Mexico City, Mexico Mexicans dressed up as the macabre character La Catrina, which was created by cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada, take part in a Catrinas parade.

We bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world including a meerkat posing with pumpkins in Bristol and big wave surfing in South Africa.

California, US
Maria Brink, lead singer of In This Moment, performs at the Monster Energy Aftershock Festival in Discovery Park, Sacramento.

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Kobylintsy, Belarus
A deer holds a stick in its jaws in a field near the village, which is nearly 190 miles north of Minsk.

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Ji’nan, China
Padlocks and heart-shaped wooden plates hang on the ‘love confession’ wall in the capital of Shandong province.

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Bristol, UK
A meerkat stands behind a pair of carved pumpkins during preparations for Halloween at Bristol Zoo.

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Nairobi, Kenya
A woman walks past a wall of graffiti in the central business district.

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Floriana, Malta

Coins are thrown on a banner calling for police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar to resign during a protest over the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

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Hortolandia, Brazil
A group of 245 people all attached to safety cords jump off a 30-metre bridge together in an attempt to set a new world record for ‘rope jumping’.

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Fife, Scotland

Students take part in a foam fight on the lower college lawn at the University of St Andrews. The tradition is part of the university’s annual Raisin Weekend celebrations.

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Cape Town, South Africa

South African James Taylor surfs a huge wave on an offshore reef as part of the Rebel Sessions display. Surfers rode waves as tall as five metres (16ft).