Photos of the day

Diwali prayers and York Minster’s 184 solar panels: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Warwickshire, UK

The prime minister, Keir Starmer, and chancellor, Rachel Reeves, tour a laboratory to see how technology is used to treat patients who have had a stroke or have structural heart valve disease, during a visit to University Hospital, Coventry

Photograph: Darren Staples/AP

Yorkshire, UK

A worker places one of the 184 solar panels being installed on the roof of York Minster in a big step to reducing its carbon footprint. The panels are expected to be operating by the beginning of December and to generate nearly 70,000 kWh of energy a year, a third of the minster’s total energy consumption

Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Valencia, Spain

Cars are piled up after heavy flooding that has caused death and destruction to towns in the region as the Spanish prime minister warned people to stay at home. Follow our live blog here

Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP

Vienna, Austria

Member of the Austrian far-right Freedom party and the president of the National Council of Austria, Walter Rosenkranz, attend a meeting with Viktor Orbán during the Hungarian prime minister’s visit

Photograph: Max Slovencik/EPA

Jerusalem, Israel

Mounted police outside the army recruitment office try to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting against being drafted into the military after a unanimous decision by the Israeli supreme court to end their exemption

Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip

Palestinians receive bags of flour at the Unrwa distribution centre. According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people in Gaza – nine in 10 – are internally displaced, many having moved repeatedly

Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

Colombo, Sri Lanka

A devotee prays during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights

Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

Dover, UK

Small boats and outboard motors used to cross the Channel by migrants and refugees are lined up at a warehouse

Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Masantol, Philippines

An ice-cream seller climbs over waterlogged tombs to keep his feet dry, before the observation of All Saints’ Day on 1 November

Photograph: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

California, US

Fireworks go off as fans celebrate on the streets after the Los Angeles Dodgers won against the New York Yankees in the baseball World Series

Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

Wisconsin, US

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, at a rally in Green Bay

Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Nevada, US

An advertisement for Kamala Harris is displayed on the 580,000 sq ft Exosphere at Sphere, the first political campaign to do so in Las Vegas, in the run-up to the vice-president and Democratic nominee’s visit to southern Nevada on Thursday

Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images