24 hours in pictures

Anhui province, China: A worker lies on cotton as he rests at a cotton purchase station in Wuhu Photograph: Jianan Yu/Reuters

Ayutthaya province, Thailand: Prisoners wade through a flooded jail as they transfer to another jail at Ayutthaya prison nearly 50 miles north of Bangkok. At least 224 people have died in flooding in Thailand since July Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Bhaktapur, Nepal: A boy offers prayers during the 10th day of the Hindu festival Dasain. Hindus in Nepal sacrifice animals, worship the Goddess Durga and celebrate victory over evil during festivities held throughout the country Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Bhubaneshwar, India: An artist paints masks of Ravana for the Dussehra festival, which marks the demon king's defeat at the hands of Rama Photograph: Biswaranjan Rout/AP

Cupertino, California: The Apple logo and Steve Jobs's last name in Chinese characters at a makeshift memorial at the Apple HQ Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Guadalajara, Mexico: The Mexican delegation for the Pan American Games are greeted by dancers for the flag-raising ceremony Photograph: Latin Content/Getty Images

Hagonoy, Philippines: A mother and child wade through floodwaters carrying relief goods. Authorities are rushing aid to thousands of people marooned in their homes for more than a week after Typhoons Nesat and Nalgae struck last week Photograph: Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images

Havana, Cuba: Cubans hold photographs of the Cubana Flight 455 bombing victims, a day before the atrocity's 35th anniversary. The vigil took place outside the US diplomatic mission. Cuban exile and former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles, the man accused of masterminding the attack on a Cuban airliner on 6 October 1976 which killed 73 people in Barbados, currently lives in Miami Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters

Lyon, France: French sculptor Elisabeth Cibot's bronze statue of the late Pope Jean-Paul II by the Fourviere basilica during a blessing ceremony Photograph: Jean-philippe Ksiazek/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: Models present creations by designer Marc Jacobs as part of his Spring/Summer 2012 women's ready-to-wear collection for Louis Vuitton during Paris fashion week Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters

Phuket, Thailand: Firecrackers explode as devotees celebrate the last day of the nine-day-long Bang Neow vegetarian festival Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Shan, Burma: An ethnic Pa-O woman carries firewood near the Inle Lake, Burma's second largest lake set high above sea level in the Shan Hills Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

India: Traditional dancers armed with candles take part in Hindu rituals on the last day of the Navratri festival Photograph: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images