Urban sheep and an extravagant moustache: the weekend’s best photos Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Jo Blason Main image: Shepherds drive their flocks through Madrid during a traditional transhumance festival. Photograph: Javier Barbancho/Reuters Sun 24 Oct 2021 09.50 EDT Last modified on Sun 24 Oct 2021 10.23 EDT Arthur, IllinoisA young boy struggles to lift his chosen Halloween pumpkin Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Eging am See, GermanyA participant in the 2021 Moustache and Beard Championships Photograph: Lukas Barth/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter London, UKProtesters call for the release of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to the US Photograph: Vickie Flores/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Auburn, CaliforniaSallysue Stein of Gold Country Wildlife Rescue returns a raccoon to its cage after treating it for burns on its paws from recent wildfires Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Battalmustafa, TurkeyVillagers make charcoal from oak branches Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Santa Fe, New MexicoA woman places flowers at the entrance to the Bonanza Creek Film Ranch, where Alec Baldwin was unwittingly handed a loaded weapon that killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Budapest, HungarySupporters of the Fidesz party take part in a march on memorial day for the 1956 revolution Photograph: Janos Kummer/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Port-au-Prince, HaitiA police officer advances with his weapon outside a petrol station that a crowd was threatening to burn down because they believed it was withholding fuel Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Beijing, ChinaEpidemic prevention and control staff organise daily necessities for residents at the Hongfuyuan residential community, which was listed as being at high risk from Covid Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSeagulls take flight in the early morning Photograph: Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kabul, AfghanistanA pomegranate vendor awaits customers at a wrestling match Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Birlik, UzbekistanWorkers pick cotton on the day of the country’s presidential elections Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Madrid, SpainShepherds drive their flocks through the city during a traditional transhumance festival Photograph: Javier Barbancho/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Moscow, RussiaPeople walk near Red Square ahead of a tightening of the city’s Covid restrictions Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics World news Photos of the day Photography