24 hours in pictures

Mithial, Pakistan: Spectators watch a bull racing tournament Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Tijuana, Mexico: Soldiers guard a house after a shooting Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP Barcelona, Spain: A woman wipes a tear as she prays next to the tomb of her relatives on the eve of All Saints Day Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP Cangkringan, Indonesia: Mount Merapi releases gas and lava Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images Grainau, Germany: A skier on Zugspitze mountain after the opening of the ski season Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP/Getty Images Johannesburg, South Africa: A woman looks at a halo wrapped around the sun, caused by ice crystals within thin cirrus clouds Photograph: Gallo Images/Getty Images Masaya, Nicaragua: Revellers kiss while taking part in the traditional Torovenado festival Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP Multan, Pakistan: Azhar Haidri with his wives Humaira Qasim, left, and Rumana Aslam. Haidri married two women in 24 hours, gaining national attention for his solution to a dilemma of wedding the woman he loves or going ahead with the marriage his family arranged Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP San Gregorio, Mexico: People sit around a relative's grave as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP Sana'a, Yemen: Engineering student Hanan al-Samawi who was suspected of involvement in the thwarted cargo jet bomb plot, attends a rally at Sana'a University after being released Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA Titusville, Florida, USA: A tricolored heron walks in shallow water in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Mount Kumgang, North Korea: North Koreans on a bus and their South Korean family members bid painful farewells as their three-day reunion visit comes to an end Photograph: EPA Kabul, Afghanistan: Market workers walk in the old part of the city Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP Baghdad, Iraq: A dead sparrow lies at the scene of a car bomb attack Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP Matsumoto, Japan: Taishoike pond at Kamikochi resort Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images