24 hours in pictures : October 15 2007

Tokyo, Japan: A couple walks through a field of cosmos flowers at Showa Kinen park Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP

New York: Pedestrians walk past traditional Indian artwork during Deepavali, the Festival of Lights celebration Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

Trieste, Italy: Sailing boats sail past the Victory lighthouse as they take part in the 39th Barcolana, one of the world's most crowded regattas Photograph: Paolo Giovannini/AP

Wiesbaden, Germany: The German chancellor, Angela Merkel (c) attends the Petersburg Dialogue at the Kurhaus resort with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin (l) and the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/Getty

Phuket, Thailand: A devotee pierces his cheeks with skewers during a vegetarian festival Photograph: Chumsak Kanoknan/AFP

Kiev, Ukraine: Veterans of Ukrainian Insurgents Army take a part in a march marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the group Photograph: Genia Savilov/AFP

Inistioge, Ireland: A red squirrel, one of several breeding pairs living in the Woodstock arboretum Photograph: Haydn West/PA

Jinka, Ethiopia: Members of the Mursi tribe cradle Kalashnikov rifles as they sit in the shade of a bush Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Kiel, Germany: A Royal Navy speedboat is silhouetted against the glare of the sun as more than 40 warships from eight countries take part in joint naval exercises Photograph: Heribert Proepper/AP

Minsk, Belarus: Young opposition supporters carry an EU flag during a rally calling for greater political freedom Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP

Rio de Janeiro: A man dances during a Gay Pride parade at Copacabana beach Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

Kathmandu, Nepal: Muslims attend special prayers during the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of Ramadan Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

Tunis, Tunisia: Local residents hold hands for security as they wade through floodwater on one of the city's main streets Photograph: STR/EPA

Paris, France: Activists opposed to government plans to subject some immigrants to DNA tests take part in a free concert Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP

Moscow, Russia: A Muscovite walks his dog in the early morning as the first snow of the season settles Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

Soweto, South Africa: 13-year-old Justice Malahlela plays with his toy car made at home out of wire Photograph: JON HRUSA/EPA