The Last 24 Hours: The Best Pictures From Around The World

 

The fighter with the interim government of Libya carries a grenade launcher (RPG) in an attack on supporters of Muammar Gaddafi at the forefront in Sirte on 17 October.

The 47, 230 ton Liberian flag Rena lists, about 12 nautical miles from Tauranga on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, more than a week after it hit the Astrolabe Reef. Salvage teams pumped oil for October 17 of the injured Rena container off the coast of New Zealand, before the bad weather, which can split the vessel into two pieces and throw more oil on the beaches.

Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire a Grad missile during clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces at the frontline in Sirte October 17.

A boy, relative of Palestinian prisoner Ibtisam Issawi, stands wrapped in a flag outside his home

in the Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabal Mukaber October 17, as the family prepares

for the release of Issawi in a prisoner swap that is expected to take place on Tuesday.Israel and 

Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers have agreed to swap 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in return for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held captive in Gaza since 2006.

Winnipeg Jets 'Mark Stuart (5) collides with Pittsburgh Penguins' Joe Vitale (46) during the second period of their NHL game in Winnipeg on October 17.

U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the one-year-old Mason Wainwright and his mother during a stop at the General Store Mast in Boone, North Carolina, October 17. Obama began a trip by bus for three days in North Carolina and Virginia on Monday to promote his American Jobs Act, which faces congressional approval.

Chapter S.O.S. Rescate Fauna Marina NGOs Richard Tesore woman feeding baby dolphin La Plata in a sea of ​​Piriapolis, 90 km (56 miles) east of Montevideo, 17 oktyabrya.Delfin, with the umbilical cord still attached, was found on the shore near the city of Montevideo and was sent to the NGOs.

Children play around the fountains in the main square of Ciudad Guzman, Mexico on October 17.

Resident to use a boat as a means of transport, were evacuated from the flooded area on the bridge in the province of Ayutthaya on 17 October. The Thai government asked manufacturers in Nava Nakorn Industrial Zone in Pathum Thani province evacuated after floods inundated with water in the area.

Ana Carrasco of Argentina competes during the individual apparatus finals at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 17.