The day in pictures - 30 November 2012

The Duchess of Cambridge (front row, centre) as a pupil at St Andrew's School in Pangbourne, Berkshire Credit: PA

Pangbourne, Berkshire

A walk down memory lane for the Duchess of Cambridge as she visits her old school

Monwa, Burma

Helping settle a dispute

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters in Monywa after mediating in a dispute over a vast copper mining project Credit: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

New Jersey, USA

A bridge collapse caused a train to derail and a hazardous chemical leak

Derailed train carriages sit semi-submerged in the Mantua Creek in the US state of New Jersey Credit: REUTERS/Andrew Burton

Cardiff, Wales

Marching home for Christmas

More than 300 hundred soldiers from the Welsh Guards march through Cardiff during their homecoming parade after a tour in Afghanistan Credit: Sgt Russ Nolan RLC/PA Wire

Selby, England

Feed the birds

A man carries a sack of feed for pheasants across the flood plains of Ryther and Cawood near Selby, North Yorkshire Credit: John Giles/PA Wire

Reichstaedt, Germany

Europe prepares for a cold snap

A man walks along snow covered path near village of Reichstaedt at Erz Mountain region Credit: REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Shandong province, China

A farmer-turned-aviator revs up for his maiden (and ultimately unsuccessful) flight

Zhang Xuelin takes his homemade aircraft for its first test flight in Jinan, Shandong province Credit: REUTERS/China Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDIC