The best pictures of the day

Joanna Ruck and Bridget Coaker
theguardian.com, Saturday 5 October 2013 08.35 AEST

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11.35pm BST

Lamps shaped as ships are seen in a water basin next to Potsdam Square during the first Berlin Light Festival in Berlin, Germany. Until October 20 many buildings and landmarks in Berlin will be illuminated. Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP

10.10pm BST

cow racing in Vietnam — Cow racing in Hanoi. The Bay Nui cow race festival in Hanoi, Vietnam attracts 64 pairs of cows from districts of Vietnam's An Giang, Kien Giang and Soc Trang provinces. Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

8.28pm BST

Early snow fall in Wyoming — A poodle called Sweetie Pie romps through the slushy snow in Rapid City, South Dakota, as an early winter snow storm struck the central Rocky Mountains, downing trees and forcing closures of state offices and more than 200 miles of Interstate 90 across parts of Wyoming and South Dakota. Photograph: Kristina Barker/Reuters

Updated at 8.29pm BST

8.09pm BST

Egypt unrest — A boy stands in front of army soldiers and riot police, during a protest against the military near Rabaa al-Adawiya square in Cairo. Five people were killed in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets of Cairo and other cities to demand the end of army-backed rule. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

6.29pm BST

International Garden festival in Hamburg, Germany. — Everything in the garden is rosy for these two Rose Queens as they pose at the International Garden Festival in Hamburg, Germany. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Corbis

5.16pm BST

Don't leave me hanging. Daniel Purvis of Great Britain competes on the horizontal bar during the men's final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Belgium. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

4.44pm BST

Immigrants board a ship bound for Porto Empedocle, Sicily in Lampedusa, Italy. The search for bodies continues off the coast of southern Italy for the African migrants who drowned trying to reach the island. The death toll was expected to reach over 300 people. Read more on the story. Photograph: Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images

Updated at 4.46pm BST

4.24pm BST

Hoar frost on a flower at Zabar, Hungary. Photograph: Peter Komka/AP

3.49pm BST

A cute animal picture to cheer up your Friday arfternoon. An eight-day-old white lion cub plays with a soft toy donkey at Belgrade's zoo. — A cute animal picture to cheer up your Friday afternoon. An eight-day-old white lion cub plays with a soft toy donkey at Belgrade's zoo. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Updated at 4.17pm BST

3.36pm BST

Pope Francis arrives at St. Francis Basilica during his pastoral visit in Assisi. Photograph: Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis

3.16pm BST

The world's best bridges: GuardianWitness has asked you to share your pictures of your favourite bridges such as the lovely dusk picture from Burma below. The assignment is open for eight more days so get sharing now.

Dusk at U Bein Bridge, Burma

Sunset at U Bein near Mandalay, Burma.

3.11pm BST

A Palestinian stone thrower runs by burning tires during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, West Bank. Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images

2.53pm BST

The month in photography: See our audio slideshow guide to the best of October's photography around the world

Zeiss Ikon 1996, 2013, by Dayanita Singh South Bank Centre

2.45pm BST

Hindu devotees load an idol of the Goddess Durga into a passenger train at a railway station on the eve of Navratri festival in Bhopal, India. Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA

2.43pm BST

Models show their tattoos by Taiwanese artist Diau-An during the first International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention in Hong Kong. — Models show off their tattoos by Taiwanese artist Diau-An during the first International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention in Hong Kong. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

1.47pm BST

Foreign workers shine a bronze sculpture by French Algerian born artist Adel Abdessemed during its installation on the Corniche in Doha after it was bought by the Qatar Museums Authority. The statue, called Coup de Tete, immortalises the headbutt given by the French footballer Zinedine Zidane to Italian player Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final in 2006. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Updated at 3.11pm BST

1.10pm BST

A decorated elephant stands at the Nandankanan Zoological park in Bhubaneswar as wildlife week is celebrated in India. Photograph: Biswaranjan Rout/AP

Updated at 2.39pm BST

12.47pm BST

The Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, visits the Pilkington Glass Factory in St Helens, UK. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Updated at 3.12pm BST

12.31pm BST

Too many beers? People enjoy riding on the Teufelsrad (Devils wheel) merry-go-round in Munich, Germany, during Oktoberfest. The festival, which runs from 21 September to 6 October, is the world's largest beer festival and draws millions of visitors. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Updated at 3.13pm BST

12.20pm BST

Tour 13 art project: a 10-storey building due to be demolished in Paris, France, has been decorated by street artists. The building is open to the public for one month. See a gallery of the artists' creations.

Interior of the building decorated as part of the Tour 13 art project in Paris, France. Photograph: Rex/Isa Harsin/Sipa

12.02pm BST

Hindu devotees offer food and prayers as they perform Tarpan rituals which are believed to ensure peace and happiness to the souls of one's ancestors, at the river Falgu in Gaya, India. Photograph: Manish Bhandari/AP

11.40am BST

Something in the water? One street in Havana, Cuba, has produced 12 sets of twins. The oldest are 65 and the youngest are eight months old. Ten out of the 12 sets are identical. Read more about the twins here and see more images in our gallery