Pictures of the day

• 1/25 Broken homes and lives

  A woman and child in front of a house damaged by one of the earthquakes that hit New Zealand's South Island

  Alex Perrottet/Radio New Zealand/AFP/Getty Images

• 2/25 Now that is just Super

  The 'Supermoon' passing The Shard at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel

  @londonfromtherooftop

• 3/25 Collared

  Julian Assange's cat wearing a tie for some reason was seen looking out of the window of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on the day Swedish prosecutors arrived to quiz its master over sexual assault allegations

  Hannah McKay/EPA

• 4/25 Dancing the night away

  Dame Shirley Bassey and Ralph Fiennes at The 62nd London Evening Standard Theatre Awards after party

  Dave Benett

• 5/25 Head space

  Devotees whirl their head as a ritualistic performance during the annual Jhiri Fair at Kanachack village, outskirts of Jammu, India

  Channi Anand/AP

• 6/25

  A young child plays with petals in the fountains of Trafalgar Square, after a commemoration to mark Armistice Day

  Will Oliver/EPA

• 7/25

  Crowds gather for the Carnaby Christmas lights switch-on, in collaboration with the V&A and elrow, celebrating the heritage of Carnaby's fashion and cultural revolutions since the late 1960's

  David Parry/PA

• 8/25

  A reveler dressed as the Mona Lisa painting celebrates the start of the carnival season in the streets of Cologne, Germany

  Martin Meissner/AP

• 9/25

  Stormtrooper uniforms go on display at The STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition at The O2 in London, which features over 200 props, models, costumes and artwork from the original films

  Jeremy Selwyn

• 10/25

  Sunrise from North Greenwich

  Jeremy Selwyn

• 11/25 Grieving

  Floral tributes are left near at the scene of an accident where the tram overturned in Croydon, killing seven people and injuring 51 passengers

  Neil Hall/Reuters

• 12/25 Respect

  Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles visit a 200-year-old Krishna Temple on day 3 of a Royal tour of the United Arab Emirates in Manama, Bahrain

  Arthur Edwards/Getty Images

• 13/25 Remembrance

  Prince Harry and the Duke of Edinburgh paid tribute at the Fields of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday, ahead of Armistice Day

  Jeremy Selwyn

• 14/25 Roar

  Japan's On-Art Corp's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot 'TRX03' performs during its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan

  Toru Hanai/Reuters

• 15/25

  Dr. Christopher Moran Chairman Co-operation Ireland, Arlene Foster First Minister of Northern Ireland, Queen Elizabeth II, Martin McGuinness Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and Frances Fitzgerald Minister of Justice and Equality Gov of Ireland at a Co-operation Ireland reception at Crosby Hall in London, During the reception The Queen unveiled a portrait of herself by artist Colin Davidson

  Jeff Spicer/PA

• 16/25

  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign manger John Podesta speaks during election night at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York

  Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

• 17/25

  The Lord Mayor of London's State Coach travels along Cheapside, in the City of London, during the rehearsal for the Lord Mayor's Show this coming weekend

  Dominic Lipinski/PA

• 18/25 Decision day

  The Rockefeller Center is lit up in red and blue as US voters go to the polls to elect either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump

  AFP/Getty Images

• 19/25 Flagging up the winner

  Felix, a male polar bear living in a Siberian zoo, holds the portrait of US presidential candidate Donald Trump in his mouth to predict the result of Tuesday's election

  Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

• 20/25 Mark of respect

  Prime Minister Theresa May lays a wreath at India Gate in New Delhi, India, to commemorate the 82,000 people from the country who died in the First World War

  Stefan Rousseau/PA

• 21/25 So Red the Rose

  An artist dressed as Lenin brings flowers to a newly-opened Lenin monument during the opening ceremony of the monument to mark the 99th anniversary of the so-called 'Great October Socialist Revolution' in 1917 in Minsk, Belarus

  Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA

• 22/25 Rainbow Warriors

  Russian paratroopers jump past rainbow from an IL-76 transport plane during a joint Serbian-Russian military training exercise "Slavic Brotherhood" in the town of Kovin, near Belgrade, Serbia

  Marko Djurica/Reuters

• 23/25 Abominable passengers

  Colourful Yetis, the stars of one retail chain's new Christmas ads, were out in force in London yesterday as part of their promotional drive

• 24/25 Kate visits

  The Duchess of Cambridge with John Trolan, chief executive at the Nelson Trust, as she leaves the Nelson Trust Women's Centre in Gloucester after a visit as part of her ongoing work on addiction and mental health

  Andrew Matthews/PA

• 25/25 Head to head

  Not long now before we finally get to the US Presidential election. Clay busts of rival candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are seen in front of a figure of President Barack Obama at the Wax Museum in Madrid, Spain

  Andrea Comas/Reuters