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A “Farmily Portrait” taken in Canada shows farmers posing with all their animals at once
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The Siwa oasis in the heart of the Western Desert in Egypt is known for its salt lakes and hot sand baths, believed to be beneficial for rheumatism and skin conditions. It has become a healing destination for visitors
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Artists dressed in tiger costumes in Bengaluru during a campaign to mark International Tiger Day and promote conservation
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Cambodian motorcyclists pictured under a double rainbow following the conclusion of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand
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Laurence Edwards, the British sculptor, used bark, scrub and foliage to cast After the Flood, an 8ft-tall, 15ft-wide bronze figure. Weighing more than one tonne and 15 months in the making, the work forms part of Sculpture 25, his first UK show in three years
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A new exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery in Bath celebrates artworks by Jackie Morris and poetry by Robert Macfarlane from The Lost Spells, their best-selling book about nature
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Revellers perform a fire-breathing stunt as they take part in a religious procession during the Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage in the sacred month of Shravan in Ajmer
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Hollie Exton, the lead choreographer at Circus Extreme, lays on the top of a piano as it is lifted towards the roof of the big top during rehearsals at Branksome recreation ground in Poole, Dorset
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A colourful sunrise at Sandbanks beach in Dorset
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Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, a US air force captain, performed a show-stopping aerial manoeuvre during the Cocoa Beach air show in Florida. The jet pictured is using countermeasure flares to create bright, hot plumes that distract heat-seeking missiles by drawing them away from the aircraft’s engines
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Racegoers attend the Qatar Goodwood Festival
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The Black Blues Brothers in front of the Forth Bridge at North Queensferry, ahead of their show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The show includes acrobatic stunts, human pyramids and somersaults against a soundtrack of rock ’n’ roll music
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Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson attend the US premiere of The Naked Gun at the SVA Theatre in New York City
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The sun sets over north Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border
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Thailand’s captive lion population has exploded in recent years, numbering nearly 500 registered individuals in zoos, breeding farms, petting cafes and homes. This month-old cub is pictured at a breeding facility in Chachoengsao
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Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, strikes a pose after watching a gaucho dance demonstration at the Campo de Mayo military base with Patricia Bullrich, the Argentine national security minister
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Ukrainian servicemen fire a Soviet-made ZU-23 anti-aircraft twin autocannon towards a Russian drone from a sunflower field during an air attack near Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region
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Leon Quang Le transforms his living room into a theatre for the Kieu Nguyet Nga show, which reimagines his 2018 film Song Lang. The traditional Vietnamese opera shows, offered free of charge in Ho Chi Minh City, draw 30 to 50 people each week
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Horses are raced as part of a centuries-old tradition in Nawabganj, Dinajpur district, Bangladesh. Winners’ prizes include cash, mobile phones, televisions, refrigerators and even goats
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The incredible moment a dolphin leaps 20 feet in the air only yards away from a lucky kayaker. Rupert Kirkwood was paddling off Torbay, Devon, when he encountered a pod of 50 bottlenose dolphins
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Eight former nuns of the order of the Poor Clares of Belorado, who were excomunicated by the Vatican after separating from the Catholic Church, are fighting an attempt to evict them from the Santa Clara Monastery
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Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory witnessed a rare double eclipse as first the moon and then Earth passed between its spacecraft and the sun
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A puffin swims underwater in search for fish off the coast of the Farne Islands in Northumberland
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