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Comforting a lonely penguin \u2014 and other news in pictures <\/p>\n

, The Times\"Andrian<\/p>\n

Andrian Melka, a figurative sculptor in North Yorkshire, works on a 2m figure in clay for a private client which will be positioned at the edge of a forest to symbolise human connection with nature<\/p>\n

TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP<\/p>\n

\"Monastery<\/p>\n

The Monastery of Santa Mar\u00eda de la Vid is filled with floodwaters after the Duero River overflowed its banks in Burgos, Spain<\/p>\n

PACO SANTAMARIA\/EPA<\/p>\n

\"Great<\/p>\n

Racehorses named Nora the Xplorer and Kemboy visit Chinatown in Liverpool to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse<\/p>\n

JAMES SPEAKMAN\/PA<\/p>\n

\"Rain<\/p>\n

A sun halo at Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. This phenomenon appears when sunlight is refracted by millions of tiny ice crystals suspended in thin, high-altitude cirrus clouds<\/p>\n

JOSH DURY\/SWNS<\/p>\n

\"Ramses<\/p>\n

The 3,000-year-old coffin of Ramses II at Neon in Battersea Power Station for what is described as its first and only exhibition in Britain. The coffin, newly unboxed, is one of 180 antiquities loaned from the Egyptian Museum<\/p>\n

MATT ALEXANDER\/PA<\/p>\n

\"Feathered<\/p>\n

Pelicans hunt for sardines in Magdalena Bay, Mexico<\/p>\n

TIMO DERSCH\/TWOPOINTO MEDIA<\/p>\n

\"King<\/p>\n

The King and Idris Elba, an alumnus and ambassador of The King\u2019s Trust, visit Barking & Dagenham College in east London<\/p>\n

IAN VOGLER<\/p>\n

\"Last<\/p>\n

The Lost Tribe perform at Trinidad & Tobago\u2019s two-day carnival in the capital, Port of Spain<\/p>\n

ANDREA DE SILVA\/EPA<\/p>\n

\"Serbian<\/p>\n

Serbian farmers block roads in the town of Bogatic to demand more government support and limits on agricultural imports<\/p>\n

ZORANA JEVTIC\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

\"Emirates<\/p>\n

Window-cleaning is not for the faint of heart in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n

ALTAF QADRI\/AP<\/p>\n

\"Ohio<\/p>\n

Eugene the giraffe calf at Toledo Zoo in Ohio has become a social media celebrity for his tuft of hair<\/p>\n

TOLEDO ZOO AND AQUARIUM\/SWNS<\/p>\n

\"Daily<\/p>\n

Hay is transported by a tractor with what appears to be impressive suspension in Sukkur, Pakistan<\/p>\n

SHAHZAIB AKBER\/EPA<\/p>\n

\"Buzz<\/p>\n

A kestrel is taunted by a wasp as it tries to eat its meal in Tong, West Yorkshire<\/p>\n

ELLIOT YOUNG\/TWOPOINTO MEDIA<\/p>\n

\"Floods<\/p>\n

A road to nowhere by the River Sarthe after months of rainfall near Angers, western France<\/p>\n

STEPHANE MAHE\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

\"APTOPIX<\/p>\n

Lunch time for a great egret in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City<\/p>\n

MARCO UGARTE\/AP<\/p>\n

\"London,<\/p>\n

Luxmuralis, a cosmic light and sound show, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square<\/p>\n

GUY BELL\/ALAMY<\/p>\n

\"Carnival<\/p>\n

The Brazilian TV presenter Sabrina Sato leads the Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school as its \u201cqueen of drums\u201d at Rio Carnival<\/p>\n

TITA BARROS\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

\"Lion<\/p>\n

A lioness carries her cub as the pride moves from the open to their den in the Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya<\/p>\n

MARY SCHRADER\/SOLENT NEWS<\/p>\n

\"***<\/p>\n

Livia Kaiser of Switzerland in the singles skating competition at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina<\/p>\n

MATTHEW STOCKMAN\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"APTOPIX<\/p>\n

Team USA practises for the women\u2019s team pursuit speed skating semi-final, which was ultimately lost to the gold medallists Canada<\/p>\n

BEN CURTIS\/AP<\/p>\n

\"APTOPIX<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Mark McMorris crashes during the men\u2019s snowboarding slopestyle finals, missing out on a bronze at his fourth consecutive Games<\/p>\n

LINDSEY WASSON\/AP<\/p>\n

\"Cross-Country<\/p>\n

Official cameras capture Nazgul the Czechoslovakian wolfdog crossing the finish line in a women\u2019s cross-country skiing qualifier<\/p>\n

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