Rewind: BEST images in the last 24 hours

Presenting some of the most scintillating pictures from around the globe in the last 24 hours.

Taiwan President and Nationalist Party presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (R) shakes hand with a truck driver from his vehicle during a campaign rally for the 2012 presidential election in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan.

The upcoming presidential and legislative election will be held on January 14.

Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

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A Bactrian camel spits in a zookeepers face during a photocall to promote London Zoo's annual stock take of animals in London, England.

The zoo's stocktake takes place annually, and gives keepers a chance to check on the numbers of every one of the animals from stick insects and frogs to tigers and camels.

Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Actor Ashton Kutcher looks at his phone during the National Basketball Association game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets in Los Angeles, California.

Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

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DJ Wika Szmyt plays music at a club in Warsaw January 4, 2012. Szmyt, 73, spends her retirement days behind a DJ console watching people dance to her rhythms.

She plays disco, rumba or samba for a mostly elderly audience because she feels she is giving them a new take at life.

DJ Wika plays in a Warsaw club three days a week but has also been involved in other musical projects, including parties where she plays for a younger and more demanding audience.

Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

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The body of a man, wrapped in a blanket, is seen lying near the wall of a private school in the municipality of Ecatepec on the outskirts of Mexico City.

Neighbors notified the police when they saw the body on the street, according to local media.

Photograph: Reuters

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Men dressed as soldiers parade in front of the Alexander Nevski Cathedral during celebrations marking the 134th anniversary of Sofia's liberation from Ottoman rule in the centre of the Bulgarian capital.

Photograph: Stoyan Nenov

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's onstage teleprompter screen reads "Thank You, Iowa!" before he comes out to his Iowa Caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa.

Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

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United States actress Meryl Streep arrives at the European premiere of "The Iron Lady" at the British Film Institute in central London.

Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

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A Waxy Tree Frog rests on a zookeeper's hand during a photocall to promote London Zoo's annual stock take of animals in London, England.

Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez kisses the hand of Miss World 2011 Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela after their meeting at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas.

Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

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Serena Williams of the United States falls to the ground during her match against Bojana Jovanivski of Serbia at the Brisbane International tennis tournament.

Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters

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A woman reacts as United States President Barack Obama shakes hands after speaking about jobs and the economy at Shaker Heights High School during a trip to Cleveland, Ohio.

Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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