24 hours in pictures

Vancouver, Canada: A rotated image showing reflections of skaters on the roof of the GE Ice Plaza Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/guardian.co.uk Islamabad, Pakistan: Girls wait to get a ration of rice during a donated food distribution Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: People hold hands and wave their arms in prayer during a mass at an intersection near the presidential palace Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/guardian.co.uk Haridwar, India: Kanwarias prepare to take a holy dip in the river Ganges as part of the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/guardian.co.uk Kolkata, India: Members of a band Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/guardian.co.uk Beijing, China: Red lanterns hang amid other festive decorations along a tree-lined path at the Temple of the Earth (Ditan) Park Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Photograph: Frederic J Brown/guardian.co.uk London, UK: A clown wearing a policeman's hat during a church service in memory of celebrated clown Joseph Grimaldi Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Photograph: Ben Stansall/guardian.co.uk New Delhi, India: A newlywed couple ride on an elephant in traffic Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP Photograph: Kevin Frayer/guardian.co.uk Hanoi, Vietnam: A woman works in a garden containing blossoming peach trees on the bank of the Red river Photograph: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Photograph: Hoang Dinh Nam/guardian.co.uk Marjah in Nad Ali, Afghanistan: US Marines during a dust storm Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/guardian.co.uk Loi Tai Leng, Burma: Boys enjoy ab game of takraw with a soccer ball outside the orphanage Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Gunsan, South Korea: A flight of spectacled teals fly over lake Geumgang Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Chevy Chase, US: A woman digs her car out of the snow Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Photograph: Mandel Ngan/guardian.co.uk Kabul, Afghanistan: Men throw snowballs as they stand on the diving board of an abandoned swimming pool Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters Photograph: Ahmad Masood/guardian.co.uk