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, The TimesA person observing a misty, icy river at sunrise in Richmond Park.

The sun rises over a frosty and misty Richmond Park, in southwest London, after overnight temperatures plunged on Thursday

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Choristers in red robes and white ruffs hold lit candles in front of a Christmas tree with blue lights.

Choristers during the lighting of the Christmas tree at Winchester Cathedral. The ceremony is part of the annual blessing of the Christmas tree

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Art Gallery of New South Wales director Maud Page poses with Ron Mueck's artwork titled Havoc, which features multiple large, grey, snarling dog sculptures.

Havoc, a new immersive work of fighting dogs by Ron Mueck, where visitors are invited into a space that is intimate and ominous. The work is part of the exhibition Ron Mueck: Encounter at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

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Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava performing in the Pairs Short Program.

Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, of Georgia, reached second place in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating final in Nagoya, Japan

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The Duchess of Edinburgh smiling while speaking with uniformed troops and an officer with medals.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, in her role as Royal Colonel, 5th Battalion, The Rifles, meets troops during a visit to their base at Bulford Camp, Wiltshire

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Mother koala hugging and kissing her young koala on a gum tree.

An unimpressed young koala tries to wriggle away from its mother as she leans in for a hug on a gum tree in Victoria, Australia

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A family observing the Cold Moon with a telescope in Aguimes.

Setting up a telescope to observe the last supermoon of 2025, known as the Cold Moon, in Agüimes, Gran Canaria

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A person hanging an artwork of a blue butterfly, with four other artworks of insects and flowers on the wall.

Migratory Movements, a solo exhibition of new works by Oswaldo Maciá, developed during his residency this year at the Elizabeth Xi Bauer gallery in Exmouth Market

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A black-backed jackal leaping into the air, biting at a white-backed vulture in flight, surrounded by other vultures.

A black-backed jackal tries to stop a white-backed vulture from stealing its meal in the Masai Mara, Kenya. The jackals were soon outnumbered by vultures and they had to give up the fight

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Lit art installation of skateboarders and a boombox, tribute to 40 years of skateboarding in Lyon.

Rémy Bergeron’s tribute to 40 years of skateboarding in Lyon is part of the Fêtes des Lumières (Festival of Lights) in Lyon, France. Twenty-three light works are on display around the city including in the Parc de la Tête d’Or, where there is a drone show

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People in fur hats, beards, and traditional clothing at a wedding under a chuppah.

The wedding of Chaya Nechama Glanz, the great-granddaughter of Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, drew large crowds from the Satmar Hasidic community, in Brooklyn, New York

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People ice-skating at the FOREST WINTERLIGHTS installation with disco balls and lights.

Forest – Winterlights, an installation by the light artist Christopher Bauder, features more than 600 suspended trees, over 250,000 lights and an ice rink in an illuminated forest, in Berlin, Germany

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Jaw bones of a Nanotyrannus on display at Christie's auction house.

The jaw bones of a Nanotyrannus, found in South Dakota in 2021, are expected to fetch between £250,000 and £350,000 at the Groundbreakers: Icons of our times sale at Christie’s London on December 11

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A Humboldt penguin is released after vaccination against avian influenza at the Paris Vincennes Zoological Park in Paris.

A Humboldt penguin is released after being vaccinated against avian influenza at Paris Zoological Park

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A newly inducted Agniveer soldier kisses his father on the cheek after his passing-out parade.

An Agniveer soldier greets his father after his passing out parade at a garrison in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir

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Illustration of the diversity of abyssal plain animals.

Scientists from the Natural History Museum, the University of Gothenburg and the National Oceanography Centre have spent more than five years studying how biodiversity could be affected by deep-sea mining. They found the number of abyssal plain animals within the mining tracks fell by 37 per cent in a study in the Pacific

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