24 hours in pictures

Helmand, Afghanistan: US soldiers with 1/3 Marine Charlie company retreat after battling the Taliban in Trikh Nawar, a poppy farmland area. Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP Photograph: Patrick Baz/guardian.co.uk Srinagar, India: A Kashmiri Muslim protester and police face off during a strike called by the hardliner faction of the Hurriyat Conference over alleged human rights violations against Kashmiri people by Indian security forces Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP Photograph: Dar Yasin/guardian.co.uk Jerusalem, Israel: A Palestinian mother waves her national flag during a weekly demonstration against Israeli occupation in the predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP Photograph: Marco Longari/guardian.co.uk London, England: A model is pictured backstage at the Charlie Le Mindu show during the first day of London Fashion Week Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP Photograph: Carl De Souza/guardian.co.uk Buenos Aires, Argentina: A man drives his motorcycle through a flooded street under heavy rain Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/guardian.co.uk Sofia, Bulgaria: A man rides his horse during the Todorov Den festival, otherwise known as Horse Easter Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A pair of silver sandals and a toy lie on the floor of an earthquake-damaged home Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/guardian.co.uk Zurich, Switzerland: The arm of a baby gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) protrudes through the coat of its mother at the city zoo Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/EPA Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/guardian.co.uk Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Afghan refugee children play in wooden carts on the roadside of a poor neighbourhood Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk Vancouver, Canada: Amy Williams celebrates winning Britain's first individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 30 years in the women's skeleton event Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters Photograph: Tony Gentile/guardian.co.uk Philadelphia, USA: First lady Michelle Obama takes some refreshment during a tour of a Fresh Grocer store Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Photograph: Matt Rourke/guardian.co.uk Kathmandu, Nepal: Five Nepalese girls dressed as the living goddess Kumari take part in the National Democracy day celebrations Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk Florida, USA: Golfer Tiger Woods kisses his mother Kultida Woods after making a public statement regarding his infidelity in Ponte Vedra Beach Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Sophony Certy feeds her baby, Pierre Clifford, inside a makeshift tent in the Route de Piste camp, a former landing strip that has become a tent village following the earthquake Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/guardian.co.uk Srinagar, India: Kashmiri women watch the funeral procession of suspected militant Sajjad Ahmed in Rajpura village, the day after he was allegedly shot by security forces Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP Photograph: Dar Yasin/guardian.co.uk Ramallah, West Bank: Palestinian children holding Palestinian and Fatah flags are silhouetted during a protest against the West Bank barrier Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP Photograph: Bernat Armangue/guardian.co.uk Beijing, China: People burn incense in prayer at the Lama Temple during celebrations to mark the lunar new year of the tiger Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA Photograph: Diego Azubel/guardian.co.uk Bakuriani, Georgia: David Kumaritashvili, the father of Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili who died in training at Vancouver's Winter Olympics, holds his son's portrait during the funeral Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/guardian.co.uk