A small victory for the earthquake rescue workers in Turkey as a tiny baby is pulled from the rubble, a woman clings on to a street sign in chest-deep water as the flood crisis in Thailand continues and Queen Elizabeth II remembers those who fought and died at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Other defining images of 25 October include Diwali preparations and the steepest stage you'll ever see - all in the pictures of the day below: