24 hours in pictures

New Delhi, India: A labourer, his face smeared with paint, rests in front of the Commonwealth Games athletes' village as preparations enter the home stretch Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

Charmey, Switzerland: Swiss farmers guide traditionally decorated cows during the so-called Desalpe, the annual procession when cows are led back to the plain at the beginning of autumn after grazing during the summer months on mountain pastures Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters

Caracas, Venezuela: A man jumps from cars stranded after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Matthew lashed the northern regions of the country Photograph: Miguel Gutierrez/AFP/Getty Images

Concepción, Chile: Demonstrators walk under a giant Mapuche flag during a march to support 34 indigenous Mapuche prisoners on hunger strike. The 75-day-old hunger strike appears set to continue after talks between the Chilean government and the ethnic group over ancestral lands failed to yield a breakthrough Photograph: German Castro/EPA

Manhattan, Kansas, USA: American football fans watch from an upper deck while a thunderstorm approaches Bill Snyder Family stadium during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game. Play was suspended due to lightning Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Istanbul, Turkey: Two women carry bundles down the street Photograph: Ibrahim Usta/AP

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Volunteers help clear beaches as part of International Coastal Cleanup Day Photograph: Orlando Barria/EPA

Allahabad, India: A sadhu, or Hindu holy man, prays after a dip in the Ganges river Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Kharkiv, Ukraine: A mourner casts a shadow on memorial tiles bearing names of the deceased during a ceremony commemorating the Katyn massacre of thousands of Polish officers killed in 1940 by the Soviet secret police Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Volnay, France: A Japanese diplomat's child picks grapes in Burgundy on the first day of picking at the Regis Rossignol and Changarnier vineyard. 7.4m bottles of Bourgogne were sold in Japan in 2009, becoming the third export market for Burgundy, behind the United States and the UK Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

Srinagar, Kashmir: A Kashmiri nomad carries a lamb on his shoulders. Nomads travel with their livestock and trek through the state's rugged mountain terrain to reach pastures where they spend the summer months in the mountains and the winter in the shelter of valleys Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

New York City, New York, USA: Visitors pose for photographs at the annual Oktoberfest in Central Park Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

Shikarpur, Pakistan: People displaced by floods queue up to receive relief goods at this Pakistan army relief camp in flood-devastated Sindh province Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP