The weekend in pictures

Musk and Trump enjoy the fighting and a wine auction: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

London, UK

Two Metropolitan police officers look on as Climate Coalition protesters unfurl a banner outside Downing Street. The group is calling for climate justice and supports an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East

Photograph: James Willoughby/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Kyiv, Ukraine

Civilians take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian missile attack

Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters

London, UK

A herd of red deer look out from the bracken on an autumn morning in Richmond Park

Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Ulanqab, China

A folk artist gives a fire pot performance at the foot of the Ulan Hada volcano group in Inner Mongolia

Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

New York City, US

Jon Jones (right), kicks Stipe Miocic in a UFC 309 mixed martial arts heavyweight title bout

Photograph: Adam Hunger/AP

New York City, US

The US president-elect, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk pose for a photo during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden

Photograph: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(L to R) Giant portraits of the US president, Joe Biden, China’s president, Xi Jinping, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, are submerged by Indigenous people to protest against the lack of leadership among the world’s richest nations on addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon

Smoke rises above a residential area after an Israeli airstrike targeted the southern suburbs of Bourj El-Barajneh and Chiyah

Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images

Jinja, Uganda

Wrestlers perform for attendees during the third day of Nyege Nyege festival, a four-day event that gathers over 10,000 revellers and artists from across Africa for a celebration of music and culture

Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images

Beit Lahiya, Gaza

The bodies of victims recovered from the rubble of a building are covered with blankets as people continue their search, after an overnight Israeli strike that reportedly killed a local journalist and tens of others in the northern Gaza Strip

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan

A small dog joins in with a Santa Claus fancy dress parade during a charity event through the Shibuya district

Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Neom, Saudi Arabia

Jannes Peterson of Germany shoots while under pressure from Antonio Rigaud Fernández of Spain during the Neom Beach Soccer Cup Men’s third-fourth play-off

Photograph: Joern Pollex/Getty Images for NEOM Beach Games

Vougeot, France

The four presidents of the 164th Hospices de Beaune wine auction, (R to L) the French actor Jean Reno, the French actor and film director Zabou Breitman, the US actor Eva Longoria and British actor Dominic West pose after they have been made chevaliers of the Knights of Tastevin brotherhood

Photograph: Arnaud Finistre/AFP/Getty Images

Chandigarh, India

Golfers and caddies walk across a golf course engulfed in thick smog in the early morning

Photograph: Kyiv, UkraineAFP/Getty Images

Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital

Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters

Calgary, Canada

Nashville Predators centre Colton Sissons knocks the Calgary Flames centre Jonathan Huberdeau into the boards during their game at Scotiabank Saddledome

Photograph: Sergei Belski/USA Today Sports

Cape Town, South Africa

An entrant going by the title King Neptune competes during the Kommetjie festival’s fancy dress surf competition

Photograph: Nic Bothma/Reuters

Leon, Mexico

Visitors attend the International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Leon, in the state of Guanajuato

Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters