24 hours in pictures

Islamabad, Pakistan: A displaced child tries to remove flies from her face at a makeshift home in a slum Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Birmingham, UK: London Mayor Boris Johnson arrives to speak at a rally for supporters at the Conservative party conference Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Azaz, Syria: Refugee children make toys from scrap materials found in a camp at the Turkish border Photograph: Maysun/EPA

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Students from San Carlos University block the road during a demonstration Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

London, UK: Journalists listen to a talk by artist Anish Kapoor during an exhibition of his recent work at the Lisson gallery Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Bogotá, Colombia: Two dogs peek through a hole in the wall of a house Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

Virginia, US: Cadets at Virginia Military Institute pray before a foreign policy speech by the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, in Lexington Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Lalitpur, Nepal: A man stops for a cigarette outside of a temple in Khokana Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

New York, US: Boys dressed as the explorer Christopher Columbus march during the annual Columbus Day parade along Fifth Avenue Photograph: Keith Bedford/Reuters

Arnhem, Netherlands: A chimpanzee tucks into a pumpkin at Burgers' zoo Photograph: Action Press /Rex Features

Budapest, Hungary: Julianna Varga shreds dried Virginia tobacco leaves with a pastry cutter in her home Photograph: Attila Balazs/EPA

Hanoi, Vietnam: A street vendor looks for customers Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA

Jerusalem: An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man watches the Simchat Torah celebrations Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Virginia, US: Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, holds up a crying baby during a rally in Newport Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images