24 hours in pictures

Cape Town, South Africa: A couple watch the sunset over the remains of the stranded Turkish bulk carrier MV Seli. The ship ran aground in September 2009 and has since broken up Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Monrovia, Liberia: Fedora, 11, watches as a rally for the incumbent Liberian president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, takes place in a field near her home Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

Moscow, Russia: Russian soldiers dressed in second world war Red Army uniforms parade in Red Square Photograph: Sergei Ponomarev/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: Buddhist monks wash a funeral pavilion as floodwater starts to recede near the Chao Praya river Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A vendor and her daughter wait for customers Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia: A cow in hilly pastures in the late afternoon light Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala: Voters line up to cast their ballots during the presidential runoff election Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan balloon vendor looks for customers on the second day of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Dresden, Germany: Visitors sit next to a veil with the shadow of a Star of David and listen to a talk during the Open Day at the New Synagogue
Photograph: Arno Burgi/EPA

Knutsford, England: The last of the summer roses are dusted with a coating of frost as the first freezing temperatures descend on Britain Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Kochi, India: A boy walks on a plastic sheet in a field as he arrives for Eid al-Adha prayers Photograph: Sivaram V/Reuters

Managua, Nicaragua: Supporters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front party wave flags during celebrations after preliminary results showed Nicaragua's current president, Daniel Ortega, was ahead in the general elections with 63.7% of the vote Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters

New York, US: Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows bridge towards Brooklyn at the start of the ING New York City marathon Photograph: Chris Trotman/Getty Images

Oz Zion, West Bank: A Jewish settler looks for his belongings in the rubble after Israeli security forces demolished three structures in the illegal outpost near the city of Ramallah Photograph: Abir Sultan/Epa