and a letter of empathy for the former Indonesian dictator Suharto, who is seriously ill in hospital Photograph: Ahmad Zamroni/AFP

Las Vegas, US: Twee Nguyen, of Jada Toys Inc, shows the components of Jada's Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show. Moving the pick in front of the belt buckle causes a guitar chord to be played Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty

Tel Aviv, Israel: The US president, George Bush, speaks with the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert (left), and the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, during a welcoming ceremony after his arrival for a visit Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP

Bern, Switzerland: A bouquet made with a new variety of Edelweiss (white) with Echinops (blue) and Astrantia (red). Swiss botanists have created a variety of the famous Edelweiss flower that can be grown in a household pot Photograph: Pascal Sigg/AFP

London, UK: A National Gallery visitor takes picture of The Spoils of War (Memorial for an unknown Civilian), by Jeremy Dellera, which is one of six works shortlisted for the vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square Photograph: Sang Tan)/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Models pictured during a fashion show of items in the Mara Mac collection Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: A robot prepared by a US soldier checks a suspected roadside bomb Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP

Eldoret, Kenya: The scene at a camp for the displaced in the grounds of the cathedral. Relief agencies have begun slowly getting food to victims of violence in the city Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Mumbai, India: A street and a media video camera are reflected on the windscreen of a car as the pop star Madonna, left, talks on the phone Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP

Jigokudani, Japan: In sub-zero temperatures, a baby Japanese macaque monkey soaks in the warmth of a mountain hotspring at Jigokudani, known as Hell's Valley Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

Paris, France: Actors perform the Questo Buio Feroce play, directed by the Italian actor and writer Pippo Delbono, at the Theatre du Rond Point Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP

Podgorica, Montenegro: A fisherman steers his boat on the Skadar lake Photograph: Risto Bozovic/AP