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The build up to Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, attracted thousands of revellers to Mexico City on Sunday for the annual Parade of the Catrinas. Thousands got their faces painted in the iconic Catrina style and paraded down Republic of Salvador Street in the nation's capital wearing all sorts of macabre but elegant costumes on Saturday.
Gunther Anton, a 70 year old retired cook has a special style of his own and has been famous on the social media since this year. He is now known as the oldest hipster in Berlin.
Mexican soldiers and police guard the scene where at least five bodies and several charred skeletal remains, including five skulls, have been found on a highway in the industrial state of Nuevo Leon, in northern Mexico. IMAGES
Police try to extinguish vehicles on fire outside Guerrero State Prosecutor's Office during a demonstration over the death of a student from the Ayotzinapa rural teacher training college at the hands of the police. The demonstration takes place against a backdrop of flaring tensions over the case of 43 students from the same college who went missing nearly a decade ago. IMAGES
Large crowd attends a rally in the Mexican capital's iconic Zocalo square as former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum kicks off her presidential campaign as the race heats up for the June 2 vote. Sheinbaum, a close ally of outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is representing the ruling Morena party and will face Xochitl Galvez, an outspoken 60-year-old businesswoman and senator with Indigenous roots selected to represent an opposition coalition, the Broad Front for Mexico. IMAGES
Mexican opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez launches her presidential campaign at the Sergio Leon Chavez stadium in Irapuato, a city in the central State of Guanajuato, as the race heats up for the June 2 vote. IMAGES