Rewind: BEST images in the last 24 hours

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

A man holds a sign reading "Obama Bin Lyin'" before a campaign rally with Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in Columbia, South Carolina.

Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

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Manchester City's Samir Nasri (L) gestures to Liverpool's Jordan Henderson during their English League Cup semi-final, first leg soccer match at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northern England.

Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

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An employee demonstrates a "Police Pad" at the Algorithm factory in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Five thousand police officers will receive portable field computers, equipped with features that will assist them with their work, assembled at this factory, according to local media.

Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

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The bow section of the stricken container ship Rena remains above water after the stern broke off and sank about 14 nautical miles (22 km) from Tauranga on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.

The ship has been stuck for three months and is in danger of sinking, authorities said, complicating salvage efforts in one of the nation's worst environmental disasters.

Photograph: Svitzer/Handout/Reuters

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Recording artist Will.i.am holds his Intel-powered ultrabook like a boom box as he leaves Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel Corporation, during Otellini's keynote address at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Will.i.am is involved in an ultrabook creative campaign in which he tours 12 cities, creates 12 songs, and engages in 12 philanthropic ventures.

Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

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Riot police stand guard as people protest in the Algerian town of Laghouat, about 400 km (249 miles) south of the capital Algiers, where a dispute over housing sparked demonstrations which have been continuing for over a week.

The demonstrators held up a poster of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C), to signify that their dispute was with the local authorities in their town, and not with the central government.

The banner reads: "We will be committed to our promise until our demands are met".

Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

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Municipal workers remove a trolley carrying garbage at Sangam, Allahabad.

Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

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A child looks at a candle flame during an event to pray for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Iwanuma in Miyagi prefecture, an area hit by the disaster.

Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

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Anti-riot police take cover behind shields after residents threw a Molotov cocktail during the demolition of shanties in Corazon De Jesus village in San Juan city, metro Manila.

At least 12 people were injured during clashes on Wednesday as a demolition team attempted to clear the area to make way for a new city hall, according to local media.

Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

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A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, in the Bernese Oberland.

The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912.

The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres.

Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters

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