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The Supreme Court’s library in central London, which holds more than 8,000 legal books, was not part of the original building, built in 1913. Architects gutted a former courtroom and removed its floor, creating a three-storey vertical “void” that serves as the heart of the building and is intended to symbolise the “depth” of the law
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A railway line is the only feature visible above flooded fields in Eichen, near Frankfurt
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An international team of astronomers has mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere for the first time. Their findings provide the most detailed portrait yet of where the planet’s auroras form, how they are influenced by its unusually tilted magnetic field and how its atmosphere has continued to cool over the past three decades
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Starlings mass over the Somerset Levels as they look for roosting sites in the wetland’s reed beds
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Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson celebrates after breaking the world record in the indoor 800-metre women’s final in Liévin, northern France, at the Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais athletics event
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President Zelensky of Ukraine and his wife, Olena Zelenska, attend a commemoration ceremony to the “Heavenly Hundred”, the people killed during pro-European Union mass demonstrations in 2014
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Relatives and friends mourn Alexander Krasikov, a Ukrainian soldier also known by the call sign Sambo. His funeral service was held at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kyiv
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Lizzie Cunningham repairs a wall at Goat Gap in Newby, North Yorkshire. Cunningham, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, read history at university, but trained in the ancient craft of dry stone walling while working for Natural England. On average, she builds 2.5 square metres of wall per day. About 124,000 miles of dry stone walling remain in the UK, but most is in poor condition
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Long-tailed macaques hold tourists’ valuables to ransom to bargain for food. The monkeys prey upon tourists at temples and other visitor attractions in Uluwatu, Bali. The holidaymakers’ only hope of getting their belongings back is capitulating to demands or seeking help from local monkey handlers
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A folk artist shakes iron nets filled with hot charcoal to generate sparks in Tongguan Kiln Ancient Town, Changsha, Hunan Province. The huohu, or fire pot, performance is a highlight of China’s Lunar New Year
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Palestinians in Khan Yunis, Gaza, celebrate iftar, the fast-breaking meal eaten at sundown during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
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Geisha and their apprentices, known as maiko, make their way through Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto. They were there to pray for their dance and musical skills to improve
La Sagrada Familia, the basilica in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudí, is one step closer to completion as the upper part of a cross is lifted on to its spire. The addition took the church to its maximum height of 172.5 metres
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Dragon’s Breath, an installation by ITHACA Studio, lights up Lincoln Castle. The heritage site is taking part in Frequency 26, described as a festival of light, play and discovery
Dr Hasan Tatari, a vet who runs an animal sanctuary, cares for Sophia and her eight puppies, which were found in an air raid shelter in Ukraine. The “Rendez-vous mit Tieren” refuge, in a forest setting 30 miles from Berlin, is a haven for dogs and cats rescued from the war-torn country
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Matthew Kelly, right, and George Costigan rehearse their roles as Estragon and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot. The new production of the Samuel Beckett play has opened at Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, and will run until March 14 before touring to Liverpool and Bolton
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A honey bee flies near a gazania at Noida Flower Show, on the outskirts of Delhi, India
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A family watches the sun set in Havana, Cuba
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Security officers stand guard over packages of cocaine, part of a seizure weighing 6.6 tonnes, on board the Tanzanian-flagged FMS Eagle. The ship was intercepted near a naval base southwest of El Salvador
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Verger Rob Bond prepares the high altar of Chichester Cathedral for visitors to Glowing + Alive, a show in which a seven-metre tapestry will be celebrated with stories, pictures and artefacts telling of its creation by John Piper, a printmaker. Piper said the 35-metre square tapestry, unveiled in 1966, “was the most frightening commission of his career”. It will form part of a show until November 15
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Work to dry out the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece Hill House, in Helensburgh, has reached a critical juncture with the removal of cement render that had contributed towards water damage. The building is surrounded by a “Box” of chainmail mesh over a steel frame to protect it from the elements
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The men’s biathlon 15km mass start event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Anterselva
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The freestyle skiers Talina Gantenbein of Switzerland, Jade Grillet Aubert of France and Sixtine Cousin of Switzerland compete in the women’s Olympic ski cross small final at Livigno snow park, Italy. It was won by Daniela Maier of Germany
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Niina Petrokina of Estonia in the women’s figure skating free programme at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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Ukraine’s Maksym Kuznietsov crashes during the men’s Olympic freestyle skiing aerials qualifications in Livigno, Italy
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The United States’ women’s ice hockey team celebrate their Winter Olympics victory
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Olympic figure skaters Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, America’s Alysa Liu and Ami Nakai, also of Japan, celebrate winning the silver, gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the women’s free skate programme in Milan
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