24 hours in pictures

Madrid, Spain: A priest blesses a hamster outside San Anton church. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of San Anton, Spain's patron saint of animals Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters Photograph: Susana Vera/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A woman prays at the site of the collapsed National Cathedral Photograph: Patrick Farrell/AP Photograph: Patrick Farrell/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Scavengers walk over the rubble of earthquake-damaged buildings Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/guardian.co.uk New Delhi, India: Border security force soldiers perform a motorcycle stunt during Republic Day parade rehearsals Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP Photograph: Manish Swarup/guardian.co.uk Kushiro, Japan: Endangered Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) in a snow-covered field of the Kushiro marshland Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/guardian.co.uk Ankara, Turkey: Mehmet Ali Agca, who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, holds up his fist as he is released from prison Photograph: /Reuters Photograph: /guardian.co.uk Santiago, Chile: Celebrating supporters of Chile's president-elect, Sebastian Pinera, with one holding a bust of the former dictator Augusto Pinochet Photograph: Jorge Saenz/AP Photograph: Jorge Saenz/guardian.co.uk Ovsyanka, Russia: Aman drives a homemade snowmobile along a highway in Siberia Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/guardian.co.uk Caquiaviri, Bolivia: A dancer dodges firecrackers during the beginning of the Andean Carnival Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP Photograph: Dado Galdieri/guardian.co.uk Bangkok, Thailand: Men prepare to go on stage during the final day of the Bangkok international tattoo convention Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters Photograph: Damir Sagolj/guardian.co.uk Benguela, Angola: Children play football in the street Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/guardian.co.uk Taipei, Taiwan: Legislators from the Democratic Progressive party and the Nationalist party scuffle during a session at the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's parliament Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters Photograph: Nicky Loh/guardian.co.uk Kandahar, Afghanistan: A bagpiper and officers salute at a ceremony for a Canadian soldier killed by an improvised bomb Photograph: Colin Perkel/AP Photograph: Colin Perkel/guardian.co.uk