Last 24 hours: Best PHOTOS from around the world

A fighter with Libya's interim government carries a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) during an attack on Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists at the frontline in Sirte on October 17. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters

The 47,230 tonne Liberian-flagged Rena lists, about 12 nautical miles from Tauranga, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, more than a week after it struck the Astrolabe Reef. Salvage teams pumped oil on October 17 from the stricken container ship Rena off the New Zealand coast, ahead of bad weather which could split the vessel into two and spew more oil onto beaches. Svitzer/Handout/Reuters

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

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. Ammar Awad/Reuters

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

US President Barack Obama greets one-year-old Mason Wainwright and his mother during a stop at Mast General Store in Boone, North Carolina, October 17. Obama began a three day bus trip to North Carolina and Virginia on Monday to promote his American Jobs Act that faces congressional approval. Jason Reed/Reuters

The head of the NGO 'S.O.S. Rescate Fauna Marina' Richard Tesore feeds a female baby La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia Blainvillei) in the sea of Piriapolis, 90 km (56 miles) to the east of Montevideo, October 17. The dolphin, with its umbilical cord still attached, was found beached near Montevideo city and was sent to the NGO. Andres Stapff/Reuters

Children play around water fountains in the main square of Ciudad Guzman, Mexico on October 17. Andy Clark/Reuters

Resident use a boat as vehicles are evacuated from a flooded area on a bridge in Ayutthaya province on October 17. Thailand's government has asked manufacturers in the Nava Nakorn Industrial Zone in Pathum Thani province to evacuate after flood water inundated into the area.Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

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