24 hours in pictures

Shanghai, China: Police keep order as passengers queue to buy train tickets to travel home for the spring festival holiday Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk Parkes, Australia: A farmer stand stands in his drought-stricken fields Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/guardian.co.uk Islamabad, Pakistan: A man working in a rubbish dump shows off baby chicks he found among waste Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk Mason City, Iowa, US: A multi-vehicle pile-up on Highway 65 Photograph: Bryon Houlgrave/AP Photograph: Bryon Houlgrave/guardian.co.uk Eyal Crossing, Israel: Palestinian workers from the West Bank warm themselves around a fire while waiting to be picked up and taken to work Photograph: David Silverman/Getty Images Photograph: David Silverman/guardian.co.uk Panjin, China: A man walks on the frozen sea near Liaodong Bay Photograph: Sheng Li/Reuters Photograph: Sheng Li/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man covered in dust walks along a street Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A pregnant woman lies on the ground after falling among UN soldiers during a food distribution in front of the National Palace Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/guardian.co.uk Beirut, Lebanon: Red Cross workers carry the body of a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Photograph: Ben Curtis/guardian.co.uk Bangalore, India: A student performs Malkhamb, an ancient form of Indian gymnastics, during the Indian Republic Day celebrations Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/guardian.co.uk Caracas, Venezuela: University students march in protest against Hugo Chávez's decision to force the Radio Caracas television station off the air Photograph: Leonardo Ramirez/AP Photograph: Leonardo Ramirez/guardian.co.uk Comayaguela, Honduras: The son of Tegucigalpa's mayor, Ricardo Alvarez, sleeps as his father is sworn in for a second term Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Orlando Sierra/guardian.co.uk Vavuniya, Sri Lanka: Policewomen with automatic weapons patrol the streets during voting in the presidential election Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/guardian.co.uk Minsk, Belarus: Ducks dive for food in a pond Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP Photograph: Sergei Grits/guardian.co.uk