24 hours in pictures

Kolkata, India: Craftsmen work on idols of Hindu goddess Durga. The five-day Durga Puja festival begins on 20 October Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Ramallah, West Bank: A jockey from Qalanswa village riding a horse called Edward holds up a trophy after winning the annual championship organised by the Turmus Aya Equestrian Club Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images

Vallon Pont d'Arc, France: A gendarme attends a street acrobatics show Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

Cairo, Egypt: Opponents and supporters of president Mohamed Morsi clash in Tahrir Square Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Dura Den, Scotland: A women walking her dog views damage to the village caused by heavy rain and flooding Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Tokyo, Japan: Designer Hiromichi Ochiai presents his Facetasm 2013 spring and summer collection Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

Peshawar, Pakistan: Schoolgirls pray for the early recovery of child activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban Photograph: A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is shown to the public after its arrival at the National Zoological Gardens
Photograph: M A Pushpa Kumara/EPA

St Petersburg, Florida: An giant eyeball found by a walker on Pompano Beach near Fort Lauderdale Photograph: FWC Handout/EPA

Aparecida, Brazil: Churchgoers light candles at the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, where thousands gathered to attend a Mass honouring the patron saint of Catholic Brazilians on her feast day Photograph: Andre Penner/AP

Los Angeles, California: The space shuttle Endeavour makes it's final journey from the city's international airport to the California Science Centre Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Dakar, Senegal: Women hold posters of the French president, François Hollande, who is on his first visit to Africa since his election in May Photograph: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

Rome, Italy: Starlings fill the sky over the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica at dusk Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: Children play on a destroyed car left on the side of a road Photograph: Ahmad Jamshid/AP