Gaza Strip: Palestinians carry the body of the Hamas security force officer Maher Abu Teir during his funeral in Khan YounisPhotograph: Khalil Hamra/APAn image showing a 'brainbow', the neurons in the cerebral cortex of a mouse. They are created by tagging individual neurons in the brain with around 90 different colours and enable scientists to chart the circuitry of the brainPhotograph: Livet et al/PAVillahermosa, Mexico: An aerial view of floodwaters that have affected around 300,000 people in the state of TabascoPhotograph: Jaime Valos/EPA
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: A mother and a child sit outside a cholera centre run by Medecins Sans FrontieresPhotograph: Lionel Healing/AFPCite Soleil, Port-au-Prince: Refugees queue up to get food and supplies from UN peacekeepers after floodwaters and mudslides caused by tropical storm Noel killed at least 48 peoplePhotograph: Ariana Cubillos/APSirnak, Turkey: Turkish commandos return to their headquarters following a patrol near the country's border with IraqPhotograph: AFPSofia, Bulgaria: Science teachers and students take part in a torchlight procession to protest against the 2008 national budgetPhotograph: Boryana Katsarova/AFPNew Delhi, India: A child worker rescued during raids on an embroidery factoryPhotograph: Saurabh Das/APRapperswil, Switzerland: A newborn Rothschild giraffe with its mother in an enclosure at the city's zooPhotograph: Steffen Schmidt/Keystone/APKnutsford, England: Andrew German and Richard Garton of The Cheshire Forest Hunt exercise their hounds in preparation for the start of the new hunting season Photograph: Christopher Furlong/GettyBeersheba, Israel: Australian horsemen take part in a re-enactment of the cavalry charge at the Battle of the BeershebaPhotograph: Ariel Schalit/APKabul, Afghanistan: A new army recruit attends his graduation ceremonyPhotograph: Rafiq Maqbool/APLondon, England: Powerful lights are used on the Wembley pitch to help it recover from the NFL Bridgestone International Series match between New York Giants and Miami DolphinsPhotograph: GettyNew York, US: Theo Orecchio, 4, dressed as the Tin Man, sits next to his mother, dressed as Dorothy, before the 34th annual Greenwich Village Halloween paradePhotograph: Seth Wenig/APPittsburgh, US: A work by the artist Dale Chihuly at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical GardensPhotograph: Gene J Puskar/APNew York, US: Cirque du Soleil performers take part in a dress rehearsal for the world premiere of the group's new production of 'Wintuk'Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP
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