The day in pictures - 9 November 2012

Moscow, Russia

Taking figure skating to the edge

Canada's Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers perform during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Rostelecom Cup in Moscow Credit: REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

Yangon river, Burma

Children at play

Children play on the bank of the Yangon river in Burma Credit: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Coronation Street, England

Tributes paid to soap opera veteran Bill Tarmey

Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn as Jack and Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street Credit: Phil Noble/PA Wire

New York, USA

Flood water is pumped from New York City Subway after Hurricane Sandy

An employee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority surveys the damage in the L train's tunnel under the East River Credit: REUTERS/Handout

Bangkok, Thailand

Oarsmen maneuver the Royal Barge down the Chao Phraya River in a 700-year-old ceremony

Thai oarsmen row a royal barge during the Royal Barge Procession on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok Credit: REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Birmingham, England

Calls for Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai to receive Nobel Peace Prize

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala reads a card as she recuperates at the The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham Credit: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

The Prime Minister takes questions on the factory floor of a biscuit factory

The Prime Minister David Cameron talks to employees on the factory floor of the Fox's biscuit factory in Uttoxeter Credit: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Wire