10 photo highlights of the day

Members of the public witness a dramatic sea, produced by storm force winds, along the coast at Porthleven in Cornwall, England. The intense storm, one of the worst in a decade, has left four people dead and thousands without power. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Goran Tomasevic, a regular contributor to the Guardian, has taken this striking portrait of voters at a polling station during a referendum in the town of Abyei. Residents of the disputed Abyei border region said they would press ahead with their own referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, despite warnings it could trigger violence in the volatile area. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A long exposure shows apartment buildings and office blocks clustered tightly together in vivid detail in Hong Kong's Kowloon district. Property prices in the crowded city have risen by 120 per cent since 2008. Photograph: Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images

Children pose for the camera as they play in a slum alley in Mumbai, India. The photographer is documenting daily life and society in the area. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

A tourist feeds red-billed gulls by the Dianchi Lake in Kunming in China. Tens of thousands of red-billed gulls have chosen to spend winter in Kunming in recent years. Photograph: Hu Chao/Xinhua Press/Corbis

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is photographed by the state news agency (KCNA) surrounded by an adoring audience, at a performance given in Pyongyang by those who proved successful in the 36th Art Festival of the Korean People's Army. Photograph: KCNA/REUTERS

Demonstrators lie unconscious on the ground after riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse them during a protest in front of a courthouse in Ankara, Turkey. Around 2,000 people were demonstrating over the handling of the trial of a policeman accused of killing a protestor earlier this year. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Maestro Couto pauses to have his portrait taken before playing in a procession near the Nossa Senhora da Penha Church on the final day of the annual October feast of the patron saint in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

If you've ever felt a little deflated this photograph may chime with you. The artwork Rubber Duck, designed by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman, is uninstalled at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China after nearly two-months on display in the city. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Finally, a picture of calm after the storm, looking out to sea at Marazion near Penzance in Cornwall. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images