A pelican lunges for the camera — and other news in pictures
, The Times
Adam Crane works hot steel at his forge in West Tanfield, North Yorkshire. Once central to rural life through horseshoeing, modern blacksmithing has increasingly shifted toward bespoke architectural and sculptural work
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
A fog “waterfall” in reverse: a white carpet of mist rolls up the 140ft cliffs at Eype on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast and heads inland
JAMESLOVERIDGE/BNPS
The Queen, president of Maggie’s, greets Geri Halliwell-Horner, the former Spice Girl, during a visit to the cancer charity’s centre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, to mark 30 years since Maggie’s opened its first centre
JACOB KING/PA
Visitors take pictures of an installation of the Future World Exhibition at the ArtScience Museum, in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
HOW HWEE YOUNG/EPA
A fox enjoying a few early rays of sunshine at the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey
FRED WALL
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt in action during alpine skiing training in Kitzbühel, Austria
LISI NIESNER/REUTERS
Pope Leo XIV greeting the faithful during his general audience in the Paul VI hall in Vatican City
VATICAN MEDIA/EPA
Three critically endangered orangutans have been released into Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Borneo, Indonesia, after years of rehabilitation. Each of the orangutans has endured a past shaped by habitat loss and illegal trade, and had to attend “forest school” to learn skills including climbing, foraging, nest building and social interaction
BKSDA/BTNBBBR/YIARI/INTL ANIMAL RESCUE/SWNS
Campaigners protest outside the Scottish parliament against the centuries-old guga hunt, in which young gannet chicks, known as guga, are “harvested” on the remote island of Sula Sgeir. Last year NatureScot granted the men of Ness a licence to harvest up to 500 birds, which it says is sustainable
JEFF J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES
TyTy Washington Jr, of the LA Clippers, beats the press of Nikola Vucevic, Ayo Dosunmu and Kevin Huerter of the Chicago Bulls during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago
NAM Y HUH/AP
A spectacular display of the northern lights above the leaping dolphin statue at Aberporth, west Wales
SARAH MICHELLE WYER/PICTURE EXCLUSIVE
Justin Rose, playing for Los Angeles Golf Club, reacts to his putt on the eighth green against Jupiter Links Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
MIKE EHRMANN/TGL GOLF/GETTY IMAGES
Personnel from the Indian Army’s Remount Veterinary Corps walk with their Zanskari ponies during a rehearsal ahead of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi
ARUN SANKAR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
John Hughes and Christine Oliver cleaning Sir Edmund Uvedale’s statue in Wimborne Minster, Dorset. The 17th-century statue has two left feet, after his right foot broke off in an accident and was replaced with a mould of the left foot
ZACHARY CULPIN/BNPS
Children look out at a pro-government march to demand the release of deposed President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from a window in La Guaira, Venezuela
MATIAS DELACROIX/AP
Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in action during her second-round match against Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park
The King departs Lancaster House after a reception to mark the UK and Indonesia joining forces to protect nature, communities and the Sumatran elephant
AARON CHOWN/PA
The Helix Nebula, first spotted in the early 1800s, has become one of the most iconic planetary nebulae in the sky and is often referred to as the Eye of Sauron, due to its resemblance to the image in the Lord of the Rings films
SWNS
A white stork is photographed living wild in Wales. The birds, which were once a common sight in England and Wales but vanished about 600 years ago, were reintroduced to the British Isles in 2020
ANDREW FUSEK-PETERS/SWNS
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain speak to the media after their visit to the Reina Sofia University Hospital on Tuesday after a train collision in Adamuz, Spain, in which at least 40 people died and more than 150 were injured
CARLOS ALVAREZ/GETTY IMAGES
The Senegal national team are hailed by thousands of cheering fans in the capital, Dakar, after their victory in the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament
MISPER APAWU/AP
Photographer Max Ellis thought he had captured a perfectly elegant red deer stag on January 12, 2026, in London’s Bushy Park until he got home and took a closer look. Deer sometimes pull faces when they’re trying to focus on sounds coming from different directions, briefly losing control of their facial muscles
MAX ELLIS/TWOPOINTO MEDIA
For more pictures from The Times, follow us on Instagram