10 photo highlights of the day

Images of typhoon devastation in the Philippines are continuing to pour in to the picture desk. Here, labelled survivors from one of the worst-hit regions wait to be evacuated by military plane at Tacloban airport. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Pity this young survivor using the remains of a house as shelter from rain in Tacloban. Authorities estimate the storm may have killed 10,000 or more across the country. Click here to find out how you can help. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

This picture taken last night shows police in clashes with far-right protesters during their annual march, which coincides with Poland's national Independence Day in Warsaw. Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up position as he points his weapon through a hole in a bedroom wall in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria. A reminder of ordinary daily life before the civil war. Photograph: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

An elaborately decorated child is dressed as a Hindu deity to attract alms during the annual cattle fair in Pushkar in the western state of Rajasthan, India. Photograph: Ajit Solanki/AP

This fun use of a tilt-shift lens gives a miniature feel to the people passing a giant sculpture of a dog at the Parkview Green shopping centre in Beijing, China. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

More photogenic sculpture: Chicago's first snow fall of the season sticks to Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate (also known as The Bean) in Milennium Park. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

The work of photographer Muhammed Muheisan regularly appears in our top 10. Afghan refugee Hasanat Mohammed, five, poses for a portrait outside his home in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

The political body language of an agreement of co-operation being reached between visiting Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Vietnamese counterpart, Truong Tan Sang, in Hanoi. Give us a hug! Photograph: Na Son Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images

Few of us understand it but oh my, what a pretty picture it makes. An employee of the Science Museum stands in front of a video projection showing the workings of the Large Hadron Collider at the Collider exhibition in London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images