{"id":242780,"date":"2025-11-04T06:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242780\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T06:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:05:37","slug":"a-baby-giraffe-takes-its-first-steps-and-other-news-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242780\/","title":{"rendered":"A baby giraffe takes its first steps \u2014 and other news in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A baby giraffe takes its first steps \u2014 and other news in pictures    <\/p>\n<p>, The Times<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A person on a scooter rides through deep floodwaters in Hue, Vietnam.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/ec4731c0-6d96-43ae-b3bd-616267d0caf3.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A resident of Hue, Vietnam, where rain and burst rivers have overwhelmed the city. Since October 26, flooding has killed at least 35 people<\/p>\n<p>THANH HUE\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Drone view of a ginkgo tree in a garden, with its yellow leaves raked into a spiral pattern on the green grass.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/e4f2307b-b520-4cbe-b1a0-3fa833de6385.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A striking spiral of golden ginkgo leaves raked with care in a private garden in Petersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany<\/p>\n<p>PATRICK PLEU\/DPA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Workers loading netted fir trees onto a truck at a Christmas tree farm.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/d27baa74-09a8-40b3-acfe-1ad18c80792f.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Felled fir trees are gathered at a Christmas tree farm in Sauerland, Germany, at the start of the harvest season<\/p>\n<p>MARTIN MEISSNER\/AP<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Designer Aitor Throup stands beside a display of garments from his retrospective exhibition inside the Empire Theatre in Burnley.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/0a7ad386-d241-4a15-89d3-9b0efae00a33.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The artist and designer Aitor Throup with pieces included in From the Moor, a retrospective of his work at the Empire Theatre in Burnley, part of the British Textile Biennial<\/p>\n<p>JAMES SPEAKMAN FOR THE TIMES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A displaced Sudanese child wearing a red coat and hat sits among adults.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/fedfb942-7927-43d2-9cd9-69ecdf445b2f.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Displaced families who fled clashes in North Darfur arrive in Al Dabbah, Northern Sudan, on November 3<\/p>\n<p>ANADOLU\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leona Lewis performing in a long white dress on a stage lit with red lights.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/9b4f7e93-61dc-4750-99db-ffa96b7236d9.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leona Lewis opens her Christmas residency at Voltaire at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas<\/p>\n<p>DENISE TRUSCELLO\/GETTY IMAGES\/ABA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Propstore employee holding the red ballet shoes worn by Victoria Page in the 1948 film 'The Red Shoes'.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/dc80c028-a6da-4577-acc6-9b9bda6e62a0.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Propstore employee examines Moira Shearer\u2019s footwear in the 1948 film The Red Shoes before an auction in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, where they are expected to fetch \u00a320,000\u2013\u00a340,000<\/p>\n<p>ANDREW MATTHEWS\/\/PA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Washington Commanders dancers performing on the field during a game.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/0306ad33-ee0e-4c65-b1c1-52baf0add59b.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Commanders Command Force perform during a timeout in the second half of a game against the Seattle Seahawks at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland<\/p>\n<p>GEOFF BURKE\/IMAGN\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fireworks exploding over the Tewkesbury Abbey.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/97c50876-395c-40f3-8e08-d6ab582bf73d.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fireworks light up the skies over the 900-year-old Tewkesbury Abbey<\/p>\n<p>JACK BOSKETT<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katy Perry performing in Bologna.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/11c44a2a-8bab-4b57-baad-9a5b4ab0fe96.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katy Perry performs at the Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy, as part of her Lifetimes Tour<\/p>\n<p>SERGIONE INFUSO\/CORBIS\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two southern rockhopper penguins with bright yellow crests and orange beaks stand on a rocky surface, one with a colorful band on its wing.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/810295b6-a7f8-4f05-b585-1226638545e3.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Southern rockhopper penguins play at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p>ROBERT F. BUKATY\/AP<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Burrow and her children at the opening of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/f36b87f9-cc42-40d2-9b40-5a55fe2584f5.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Burrow with her children at the opening of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire, named after the rugby league star, who died on June 2, 2024, aged 41<\/p>\n<p>DANNY LAWSON\/PA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Daniel Craig in a blue suit and amber sunglasses at the Wake Up Dead Man NY Special Screening.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/ed57de12-16f4-4d55-a93d-99098abe543f.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Craig attends a screening of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at the SVA Theatre, New York City<\/p>\n<p>ROY ROCHLIN\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Illustration of a Royal Mail Christmas 2025 stamp featuring the Three Wise Men against a starry night sky.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/cb754a13-3714-448b-8bfc-1f32eaa90125.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of five Christmas 2025 stamps issued by Royal Mail, featuring scenes from the Nativity<\/p>\n<p>ROYAL MAIL\/PA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Freddie Flintoff posing in front of a Bullseye dartboard.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/d01bd54e-4749-4ff6-9a21-807b3a385ecc.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Freddie Flintoff on the set of the darts-based game show Bullseye, which returns to ITV on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>ITV\/PA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Five people on a grassy hill admiring a large oak tree with autumn leaves.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/5e1a054e-142c-45f4-88e9-f9238ae39ee7.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Visitors admire Judge Wyndham\u2019s Oak, a 1,000-year-old tree in Silton, Dorset, named after Judge Hugh Wyndham, who helped oversee trials following the Great Fire of London in 1666<\/p>\n<p>ZACHARYCULPIN\/BNPS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A soldier in camouflage uniform with a Ukrainian flag patch leans his head and hand on a dark casket during a farewell ceremony.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/efdeb8b0-7dea-4883-8f0b-a63ee44c3150.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A colleague of the Canadian volunteer soldier Nolan Durie, 21, with his coffin in Kyiv, after the 21-year-old was killed fighting Russian troops<\/p>\n<p>ALINA SMUTKO\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two cheetahs sitting in grass.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/97dcf01e-83f1-475d-9503-c367c103a3db.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kendi and Tafari, one-year-old Northeast African cheetah siblings, consider their new surroundings as part of a conservation programme at Chester Zoo. Fewer than 500 are left in the wild<\/p>\n<p>CHESTER ZOO<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown (30) hurdles Chicago Bears defensive back Kevin Byard III (31).\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/3597b505-f096-46f8-8859-59e0a0c1f264.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown (30) hurdles Chicago Bears defensive back Kevin Byard III (31) during an NFL game, which the Bears won 47\u201142<\/p>\n<p>KAREEM ELGAZZAR\/AP<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A fisherman in Qingdao, China, inspects a row of fish drying in a greenhouse.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/3750f0c3-f7f7-4b46-bb24-6998fa58820d.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A woman dries cured fish in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China<\/p>\n<p>WANG HAIBIN\/VCG\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ISRO's LVM3-M5 launch vehicle lifts off, carrying the CMS-03 communication satellite, with a large cloud of smoke and fire at its base.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\/0b8b95cd-c520-42c4-9966-b27d87f39e36.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Isro\u2019s LVM3-M5 launch vehicle lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, carrying the CMS-03 communication satellite \u2014 India\u2019s heaviest satellite to be launched to geosynchronous transfer orbit<\/p>\n<p>ISRO\/EPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">For more pictures from The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimes\/\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/pet-fashion-show-shanghai-other-news-pictures-bctkvlhk5\" 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