24 hours in pictures

Islamabad, Pakistan: A girl wearing a halloween costume walks through a slum area Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Kabul, Afghanistan: Street photographer Syed Rahman takes a break as he waits for customers Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP Yogyakarta, Indonesia: A woman prays at the burial of a victim of the Mount Merapi volcano eruption Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Soldiers and volunteers carry the coffin of a victim of the Mount Merapi eruption during mass burial in Umbulhardjo village Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images Buenos Aires, Argentina: Pamphlets cover the ground as a woman walks past police during the wake of the former president Nestor Kirchner Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Petite Riviere, Haiti: A man suffering from cholera sleeps on a bench at the Charles Colimon hospital Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Qasir al-Yahud, West Bank: A Christian pilgrim girl sits by the River Jordan Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico: A woman dries goat tripe during La Matanza – the killing of goats – a traditional festival Photograph: Reuters Kunjak, Afghanistan: Private First Class Brandon Voris, of Lebanon, Ohio, stands in the middle of his camp as a sandstorm strikes Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters Mentawai, Indonesia: Markus and his sister, Lisna, weep after finding their mother's body in the tsunami-devastated Monte village Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA Khartoum, Sudan: A group of displaced people sit inside a bus in a transport convoy heading to Unity state Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala: A woman smokes a cigar during celebrations for Maximon, a popular cult mostly worshipped in the highlands of western Guatemala Photograph: Moises Castillo/AP Prague, Czech Republic: Colourful autumn leaves float on the Vltava river Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA Beijing, China: A model presents a creation from a wedding dress collection by the designer Tsai Meiyue at China fashion week Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Taipei, Taiwan: Genetically engineered Angelfish (Pterophyllum Scalare) glow in a tank at the 2010 Taiwan International Aqua Expo Photograph: Nicky Loh/Reuters Abidjan, Ivory Coast: A man seeks shelter from a tropical downpour Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA