10 photo highlights of the day

Like a vision of Lilliput, visitors enjoy the last of the daylight as the sun sets over the Angel of the North, Antony Gormley's statue at Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Chris Thomond took the picture yesterday evening but as it hasn't been seen online yet, it's well worth sharing. Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Students from St Andrews University in Scotland indulge in a frothy tradition for Raisin Weekend. The annual event, which began yesterday, involves rituals for new students culminating in a foam fight on the Monday morning. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Remembrance crosses are photographed in detail outside Westminster Abbey before the official opening of the Royal British Legion's Field of Remembrance in London. Hundreds of small crosses are planted in the Field of Remembrance paying tribute to British servicemen and women who have lost their lives in conflict. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

I wonder what this little fellow wants to be when he grows up? The three-year-old is the son of a fire volunteer who has been called to an emergency in a residential area in Culiat district, Quezon City in the Philippines. Photograph: Dennis M Sabangan/EPA

Capturing this protester in close profile in Bangkok gives him a vivid dynamic. Thousands of people took to the streets of the Thai capital as their mass protest continues after lawmakers approved a draft political amnesty bill that could allow the return of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Thailand's most polarising figures. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A woman prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. The group, known as Women of the Wall, convenes for monthly services at the Western Wall, wearing prayer shawls and performing rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews believe only men are allowed to do. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

David Cameron takes part in a ceremony during Diwali at the Hindu temple Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in London. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Photograph: Alastair Grant/Pool/Getty Images

Bangladeshi police officers stand guard during the first day of a nationwide strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) in Dhaka. The strike is in demand of a non-party neutral caretaker to conduct the upcoming parliamentary polls. Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Mario Tama's tableau of daily life in Rio de Janeiro shows residents gathered in a formerly deserted building that is home to 82 families in the port district of the city. Government officials have informed the residents that they will be relocated to new housing in the north zone of Rio before the 2014 World Cup. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A murmuration of starlings are a fascinating spectacle at sunset near Gretna on the Scottish borders. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA