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, The TimesFans at Optus Stadium in Perth pass a beer snake made of plastic cups through the stands.

England and Australia cricket fans make beer snakes in the stands on day two of the NRMA Insurance Ashes Series 2025 at the Optus Stadium in Perth

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Jeremy Corbyn at the press night performance of "Wicked Witches"

Jeremy Corbyn attends the press night performance of the Wicked Witches Panto featuring his on-screen debut as the Wizard of Oz-lington at The Pleasance Theatre

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Three snow leopards huddle together in a snowy, rocky landscape, one looking forward and two looking left.

Three snow leopard siblings that are about 22-months-old, in the Kharkhiraa Mountains in Mongolia. The photographer Batzaya Choijiljav, 51, said there were only about 6,000 remaining in the wild globally. “To capture these photographs, I followed their tracks for days through deep snow, waiting silently for hours in sub-zero temperatures,” said Choijiljav

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Robert Petryszak looking out from a window of his cottage, which is covered with his paintings of people, animals, and flowers.

Robert Petryszak, 58, from Haslingfield, has painted and hung 139 portraits and still-life works on the outside of his 19th-century home. The amateur artist took up painting during the Covid pandemic, having never painted before. The quirky property is now on sale

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Ballroom dancer Polina Myroshnychenko rehearses for the British National Dance Championships.

The ballroom dancer Polina Myroshnychenko rehearses before the British National Championships. The event at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool will mark its 50th anniversary

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Two men dressed as Santa Claus playing cricket, one batting and one fielding, on a green field.

Local clubs in Andover played a charity cricket match, all dressed as Father Christmas. Appleshaw Cricket Club faced off against friends of the Walnut Tree Pub and other local teams. Money raised at the event will be split between Young Lives vs Cancer and Appleshaw Cricket Club

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Ieva, 5, runs along a corridor at a hostel for internally displaced people in Bucha, Ukraine.

Leva, five, runs along a corridor at a hostel for internally displaced people in Bucha, Ukraine

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A kangaroo in mid-jump over green grass.

A kangaroo at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia. The sanctuary, established in 1927, houses more than 100 koalas and about 70 other native Australian species

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Asian tourists in kimonos pose at Sensoji Temple.

Tourists visit Senso-ji, a Buddhist temple, in the Asakusa district of Tokyo

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Three women in period attire participating in The Grand Flaneur Winter Walk.

Ladies take part in The Grand Flaneur Winter Walk in London. For the event, impeccably dressed groups of dandies, flaneurs, boulevardiers and quaintrelles meet for a stroll through the streets in the finest period attire. The word “flaneur” originates from the 17th-century term “flanerie” — to stroll or idle without purpose

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A rally car charging through a water splash at Sweet Lamb during the Roger Albert Clark Rally.

Rally drivers on the second day of the Roger Albert Clark Rally in Llanidloes, Wales, as they race to the finish line in Carlisle

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FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sit in a pink Cadillac made of LEGO blocks.

Kash Patel, the FBI director, and Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, in a Cadillac made of Lego before the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

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The Doctor Who TARDIS at Stonehenge in Wiltshire.

The Tardis at Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Fans will be able to see the Doctor’s spaceship at the Unesco World Heritage Site as part of a digital treasure hunt called Vworp Around The World

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Vicky Tambling, Visitor Services Officer, in Regency dress in front of Brighton's Royal Pavilion.

Brighton Royal Pavilion celebrates the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen. Vicky Tambling, the visitor services officer, wears a period costume as the doors open to the event, A Very Austen Christmas

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Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki holding a seabream after winning the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, surrounded by people applauding.

Aonishiki Arata, centre, has become the first Ukrainian sumo wrestler to win the Kyushu grand sumo tournament, which was held in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan

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A turquoise scorpion glowing under UV light, perched on moss, with sparkling raindrops in the background.

A scorpion glows a vibrant turquoise during a rain shower in the Amboli forest in the Western Ghats, India. Indian forest scorpions have fluorescent chemicals in the thin coating of their exoskeleton, which glow blue-green when they are exposed to UV light

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Oasis concert in Brazil shows a tribute image of Gary “Mani” Mounfield on a large screen.

Oasis pay tribute to Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the Stone Roses bassist, at a concert in Brazil after he died last week. The band projected his image as they played their hit, Live Forever

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Young ballet dancers with teachers on stage during a performance.

Girls wait to perform at Starz Ballet show at Thornden Hall in Eastleigh, Hampshire. Children aged between six months and 16 years took to the stage across three shows

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A seal pup lies on its back in the sand with its flippers tucked in.

A seal pup relaxes on the beach in the village of Winterton-on-Sea in Norfolk. Thousands of grey seals can be seen along the beach every winter as they come ashore to mate and give birth to their pups between November and January

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