Day in pictures

Chinese figure skaters Hao Zhang and Dan Zhang in action at the Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2008 in Beijing.

A vendor in Harare shows off Zimbabwe's new $1m banknote (US$10, £6), issued as people struggle with the world's highest official inflation rate of 231m%.

The rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda prepares to pose for a portrait in Tebero, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nepalese women get ready to perform at the International Folk Music Festival in Kathmandu.

The Bhutanese king, 28, becomes the world's youngest reigning monarch.

The 100-metre-tall Christmas lights are turned on at Tokyo's Akasaka Grand Prince Hotel, to the delight of Japanese children.

A French train station sits empty as railway workers strike against proposed changes that would see freight train drivers work longer hours and more nightshifts.

Veterans gather at Westminster Abbey in London, where the Duke of Edinburgh was to lead ceremonies to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

A man carries a burning wooden barrel as part of 5 November celebrations in Ottery St Mary, Devon, UK

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