24 hours in pictures

Punjab, Pakistan: Women displaced by floods sit on a bench outside a hospital in Basira village Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Herat, Afghanistan: Military, government and security officials watch confiscated opium being burned Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Warminster, UK: The sun shines on freshy fallen leaves beside the lake at Stourhead Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Punjab Province, Pakistan: Flood displaced boys play on a trampoline next to their camp in Basira village Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Nablus, West Bank: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men rush to pray at the renovated Tomb of Joseph Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Calcutta, India: Flower vendor Nabin Biswas waits for a customer at a wholesale flower market on the eve of the Diwali festival Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA Muntilan, Indonesia: A mother carries her child as she walks down an ash-covered street after Mount Merapi erupted for the fifth time Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters Tehran, Iran: Iranian women show their palms bearing anti-US, anti-Israeli and pro-government slogans during a rally outside the former US embassy Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Jerez de la Frontera, Spain: Argentinian actor Angel Pavlovsky (L) and Spanish writer Roman Gubern at the Gold Medals for Merit in Fine Arts awards ceremony Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images Boston, USA: Joggers run along the Esplanade as the sun sets on an autumn day Photograph: Michael Dwyer/AP Kabul, Afghanistan: Marines take a break during a patrol in Sangin Photograph: Dusan Vranic/AP La Patrona, Mexico: Women called The Good Samaritans of La Patrona carry food to give to Honduran immigrants on their way to the border with the United States Photograph: Eliana Aponte/Reuters Tijuana, Mexico: Soldiers stand guard outside a warehouse where a tunnel was found near the US-Mexico border Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP Salzburg, Austria: Two swans challenge for food on the lake Zeller Photograph: Kerstin Joensson/AP San Francisco, USA: A cable car carrying members of the San Francisco Giants gets covered with confetti during the Giants' victory parade Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images