Pictures from around the world in the last 24 hours

United States Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at campaign rally in Sarasota, Florida, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad look at a map at Suleiman al-Halabi neighbourhood in Aleppo city, on Sept 20, 2012.-- PHOTO: REUTERS

A shopper waiting in a queue outside an Apple store holds cards entitling her to buy two iPhones, in central Sydney, on Sept 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Demonstrators from the Samajwadi Party, a regional political party, shout slogans after they stopped a passenger train during a protest against price hikes in fuel and foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, near Allahabad railway station, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Palestinians pray next to the body of Palestinian security official Anis Abu Al-Enin during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Cindy Lee Garcia (left), an actress in the Innocence Of Muslims, an anti-Islam movie that has spawned violent protests across the Muslim world, and her lawyer M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference after a court hearing in Los Angeles, California, on Sept 20, 2012.-- PHOTO: REUTERS

Denny Landzaat (left) of FC Twente fights for the ball against Leon Andreasen of Hannover 96 during their Europa League soccer match in the Grolsch Veste, Enschede, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A model displays a creation from the Prada Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week in Milan, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Olympique Lyon's Bafetimbi Gomis (left) sucks on a pacifier as he and Alexandre Lacazette celebrate after scoring against Sparta Prague during their Europa League soccer match at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A health worker fumigates inside a home in Havana, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

New York Giants wide receiver Ramses Barden is tackled by Carolina Panthers free safety Haruki Nakamura (right) and outside linebacker James Anderson (left) during a NFL football game in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A participant does push-ups backstage during a bodybuilding competition in Srinagar, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Presidential guards perform a ceremonial change of guard in front of the Monument of the Unknown Soldier during a 24-hour strike by metro, city train and train way employees protesting a new wave of austerity measures by the coalition government, in Athens' Syntagma (Constitution) square, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A police officer clashes with a protester, as police attempt to disperse anti-government protesters and young unemployed graduates, during a demonstration in Rabat, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a chicken as he performs the Kaparot ritual in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood, on Sept 20, 2012, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which starts at sundown on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An actor performs a theatrical re-enactment of the Red Army battles and the beginning of the Long March in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An employee of Maariv, one of Israel's largest tabloid newspapers, holds a placard as she takes part in a protest near the offices of conglomerate IDB Group in Tel Aviv, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Tiger Woods of the United States blasts from the bunker at the fourth hole during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

United States House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reacts as United States House Speaker John Boehner (left)  helps hammer in her nail during a ceremony for the Presidential inauguration construction on the west front of the United States Capitol in Washington, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Police and security guards seek cover behind their shields during a clash with residents of a squatters area in Taguig, Metro Manila, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A visitor dressed as a red army soldier smokes as he poses for a picture in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A holy man or sadhu stands at the banks of the Bagmati River, during the Rishi Panchami festival, in Kathmandu, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Firefig, onhters and local residents try to control a fire at a slum next to a Padma garments factory in Begunbari, Dhaka Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Protesters use sticks to smash the windscreen and windows of a car during an anti-America protest march in Islamabad, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS