24 hours in pictures

24 hours: A street vendor selling roses prays on a bench in downtown Rome

Rome, Italy: A street vendor selling roses prays on a bench Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

24 hours: Alberto Morejon, driver of the band Mariachi Juvenil

Havana, Cuba: Alberto Morejon, driver of the band Mariachi Juvenil, smokes a cigar as he prepares his Ford Galaxie to drive the band to a job in the Marianao neighborhood Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

24 hours: Canadian Mounted Police officer waits to present the Vanier Cup trophy

Vancouver, Canada: A Royal Canadian mounted police officer waits to present the Vanier Cup trophy in the college football game between McMaster Marauders and Laval Rouge et Orat at BC Place Photograph: Todd Korol/Reuters

24 hours: Children gather around a fire to warm themselves in a slum

Islamabad, Pakistan: Children gather around a fire to warm themselves in a slum Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Rabat, Morocco: A man prepares the table with the traditional couscous for the people in charge of a polling station in a school. Moroccan Islamists were hopeful of victory in the parliamentary election, which was held after the adoption last summer of a new constitution that gave greater powers to lawmakers in the north African kingdom following the Arab Spring uprisings Photograph: Zacarias Garcia/EPA

24 hours: A Nepalese man looks out from the window of a teahouse

Katmandu, Nepal: A man looks out from the window of a teahouse, the shop is decorated with "Jai Bhimsen", a Hindu marking meaning "Hail Bhimsen" a Nepalese Hindu god Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

24 hours: A Thai flood victim sits under a mosquito at a relief centre

Bangkok, Thailand: A flood victim sits under a mosquito net at a relief centre. Since July, more than a fifth of the country's 64 million people have been affected by the worst flooding in more than 50 years Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

24 hours: Mumbai residents watch firefighting operations after a fire in the vicinity

Mumbai, India: Residents adjacent to the Manish market and Sara shopping complex are seen through smoke as they watch firefighting operations. A pre-dawn fire broke out in a prominent commercial hub of the metropolis Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

24 hours: Proton launch vehicle blasts off from Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome

Baikonur, Kazakhstan: A Russian-made Proton launch vehicle blasts off from the leased Baikonur cosmodrome and successfully placed the AsiaSat 7 satellite into orbit for the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) Photograph: STR/AP

24 hours: Women protestingagainst violence toward women in Bucharest

Bucharest, Romania: A combination picture shows women with make-up made to look like bruises during a protest against violence towards women in front of the parliament building Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

24 hours: helicopter fires rockets during training at a military base in Baghdad

Bghdad, Iraq: A helicopter fires rockets during training at Basmaya military base, With US troops scheduled to leave Iraq at the end of the year, Baghdad is looking to build up its air capabilities as its national armed forces take over responsibility for security Photograph: Mohammed Ameen/Reuters