Day in pictures

A displaced woman carries her child, wood and some of her belongings along a road in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A rebel offensive has forced 250,000 people to flee their homes.

Spanish soldiers carry the coffins of two of their comrades, who were killed in Afghanistan. Elsewhere in Europe, ceremonies are being held to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I.

In many parts of Germany, 1111 on 11 November marks the beginning of Carnival, the "Fifth Season", which by tradition climaxes before Ash Wednesday. The number 11 is traditionally associated with fools.

Indian Sikhs wave as they leave the station in Amritsar on board a special train to Pakistan, where they will undertake a pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in Punjab to celebrate the birth of Guru Nanak Dev.

Supporters of the free-trade agreement between South Korea and the US cheer President Lee Myung-bak and US President-elect Barack Obama at a demonstration in the capital, Seoul.

Security personnel remove a Greenpeace activist from the anchor chain of an oil tanker at the Indonesian port of Dumai. Greenpeace is protesting against the destruction of forests by oil companies.

Cambodians power their dragon boats along the Tonle Sap river and past the Royal Palace during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh.

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