24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: A street vendor stands in front of a marketplace bonfire Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Lahore, Pakistan: A sufi smokes cigarettes as he and others gather to celebrate the annual celebration of sufi saint Data Ganjbaksh Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/AP Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/guardian.co.uk Benediktbeürn,Germany: Skiers pass over a snowy meadow Photograph: Christof Stache/AP Photograph: Christof Stache/guardian.co.uk Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take cover from rain by the Western Wall Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/guardian.co.uk Colombo, Sri Lanka: A girl sleeps at an all-night vigil for independence day celebrations Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Reuters Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/guardian.co.uk Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A blind woman stands in the garden of a centre for blind people, destroyed by the recent earthquake Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/guardian.co.uk Montevideo, Uruguay: A woman pays tribute to Iemanja, an African goddess of the sea, as she wades in the ocean Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/AP Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/guardian.co.uk Candelaria, Mexico City: A man holds a statue of the baby Jesus during a celebration of the Dia de Candelaria, or Candlemas day Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/guardian.co.uk Washington DC, US: A gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the US hides his face at a press conference Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk Colombo, Sri Lanka: An elephant called Menika, who died of old age, is taken for burial at the Gangaramaya temple Photograph: M.A. Pushpa Kumara/EPA Photograph: M.A. Pushpa Kumara/guardian.co.uk Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain: A dustcart lies trapped in a crater caused by heavy rain on the island of Tenerife Photograph: Cristobal Garcia/EPA Photograph: Cristobal Garcia/guardian.co.uk Nuremberg, Germany: Entertainer Alexander Duszat, known to Germans as 'Elton', blows a ping-pong ball in a competition to promote a new game at the 61st International Toy Fair Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters Photograph: Michaela Rehle/guardian.co.uk Narita, Japan: Visitors scramble to collect beans at the traditional bean-scattering ceremony at Naritasan Shinshoji temple Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Photograph: Issei Kato/guardian.co.uk Amman, Jordan: A hair stylist cuts the hair of a model during a show at Zara Expo Photograph: Mohammad Abu Ghosh/AP Photograph: Mohammad Abu Ghosh/guardian.co.uk