Penny farthings and Day of the Dead celebrations: the weekend in pictures

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  • Donetsk, Ukraine

    Engineers of the 24th mechanized brigade installing razor wire along the frontline in Donetsk

    Soldier installing razor wire on the front line
  • Uttar Pradesh, India

    JCBs flatten the sandy surface on the banks of the River Ganges in preparation for next year’s Mahakumbh festival, where Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims take a series of ritual baths

    Digging machines on the mud flats beside the River Ganges
  • Guwahati, India

    A boy lights candle as at a grave of a deceased relative during All Souls Day

    A boy lights candle at a grave
  • Parotani, Bolivia

    A protester confronts members of the Bolivian military police during a blockade by supporters of the former Bolivian president Evo Morales

    A man in the background confronts riot police
  • Kashmir, India

    Farmers collect saffron flowers at a field during the harvest season in Pampore, an area in the outskirts of Srinagar

    A woman and children collecting saffron flowers in a field
  • Prague, Czech Republic

    Annual penny farthing race in Prague

    Participants wearing historical costumes ride their high-wheel bicycles
  • Valencia, Spain

    Civil Guard officers search for survivors inside cars trapped under the foundations of a building in the town of Paiporta

    Officers climb search through piles of cars covered in mud
  • Amritsar, India

    Volunteers clean the holy sarovar a day after the Sikh festival Bandi Chhor Divas as a thick smog engulfs the Golden Temple

    Men wading in the temple lake
  • Mazatlán Villa de Flores, Mexico

    People gather around the graves of deceased loved ones during the annual Day of the Dead celebrations

    People beside candle lit graves
  • West Bengal, India

    Annakut, also known as Govardhan Puja, is a vibrant harvest festival celebrated mainly in India, particularly among the Hindu community. It is typicall celebrated the day after Diwali and marks the worship of Lord Krishna, who is revered for lifting the Govardhan Hill to protect villagers from torrential rains sent by Lord Indra

    Women hold open there shawls to catch offerings
  • Kielce, Poland

    An aerial photograph shows a cemetery illuminated with candles during All Saints Day, when millions of Poles head to family graves in their ancestors’ hometowns to pay their respects

    An aerial photograph shows a cemetery illuminated with candles
  • Chisinau, Moldova

    A girl skates next to a statue of Lenin in the capital of Moldova, which is holding the runoff in its presidential elections on Sunday

    A young girl skates beside a Lenin statue
  • New York, US

    Kamala Harris, the US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, and the actress Maya Rudolph in a comedy sketch on Saturday Night Live

    Kamala Harris with the US actress and impersonator Maya Rudolph
  • Hong Kong

    A woman rests on a pile of plush toys at an Ikea in the shopping district of Causeway Bay

    A woman rests on a pile of plush toys
  • Valencia, Spain

    Thousands of volunteers arrive to clean up areas affected by severe floods that took place on 29 October

    Crowd of volunteers cross a bridge and carry supplies
  • Wisconsin, US

    The rapper Cardi B arrives to speak during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris, the US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, at the Wisconsin state fair expo centre in West Allis

    Cardi B arrives on stage to speak during a campaign rally
  • Beirut, Lebanon

    Firefighters stand amid smouldering debris at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes that targeted the neighbourhood of Kafaat, in Beirut’s southern suburbs

    Fighfighter standing amongst the smoking rubble of destroyed buildings
  • Wakema, Myanmar

    A woman prays for her relatives during the annual observance of All Saints Day in a Christian cemetery at Kanasoekone village

    A woman praying at a graveside
  • Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

    A woman takes part in a Vodou ritual at a cemetery in the Hatian capital to celebrate the Day of the Dead

    A woman takes part in a ritual at a cemetery
  • Lima, Peru

    People arrive to the Nueva Esperanza cemetery to decorate family graves marking the Day of the Dead

    People walk along a dirt track at a large cemetery by a hillside
  • Douglasville, Georgia

    Eric Trump campaigns on behalf of his father, the former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, at the Foxhall resort

    Eric Trump silhouetted against US flags at a campaign rally
  • Saltillo, Mexico

    Girls dressed as Catrinas, the name given to the popular skeletal figure, take part in a parade as part of Day of the Dead celebrations

    Girls dressed in Day of the Dead costumes
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