Photos of the Day: Medical Students and Pope Francis

Mississippi, US

Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith addresses an election night party in Jackson. Hyde-Smith defeated Democrat Mike Espy, who was vying to become the state’s first African American US senator since Reconstruction, in Tuesday’s runoff

Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

Havana, Cuba

Medical students and members of the military march during a ceremony marking the 147th anniversary of the deaths of student leaders killed during the fight against Spanish colonial rule

Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters

North Carolina, US

Cameron Crazies and fans of the Duke Blue Devils try to distract De’Ron Davis of the Indiana Hoosiers at the Cameron Indoor Stadium on Durham

Photograph: Lance King/Getty Images