24 hours in pictures

Shilbottle, England: Trees surrounded by a heavy snowfall Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP

Perth, Australia: Competitors race away from the start in the RS:X Men's Windsurfer Gold Fleet on the Centre Course during day 15 of the ISAF Sailing World Championships Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty Images

Nabi Saleh, Palestine: A demonstrator kicks a burning tyre towards Israeli soldiers as clashes break out during a weekly protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank Photograph: Nabi Saleh/Getty Images

Benghazi, Libya: A child sings as a crowd makes demands for transparency from the National Transitional Council (NTC) and its head Mustafa Abdel Jalil during a protest in the city centre Photograph: Esam Omran Al-fetori/Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Juliana Silva rests with her one-year-old daughter Karina in the Pavao-Pavaozinho shanty town during a brief visit by UN women's executive director Michelle Bachelet Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

Cairo, Eygpt: A wounded protester rests after clashes with soldiers. Egyptian troops faced crowds throwing petrol bombs as disturbances continue against military rule. The worst violence in weeks overshadowed the count in the second phase of a landmark general election Photograph: Mohammed Abed/Getty Images

Erdeven, France: Rescuers stand next to TK Bremen cargo ship which ran aground, spilling oil off the coast of France's northwestern region of Brittany, before being stranded on Kerminihy beach Photograph: Damien Meyer/Getty Images

En route to Texas, USA: Army soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, fly home after being one of the last American combat units to exit from Iraq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

London, UK: British actor Christopher Lee wearing his Insignia of Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres given in a ceremony honouring his contribution to the fields of art and literature at the residence of the French ambassador to Britain Bernard Emié Photograph: Adrian Dennis/Getty Images

Jakarta, Indonesia: Dozens of punk rock fans stage a protest against the arrest of 65 fellow fans who were forced to have their hair cut, bathe in a lake, and change clothes by the police in Aceh province Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

Cholistan desert, Pakistan: Troops jump from a vehicle whilst undertaking winter military exercises during 10 days of manoeuvres. Pakistan has for years battled homegrown insurgents in the tribal belt that borders Afghanistan in violence which has resulted in more than 3,000 soldiers being killed Photograph: S.S. MIRZA/Getty Images

Outerspace: Comet Lovejoy leaving the sun's corona which is at a temperature of several million degrees. The small comet survived what astronomers concluded would be a certain destruction when it moved uncomfortably close to the broiling sun Photograph: NASA/AP

Maryland, US: Joan Stallard holds a sign in support Bradley Manning outside the opening of Manning's pre-trial hearings at Fort Meade. Manning is charged with providing thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Santiago de Cali, Columbia: 40mm rifle grenades seized in the municipality of Zarzal, are seen during a press conference. Colombian national police seized war material that allegedly belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas Photograph: Luis Robayo/Getty Images