BIG VIEW: Best PHOTOS of the last 24 hours

Here are some of the most breathtaking images from across the globe in the last 24 hours

A woman places a diya or earthen oil lamp on a bamboo pole during Diwali celebrations in Felicity, central Trinidad on October 26, 2011. Hindus decorate their homes and places of worship with lamps or candles as a symbol of the victory of good over evil during Diwali, the festival of light.

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An image taken from the International Space Station shows lights from Omaha (lower left), Minneapolis/St Paul (top left), Des Moines (centre left), Chicago (top centre) and St Louis (lower right)

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Passengers sit on the rooftop of a commuter train as it arrives at the Manggarai train station in Jakarta October 26, 2011. PT KAI spokesperson Mateta Rizalulhaq said the state railway operator had cancelled more than 29 scheduled train services, from October 19 to November 29, to accommodate an upgrade of three electrical substations along the line

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Mexico's Paola Espinosa competes in the women's 10m platform diving finals at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 26

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Five-year-old internally displaced girl Sonya, whose family fled military operations in Bara, takes refuge near a water container at the UNHCR Jalozai camp in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on October 26. At least 18,000 people have fled their homes in Pakistan's tribal district of Khyber, fearing a fresh onslaught of fighting between the army and Islamist militants

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A man sits in the water in a flooded slum as floods advance into central Bangkok on October 26. Floodwater swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday as some shops started rationing food and the prime minister warned that parts of Bangkok could be flooded for up to a month

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Claudio Barbato (Left), a member of Italy's opposition FLI party, fights with Fabio Ranieri (Right) from the Northern League in Parliament in Rome on October 26. The Italian deputies exchanged blows in parliament on Wednesday as tensions over a tough economic reform programme came to a head

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A member of a charity organization serves an afternoon meal to an earthquake victim at a stadium currently used as a relief shelter campsite in Ercis October 26

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Cavalo, 36, pulls his one-year-old son Joaquim Francisco in his baby stroller made of recycled wood at the financial centre of Sao Paulo on October 26. The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet.

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Rescue workers look for survivors trapped under debris after the earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, on October 26. Turkey struggled to provide shelter on Wednesday to tens of thousands left homeless by an earthquake that killed nearly 500, and rescue teams began taking painful decisions to call off searches for those buried alive

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A Border Security Force soldier lights a candle inside a bunker on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights, at the India-Bangladesh border on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of Tripura, on October 26

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A model runs to change backstage during a fashion show for the Rabbit Warm Zhuang Ganran collection during China Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2012 in Beijing on October 26

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