The best images from around the world for Oct. 24
Kathy Cirillo (center left), the mother of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, follows the casket carrying her son, two days after he was shot dead by a gunman while he guarded the National War Memorial, during a precession from Ottawa to Cirillo's hometown of Hamilton.Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hindu devotees prepare to receive rice as offerings being distributed by the temple authority on the occasion of the 'Annakut' festival in Kolkata, India.Stringer/Reuters
People dance during Dead Sea Rave -424, an international electronic music festival at the foot of Masada mountain, along the shores of the Dead Sea.Amir Cohen/Reuters
Pro-democracy protesters react from their barricade as several anti-Occupy protesters came close to them at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong. The campaign in the Chinese-controlled city entered the fifth week on Friday.Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Long March 3C, carrying an experimental spacecraft, lifts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province in the hope of leading to future return missions to the moon, China's state media reported.Stringer/Reuters
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serves to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during their WTA Finals singles tennis match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Picture taken with in-camera multiple exposure.Edgar Su/Reuters
A boy holds the Kurdish PKK youth organization flag during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in Syrian town of Kobani, in the southeastern town of Suruc.Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
Palestinians pray as Israeli police officers stand guard during Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz.Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters
Actor Kevin Costner waves during the red carpet event for the movie "Black and White" at the Rome Film Festival.Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Turkey's disaster management agency (AFAD) carry bags from Canadian Consulate in Istanbul. Authorities launched an investigation after an unidentified yellow powder was found in a package sent to the Canadian consulate in Istanbul. The German and Belgian consulates also received similar packages.Stringer/Reuters