24 hours in pictures

Fukushima, Japan: Tokyo Electric Power Co employees wait for a bus at J-Village, a football training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan's nuclear disaster Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: Eight-year-old Kolthoum Basheer queues for a ration of rice during a donated food distribution at the Beri Iman, shrine of the famous Sufi saint Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

London, England: Employees of Lloyd's of London observe a two-minute silence on Armistice Day in the Underwriting Room Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty

Sao Paulo, Brazil: A child from Brazil's Movimento dos Sem-Teto (Roofless Movement) plays with a rope in an empty building occupied by the group Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A group listens to a speech by the Haiti president, Michel Martelly, at the reinauguration of St Pierre public plaza Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

London, England: A silhouette of a workman in front of the moon above the Shard building Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mere, France: Camargue guardians on horseback direct bulls during the 'abrivado' traditional bull festivities Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Cannock, England: Autumn leaves carpet the ground around the graves of soldiers at the German war cemetery – the only one in Britain Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Philadelphia, US: Boxing great Joe Frazier lies in repose at the Wells Fargo Centre Photograph: Matt Slocum/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Residents wait for aid to be distributed to their flooded slum Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Coronado, US: North Carolina forward John Henson tries to block a shot by Michigan State centre, Adreian Payne, during the first half of the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP