24 hours in pictures

Allahabad, India: A boy stands on a boat on the banks of the river Ganges Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/guardian.co.uk Jerusalem: Christian pilgrims carry a cross through the streets Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/guardian.co.uk Islamabad, Pakistan: A girl collects her family's laundry as other children watch Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk Karachi, Pakistan: Men sit outside a tea house Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk Jerusalem: Israelis shop in a market Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/guardian.co.uk New York, US: Korean dancers warm up before the start of the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images Photograph: Chris McGrath/guardian.co.uk Egypt: The setting sun casts shadows as a 4x4 vehicle traverses the Aqabat desert near the Farafra oasis Photograph: Khaled El-Fiqi/EPA Photograph: Khaled El-Fiqi/guardian.co.uk Basel, Switzerland: Revellers parade through the streets during the Morgestraich carnival Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/guardian.co.uk Port-Au-Prince, Haiti: Young women step down off a pile of rubble after attending Sunday morning mass Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/guardian.co.uk Madrid, Spain: The feet of an animal rights activist are covered in fake blood during a protest Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters Photograph: Susana Vera/guardian.co.uk Ranbir Singh Pura, India: A vet examines a ringed plover, a migratory bird Photograph: Channi Anand/AP Photograph: Channi Anand/guardian.co.uk Shanghai, China: A worker helps in the construction of the Seed Cathedral, the UK pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo Photograph: AFP/Getty Photograph: guardian.co.uk