24 hours in pictures

Yesa, Spain: People cover themselves in mud in the ruins of the ancient baths at Tiermas Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

New York, USA: A police officer leans over to talk to a protester after hundreds were arrested during an Occupy Wall Street march on Brooklyn bridge Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters

California, USA: Protesters with painted faces look on after a march to Los Angeles City Hall during the Occupy Los Angeles demonstration in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Hangzhou, China: A man carries ducks he bought at a roadside market Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Bucharest, Romania: Canadian Sphynx cats sit together inside a cage during the Sofisticat International Autumn Cat Show Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Phuket, Thailand: Devotees of the Bang Neow Chinese Shrine stand amid exploding firecrackers as they take part in a procession Photograph: Dario Pignatelli/Reuters

London, UK: Bags of rubbish are piled high at dusk Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath, north London, after the hottest October day on record Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Wuhan, China: Tourists visit the newly opened Wuhan Polar Ocean World Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images

Kentucky, USA: Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, in the pits at Kentucky speedway in Sparta Photograph: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

Copenhagen, Denmark: A father and son enjoy the warm weather at Bellevue beach Photograph: Khan Tariq Mikkel/AP

Bulacan, Manila, Philippines: Filipino villagers wade in floodwaters inside a sport hall evacuation centre Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

Lucknow, India: Schoolchildren dressed as Mahatma Gandhi return home after rehearsals before Gandhi Jayanti, which celebrates the birth of Gandhi Photograph: AP

Rio de Janeiro: A woman walks into a spray of water in the heat during a music festival Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Bahorok, Indonesia: A rescue team carries the body of a victim after a plane crashed into the jungle-covered mountains of western Indonesia Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

Phuket, Thailand: A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine with a bicycle shock absorber piercing his cheek. During the annual Vegetarian festival religious devotees slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

A model on the catwalk during the Jean Paul Gaultier spring/summer 2012 collection show at Paris fashion week Photograph: jacques Brinon/AP