10 best photographs of the day

Schoolchildren wear face masks as protection against the volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Sinabung, as they play with hula hoops at an elementary school in Sukandebi, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

A series of photographs from a study investigating babies' reactions to different fruits, vegetables and spices. Photograph: Ella's Kitchen/Rex

A child looks on during a demonstration organised by the Nyiragongo civil society in Kibumba, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, attended by more than 200 pupils from local primary schools. Photograph: Junior D. Kannah/AFP/Getty Images

A boy is searched by a fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group, Jabhat al-Nusra, at a crossing between rival Aleppo neighbourhoods. Photograph: Ammar Abdullah/Reuters

A young jockey participates in the non-violent bull-racing festival in Madura, Indonesia. Photograph: Sijori Images/Barcroft India

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, meets young volunteers from the Royal British Legion's London poppy appeal at Kensington Palace in central London. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan boy carries his sister at a camp for displaced people, in Kabul. Insecurity and poverty have prevented nearly 4 million young Afghan children from attending school. Photograph: Xinhua Kabul/Corbis

A man and his child paddle and enjoy themselves on a beach in Sanya in China's Hainan province. Photograph: Zhang Yongfeng/Xinhua Press/Corbis

A girl looks out from a bus window on a street in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Tony McCoy kisses his baby son Archie at Towcester racecourse, celebrating his 4,000th career victory. Photograph: Tom Jenkins