24 hours in pictures

Lima, Peru: families gather around the graves of their loved ones at the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery to mark the Day of the Dead Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Huehuetenango, Guatemala: two spectators watch the annual Day of the Dead horse race in the village of Todos Santos Cuchumatan Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Hami, China: a cotton picking machine works in a field in Hami in Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region. China is expected to harvest 6.9m tonnes of cotton this year Photograph: Reuters

Seoul, South Korea: a woman walks by a display of traditional doll lanterns at the Seoul lantern festival, which will be held from 2-18 November Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP

Kolkata, India: a worker's hands are covered in gunpowder as he makes fire crackers at a factory. Firecrackers are in great demand in the runup to Diwali Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

Lima, Peru: Velentina Rojas, five, and her sister Valeria, two, rest on a tomb at the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery on the Day of the Dead Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Aleppo, Syria: a child wounded by shrapnel is treated in one of Aleppo's last standing hospitals Photograph: Tomada/Rex Features

Mumbai, India: a young boy perches on an electricity pole near Girgaon Chowpatty beach Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

New Delhi, India: a woman has traditional designs painted on her hands with henna before the Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth. Celebrated in northern India, married women fast for a day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity and longevity of their husbands Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Virginia, US: a supporter raises her hand as Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event before the US elections on Tuesday Photograph: David Goldman/AP

New Delhi, India: a bicycle rickshaw driver has a bath before work Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Kuna Yala, Panama: an indigenous Guna boy gestures to the camera in a street on the island of Carti Sugdub Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters

New York, US: people gather in Bua bar in Manhattan's East Village, still powerless after hurricane Sandy hit on Monday Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Tonacatepeque, El Salvador: a young reveller waits to take part in the La Calabiuza parade, on the eve of the Day of the Dead near San Salvador Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images