Close dialogue 1/18 Next image Previous image Toggle caption The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Young people inspect a humorous sculpture at a cafe in Beijing based on a swimming pool theme. for Day of the Dead celebrations. About 22 metres (72ft) tall, they represent the comedian Mario ‘Cantinflas’ Moreno and La Catrina, the traditional symbol of the festival Officers police a demonstration by protesters demanding university admission reforms, higher education funding and action to help with the rising cost of living A protester in a Marie Antoinette costume holds a placard reading ‘Give them brioche’. The demonstrations across France passed off with less disorder than in previous weeks People inspect a sculpture at a cafe in Beijing based on a swimming pool theme resses as a severed hand for the 25th edition of her Halloween party in New York for Heidi Klum Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on Saturday.
The US president spent the day playing golf and making election calls ahead of next week’s midterms A voter dressed as the Lorax, a character from a 1971 Dr Seuss book, votes in Kansas. The US Senate race is expected to be very tight in what is traditionally a Republican state A spectacular La Catrina makes an appearance at a qualifying session for Sunday’s Formula One race in the capital city Children watch the Lion King on an outdoor screen in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood Relatives burn pinewood sticks next to the graves of their loved ones in a ceremony to mark All Saints’ Day Pope Leo XIV shows off a basketball given to him at the Vatican. The US-born pope met sports delegations from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where he was a student Campaigners demonstrate against plans to develop the Rosebank oilfield near Shetland in the North Atlantic skeleton suit leads the Greenwich Village Halloween parade.
In its 53rd year, the event drew 60,000 costumed participants to lower Manhattan Kalyanova of Ukraine warms up backstage ahead of a super-featherweight bout in Goma A robot at work at the Bosideng AI Navigation Science and Technology Innovation Center. The clothing factory uses artificial intelligence to optimise production and logistics Relatives of the deceased visit a flooded cemetery on All Saints’ Day. Coastal communities in the Philippines are increasingly dealing with flooding driven by rising sea levels, land subsidence following groundwater extraction and development that has altered waterways Trees show their autumn colours alongside the scenic Sebek pass near Eymir The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world 1. #### Ciara Mageean, European 1500m gold medallist with Ireland, dies aged 34 2. #### ‘There’s a lot of hate’: rightwing racism stirs south Asian mobilization in Texas 3. #### Are the US midterms going to see a blue wave of Democrats winning seats – or a blue flood? 4. #### ‘He’s a force’: Obama answers call to boost Democrats – and rattle Trump 5. #### Live Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican rival in Michigan Senate race – live 6. #### Judge dimisses lawsuit to block Alaska race certification if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses 8. #### The cursed cruise: how the dream of never-ending luxury at sea became a nightmare 9. #### Love the C word?
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