A participant runs in front of a bull in Pamplona Spain Every year revellers from around the world go to Pamplona and many other Spanish towns to take part in the running of the bulls.


The Water Mill Snowdonia The raised decked platform overlooks the stream that once powered the mill nearby are the coastal towns of Harlech Portmerion and Porthmadog and you ll be spoilt for choice for your Christmas walk with the beaches of Cardigan Bay and the hills and valleys of Snowdonia easily accessible The main house sleeps six and costs 1600 for seven nights the cottage annex sleeps eight and costs 2090 from 21 December for three nights prices are 720 and 930 respectively Book through sheepskinlifecom 01865 764087.


Julio Guzman attends a news conference after his candidacy was deemed inadmissible for the upcoming April elections.


Sunderland s manager Paolo Di Canio right gets his point across during training at the Academy of Light.


A rare Luke Skywalker toy from the Star Wars movie series.


People use computers in an internet cafe in Shanghai Most Chinese bloggers have supported Google.


Sandhill cranes land in flooded fields to roost for the night at a reserve near Thornton California 3 November Thousands of the birds are arriving in the California Delta during their seasonal migration but the state s ongoing drought has left the cranes with fewer places to land threatening their health as they crowd in on one another to seek shelter and food.


Gifted hands many have found Ben Carson s life story from a difficult childhood to a career in neurosurgery inspiring.


Maya Terro cofounded a free meals programme for families in Beirut.


Holidaymakers in Brighton enjoy the Indian summer.


Cley next the sea Sunday Sunny very windy.


Do nt forget your gas mask Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.


Lost for words the cheating was spotted by a nearby player who noticed the ejected player conceal a pair of blank tiles by dropping them on the floor.


Sabbath Brawling Sabbath Black Sabbath in 2011 with Geezer Butler second from right.


Crewe Alexandra s manager Dario Gradi right takes the applause after being presented with his award by the Football League chairman Greg Clarke.


Around 4 billion years ago was this the far side of the moon.


Suicides in prisons across England and Wales.


So who was it who recently told us I have never had a second job while being a an MP End of story.


Sam Burgess waiting to learn if he has been selected for England s World Cup squad.


Tom Phillips s own score for his Ornamentik More images in the picture gallery.


Rupert Murdoch used Twitter to convey his thoughts on the ongoing terror alert in France.


Despite the US GDP fall most economists are optimistic about the country s economic future.


Great Britain s Richard Leman left Imran Sherwani and Martyn Grimley celebrate their gold medal win over West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics Photo BTS.


Rory McIlroy Ian Poulter confer during their morning round against Walker and Fowler.


Hardcastle Crags lovely wooded valley near Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire.


Obama speaks in Nay Pyi Taw Burma on Thursday The White House spokesman said a decision on immigration would be taken soon after he returns.


A total lunar eclipse is seen as the full moon is shadowed by the Earth on the arrival of the winter solstice in Montevideo Uruguay.


Still from Trailer Park Jesus written and directed by Sam Gerowin.


Silhouettes of mitochondria Harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA can cause diseases affecting the heart brain and muscles.


Barry Moat right is hoping to take over from Mike Ashley as Newcastle owner.


A school boy walks over the new completed Barker Crossing across the river Derwent flanked by a guard of honour from the Royal Engineers who built the bridge.


NFL team helmets are displayed at the NFL Headquarters in New York on 3 December 2015.


Vincent Kompany has picked up a calf injury while on international duty with Belgium.


Moriarty with Sally Field and Whoopi Goldberg in Soapdish.


The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of increasing megalomania.


Grimes as seen from the top of the Frank Lloyd Wright s famous building.


Barack Obama speaks as Mitt Romney listens during the second presidential debate in New York.


Save those memories the ATC Chameleon Dual Lens Action Video Camera.


The band Ronnie Wood Charlie Watts Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.


The running shoes worn by Britain s Roger Bannister the first man to run a sub fourminute mile.


There is a contest held at night for work using the effects of UV paint Bodypainting by Lynn Schockmel Body Art Luxembourg Assistant Marco Mazzini Model Larissa Van Soest Headpiece Posh Fairytale Couture.


A gas flame burns in the Khurais oil field near Riyadh Saudi Arabia The UK has given 447m loan to the country s petrochemical plant Sadara.


Renee Zellweger s lead in Bridget Jones s Diary falls for ladies man Daniel Cleaver played by Hugh Grant until she realises he is irredeemable.


Royal supporters enjoy a lunchtime treat on the Mall.


Young CNDP soldiers in the town of Rugare north of Goma.


Residents wade through flooded shanties on the banks of a swelling river in Paranaque City south of Manila.


Ricky Gervais I ll dripfeed different countries when I have gaps between TV shows and movies.


A family have their photograph taken after morning prayers in Burgess Park in London.


US attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara announced charges against former American soldiers and a former German soldier during a news conference on 27 September 2013 in New York.


Google s new sans serif fourcolour logo.


Mohammed Ezzouek said he was told by an MI5 agent for you people there s no such things as solicitors lawyers you re another breed.


The Unfairground brainchild of Joe Rush the man behind Glastonbury s infamous carhenge.


Calm under pressure Gianotti is likely to need every atom of her legendary cool when she takes charge in 2016.


The Twitter logo at the entrance of its headquarters in San Francisco California.


Hair today you know nothing Kit Harington in Game of Thrones.


Titabar India a man arranges the headgear of another before playing the khol a traditional percussion instrument as they participate in an attempt to create a Guinness world record 14833 people participated in the event.


The Guardian s James Dart displays the hallowed trophy.


Hundreds of motorbike riders attended a rally in Canberra in January to protest against Queensland s new antibikie laws.


Playing doctor Ben Kingsley Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island.


Revellers drink sangria from a plastic bottle as partying continues in the streets.


Wayne Wess I do PR for Richard Chai who just had his show here It was a success everyone loves it My vinyl pants I got them at Top Man or Opening Ceremony.


The Swimming Reindeer of Montastruc a carved mammoth tusk showing two reindeer crossing a river.


Pinhole camera Spain Alhazen AD1000Pinhole cameras are associated with bearded Victorians producing moody daguerreotypes in darkrooms Yet the principles were noticed before 350BC by Chinese philosophers and Aristotle It wasn t until the middle ages that these ideas were unravelled experimentally by Islamic polymath Alhazen The equipment is simple a box with a pinhole through which light enters projecting the scene upside down on the back The first snap wasn t taken for 900 yearsIllustration Jack Hudson for the Observer.


A man burns a picture of Saudi Arabia s King Salman at a protest in Delhi over the execution of the Shia cleric Nimr alNimr One of the charges against Nimr was breaking allegiance with the ruler.


Lucy Wisdom in Aceh Indonesia She began SOS in 1997 and it was her life s work.


The service is expected to be free with an EE home broadband subscription and 995 per month for mobileonly customers.


Bernie Ecclestone is beseiged by the media on his arrival at Silverstone yesterday.


Aubergine is a veg that can stand up to some spice.


Tim Burgess of the Charlatans fame is photographed at the Barbican Centre in London.


Rosalind Russell in the 1958 movie Auntie Mame.


Health secretary Jeremy Hunt s Hunt s approval of a shakeup of services at Lewisham was torpedoed by the high court in the summer.


Employees work at a shoe factory in Lishui Zhejiang province China.


Pixar encourages its staff to reflect on failures for their development.


Good Morning Britain presenters Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins the ITV morning show is to close its New York office.


HEATH LEDGER JULIA STILES Film 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Directed By GIL JUNGER 31 March 1999 SSO56770 Allstar CollectionTOUCHSTONE PICTURES WARNING This photograph can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above film For Editorial Use Only Entertainment Orientation Landscape Portrait looking ahead Film Still Comedy Romance.


There are reports of anxiety depression and hopelessness among child asylum seekers.


Healthcare workers spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.


Cristiano Ronaldo rises to head the ball past Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea in the teams 11 first leg draw.


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Anderson was charged under the Data Protection Act.


Danielle de Niese as Ariel with Domingo s Neptune.


Click here to enlarge the infographic and see the full research results.


Student columnist of the year winner Charlotte Runice with Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and host Colin Murray.


Jessica Ghawi was killed in the Colorado theater shooting on 20 July 2012.


Joe Hockey met crossbench senators over a meal to discuss the merits of particular budget initiatives.


David Cameron launches the Conservatives first election poster on Friday.


Service charges for leasehold blocks will have to be broken down in great detail for each resident.


Attenborosaurus conybeari This dinosaur lived in Europe during the Sinemurian stage of the early Jurassic period.


We are unable to make any further comment on this matter the company said in a statement on Friday.


Light House New South WalesPeter Stutchbury Architecture.


Transparency International has cut its ties with Sepp Blatter s Fifa.


After five days of racing the Nuna 8 car crosses the finish line to win.


A 1955 poster promoting the correct payment of postage by Gerald Parkinson.


The humble ham sandwich a mathematical conundrum.


Oat biscuits made from readily available ingredients and ready in minutes.


Roberto Di Matteo says Chelsea would adhere to any rule change that would see players sacked for racist abuse.


This week s host on IndigenousX Nathan Brennan.


British bank lending to businesses could rise in 2015 the first annual rise since 2008.


The inform Venetia Williams stable can strike with Uranium in the 350 race at Ludlow.


Rockin all over Fiji Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo are currently filming an action movie.


The number of people tuning in to services such BBC Global News and the BBC World Service hit 308 million per week in the year to the end of March.


Jill Kelley A South Korean official confirmed that she has been an honorary consul since August.


After 10 years of study the Census for Marine Life will finally publish its report into ocean life.


The majority of English Heritage properties are closed in winter The start of the visitor season on 28 March is when more than 400 historic houses castles palaces and other sites will reopen Here Sally Johnson the territory conservator east of England for English Heritage removes the dust sheets in preparation to reopen Audley End House in EssexAll photographs English Heritage except where stated.


Fulham s Steve Sidwell races across the pitch in celebration after scoring his side s first goal against Newcastle.


Matteo Renzi at a Fiorentina match on Saturday.


Having allowed Hangeland to get in front of him at the near post to score Palace s goal Laurent Koscielny atones for his error stooping to nod a floated freekick past Speroni from six yards.


Tony Burke said over the weekend that we ve established a very clear principle that if you re cooperating if you re helping then we ll go to your claims first.


Anne Reid and Daniel Craig in The Mother.


Dark frailty a detail from Marlene Dumas s The Image as Burden.


Present day surfers owe much to the legacy of Larry Gordon who has died aged 76.


An aerial photo of Port Melville The NT government says the facility didn t receive relevant approval from the relevant minister because it didn t trigger the need for it.


ITV News anchor Mark Austin a satisfied man.


Pebbles on the beach as the rain started.


Father Son 1992 CharlieFinn eldest son aged around 1 year hanging out with his Dad on his Grandparents front wall.


England s Moeen Ali after reaching his T20 halfcentury in Cardiff Watching on is Australia s Matthew Wade.


The Standard hotel straddles the line beside Washington Street in the Meatpacking District.


Blade Runner Ridley Scott s futuristic vision follows Harrison Ford a man charged with the job of tracking down replicants artificial humans Loosely based on another Philip K Dick story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.


Checking equipment for cliff assault training.


A Delhi resident reads a morning paper after the BJP s landslide victory.


Option three was fight Go prove yourself I chose option three Andie MacDowell.


Even the lower estimate of brain neuron numbers puts us head and shoulders above other primates.


Thimphu Bhutan A child plays with a sparkler ahead of the festival.


Telefonica Spain s biggest phone company could sell O2 to BT in return for a 20 stake in the UK company BT s market value is almost 32bn.


Sir Michael Hintze founder of hedge fund CQS is said to be considering a big donation to the Vote Leave campaign.


Jacqui Oatley A lot of people questioned my credentials Photo Clara MoldenPA.


Machine Head perform at Roskilde festival in Denmark on 8 July.


Gough Whitlam with an Aboriginal man at Wattle Creek in 1975.


Steven Gerrard and Rickie Lambert reflect upon another defeat for Liverpool.


15 June 2015Independent Queensland senator Glenn Lazarus lends his weight to a demonstration held by Parliament House cleaners angry about pay and conditions The oversized Golden toilet brush was awarded to Joe Hockey for his part in abolishing commonwealth cleaning services guidelines which they say would cost them more than 6500 a year Lazarus pledged to support their campaign It s just a nasty act by the government and it should never have been put on the agenda he said.


Scrubbed clean F Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s.


The US vicepresident Joe Biden accompanies Hu on the red carpet.


The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute by Woods Bagot Photographs John Gollings.


Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring in Manchester United s 30 win over Spurs.


Nicky Morgan spoke to the Guardian at the Celebrating Women in Business conference on Thursday.


Indigenous Waorani youth practise using a blowpipe in Yasuni national park Ecuador.


Up to 60 women will join the ranger training program.


Riot police hide behind shields during the protest in Sao Paulo.


Expediting the decanting of social residents The Death of Social Housing by Richard DeDomenici 2015.


Simon Keenlyside plays Rigoletto on crutches in the Royal Opera revival of David McVicar s production Click to see the full image.


Agonisingly powerful Simon Nehan and Christian Patterson in Blasted.


Whipsnade UKRed panda cubs emerge from their nest box at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.


ITV s revamped breakfast show Good Morning Britain was watched by an average of 800000 for its Monday launch.


One of the city s more salubrious public toilet facilities the urinals at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.


Amanda Telfer died after being pinned down by a heavy wooden window frame in central London.


A lorry and cars travel on a road past the icecovered Vistula River near the village of Kiezmark during winter.


Nathan Cassidy as Marty McFly in Back to the Future.


The second half brings with it an unexpected twist Greece who have thus far been inept scamper away on a counterattack and Georgios Samaras prods a delicious low through ball underneath Manuel Neuer.


Seventies sparkle strikes it big in this 1974 production The set design remains faithful to the original Broadway stage with bare scaffolding and graffiti Think gritty New York warehouse.


Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell in the film version of Night Of The Hunter.


A tube well that supplies water to eight families in Dhaka Bangladesh.


Burmese democracy campaigners Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein Nay Ye Ba Swe and Mya Than Than Nu are called princesses because their fathers were all prime ministers of Burma.


A sexual harassment group at a Bedouin village in Palestine Investment at community levels can reduce levels of stigma.


Sky Sports News incorrectly said that Tiger Woods would face Lee Westwood.


People wait to get a glimpse of Pope Francis during his visit to the Pediatric Hospital.


Still the best of friends Tiphany and Steve.


Evidencebased medicine came to the rescue of Pac Man when he was at his lowest ebb.


Bold as a Wild Strawberry Sweet as a Naughty Girl.


Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has told his players they need to respect his Capital One Cup final decision.


Facebook s share scheme was worth an average of more than 96000 for each member of staff.


Carol Vordeman and Sir Tom Jones arrive for the funeral.


I always feel uncomfortable at the intervention between the purity of the reader s experience and a lurking Alan Warner.


LeBron James and the Miami Heat are one win away from claiming the NBA Championship but Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder are still breathing down their necks.


Pleasure or pain Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson were winners both individually and together.


Burkina Faso s manager Paul Put served a threeyear ban in his native Belgium for matchfixing.


European Central Bank president Mario Draghi at the monthly news conference in Frankfurt.


Guardian TV critics voted The Sopranos the greatest TV drama ever made.


The North Dakota senator Byron Dorgan said he would not be standing for reelection in November.


Baba Ram Dev on stage His empire stretches from the Ganges to a Scottish island.


Beijing China A visitor looks on as a salesman exhales vapour while demonstrating an electronic cigarette product at the Beijing International Vapor Distribution Alliance Expo.


The New York Times investigative reporter James Risen has exhausted his legal avenues to avoid prison under the Espionage Act.


Willie Mays is among this year s recipients of the presidential medal of freedom.


Two mine rescue workers leave the Rhos community centre.


The grass snake is Britain s largest terrestrial reptile.


The formal dining room at 73 Chester Square.


SuePatt had been a keen graffiti artist his tag was TSP In the days after his death tributes began appearing in east London.


Playing at the Elephant and Castle shopping centre in south London Random.


Rio de Janeiro s Christ the Redeemer statue towers above the Maracana stadium a venue for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.


Vivacity of the imagination Aldous Huxley in 1930.


A striped mantis shrimp removes sand from its burrow in Lembeh Strait in Indonesia.


Robyn good Swedish singer plans three albums for 2010.


Activists from Greenpeace demonstrate by holding images of landmarks in the water at Cancun According to the UN weather agency 2010 is almost certain to rank among the three hottest years on record and in a report issued on Tuesday experts said glaciers in South America and Alaska have been losing mass faster and for longer than glaciers elsewhere in the world.


Get them when they re young A group of babies and toddlers at David Hockney s Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy Tate Britain.


August 2011 Silvio Berlusconi faced growing resistance to the implementation of new austerity measures demanded by the European Central Bank.


Rose looked to the heavens in acknowledgement of his deceased father after putting on the final hole And as he returned to the clubhouse his American rival bogeyed the final hole making him the champion.


What time is it Time to slyly take some photographs with the Ticka Made by London company Houghtons between 1905 and 1914.


One out of four people will tell me a story Sharon Van Etten photographed in New York this month by Mike McGregor for the Observer New Review.


If caredata were available now we could build a system to monitor the effectiveness and the side effects of all new drugs.


Bourne sets up a meeting on the bridge but watches from the roof of the Samaritaine The Pont Neuf also featured in Les Amants du PontNeuf.


A starburst amacrine cell which is sensitive to motion in a specific direction outwards from the centre Image Winfried DenkSebastian Seung.


Energy savings from replacing an old boiler will always outweigh the manufacturing cost.


Jovenel Moise President Michel Martelly s designated successor speaks at an electoral campaign rally in PortauPrince on 8 January.


Gordon Brown s intervention blocked a decision by EU finance ministers to implement tougher rules covering hedge funds and private equity groups.


Kumi Naidoo executive director of Greenpeace cited the battle against apartheid and slavery in an impassioned response to the Rio draft text.


Noah Pozner who celebrated his sixth birthday on 20 November less than a month before the shooting.


Vicky McDermott chief executive of the disability charity the Papworth Trust and chair of the Care and Support Alliance is determined to hang on to her idealism.


Areca nut Grows in much of the tropical Pacific Asia and parts of east Africa and is commonly referred to as betel nut It is often chewed wrapped in betel leaves and acts as a mild stimulant although it has been discovered to be carcinogenic.


No2 Keven Mealamu Position Hooker Test caps 109 Age 34 Best known to northern hemisphere fans for being Tana Umaga s accomplice when Brian ODriscoll was speartackled in the first Test of the 2005 Lions Tour and also headbutting Lewis Moody at Twickenham in 2010 it is somewhat of a surprise that Mealamu is still in the hooker jersey After a series of calf problems a recent profile in the New Zealand Herald admitted He has been so lightly raced this season there was an impression he was heading for the knacker s yard However his injuries have healed and Mealamu another member of the All Blacks 100plus cap club believes he is back near the top of his game Away from rugby Mealamu is a hardcore NFL fan and supports the Baltimore Ravens.


Stephan Lichtsteiner of Switzerland is sent sprawling in a challenge with Bulgaria s Spas Delev in their Euro 2012 qualifier in Sofia.


Vince Oleson holds a bottle of Widow Jane s flagship straight bourbon.


Change in national GDP per capita in 2100 under businessasusual warming relative to projection using constant 19802010 average temperatures Source Burke et al Nature.


Oldfashioned but bang up to date Women s Hour by Sh t Theatre.


Vanishing spray played a blinder in its debut season chuckled Chris Reilly when we asked for your takes on the 201415 season s unsung heroes.


To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee s sequel is set 20 years after the original.


Pistorius in action at the London Olympics.


Dame Helen Ghosh director general of the National Trust is keen to change the perception of the charity as strictly middle class all stately homes and cream teas Photograph David Levene for the Guardian.


Damien Duff of Fulham second right celebrates opening the scoring against Norwich City at Craven Cottage.


People wait in line to pay their respects before the coffin of Clementa Pinckney on 24 June 2015 in Columbia South Carolina.


A statue of the the cat godess Bastet that was found in the remains of a temple belonging to Queen Berenice the wife of King Ptolemy III in Alexandria Egypt.


Denying sources access to final copy before publication is one of the central principles of good journalism.


Scotland s nominal GDP is higher than Ireland but lower than Catalonia.


Rick Edwards takes questions from the audience.


Caring and sharing Royal Collection staff hang Caravaggio s Boy Peeling Fruit at the Queen s Gallery London.


Nazi symbols can mean that an inmate has fascist sympathies but more usually they are inked as a protest towards the prison or camp administration During the Soviet period the authorities removed these tattoos by force A tattoo of a mermaid often indicates a sentence for child molestation.


New posters of characters Finn and Rey for Star Wars The Force Awakens.


The Greenpeace protest ship the Esperanza is in a stand off with a Danish warship and navy commandos in the seas off Greenland.


Elena Hanke with Miko at an animal refuge centre in Berlin on Boxing Day.


The queen is dead Nikki Finke Hollywood s bestknown blogger is to move into creative writing.


Fraser in London in May 1977 two years into his eightyear reign as PM.


Too complicated for its own good Dessa Rose at the Trafalgar Studios.


Maggie s Centre Edinburgh conversion by Richard Murphy Maggie s Edinburgh the first Maggie s Centre opened in 1996 Originally a stable block behind Edinburgh s Western General Hospital it was converted by Richard Murphy Architects with an extension added in 2001 A placebo is a phoney cure that works Jencks explains You can imagine all sorts of ways in which architecture adds to the placebo effect.


Australia went unbeaten in the recent TriSeries with England and India.


Llanberis UK A view of Y Lliwedd Mountain from the summit of Mount Snowdon Legendary mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington 77 was later given the honour of carrying the torch to the summit of Wales s highest mountain the place his climbing career began 61 years ago The Olympic flame is now on day 11 of a 70day relay involving 8000 torchbearers covering 8000 miles.


Submarine bid Australia s prime minister Tony Abbott has said Russia s president Vladimir Putin could win the contract to build submarines under an open tender.


My first bite of pizza in Naples is still memorable more than a decade later.


Cartoon by David Simonds on oil price surge.


Bitesized New York a food vendor in Central Park.


Spacesuit uniforms for the groundkeepers as they prepare the diamond for the first game in the Astrodome Houston Texas April 12 1965 The dome as seen here had a translucent roof to allow the grass to grow but glare caused the panes to be painted over which caused the grass to die until eventually Monsanto invented AstroTurf as a replacement.


Mark Hanna at the Old Bailey where he was acquitted of perverting the course of justice.


A Matisse part of an art collection including an allegedly original Hitler.


Kylie Minogue is one of an impressive roster of stars at EMI.


Rome Italy Nuns wait for Pope Benedict XVI to greet the crowd from the window of the pope s summer residence of Castel Gandolfo.


More and more people are managing their own care and falling through gaps in the regulation system.


Giancarlo Gonzalez of Costa Rica left has been one of the most impressive central defenders at the World Cup.


Elsewhere in Melbourne Rafael Nadal serve to Fernando Gonzalez.


John Hutchinson s late winner sparked delirious celebrations at AAMI Park.


How Noel Fielding reacted to the news via Twitter.


Roger Ebert in the Chicago SunTimes newsroom in 1969.


Gylfi Sigurdsson scores his first from the spot in Iceland s Euro 2016 Group A win over Holland.


Oscar Powell makes a face on University Challenge.


Smiling through the rain festivalgoers run for cover.


Wang Yam argued that because his trial was held in secret potential witnesses who might support his story would not come forward.


Revenge pornography and other abusive behaviour like trolling constitute a kind of gendered hate speech.


But there is more than one way to memorialise a star Outside the Hollywood museum for instance a brace of tourists decide to make like Monroe The Some Like it Hot actor died 50 years ago this month.


The Raft of Lampedusa one of Jason deCaires Taylor s extraordinary undersea sculptures in the waters off Lanzarote.


Tenyearold Easton Martin stops to cool off in a misting fan while walking along The Strip with his family in Las Vegas.


Dewi wears jacket 180 Penfield Sweatshirt 59 Reiss Denim shirt 2999 H M Jeans 97 Oliver Spencer Trainers 5249 Nike Beanie 40 by Our Legacy from Grants 1856.


No place like home playwrights have written about their home towns for Paines Plough s Come To Where I m From.


A person struggles to cross a street in blowing and falling snow obscuring the Gateway Arch in St Louis Missouri.


The Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into bribery and corruption allegations at RollsRoyce.


In the region of Murcia companies apply for a voucher which they can use to buy IT services via local authorities.


Dartmoor the setting for The Hound of the Baskervilles.


Artist and antiartist Bob Dylan and the Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten gave different reactions to Greil Marcus s books about their music.


Atlanta Falcons linebacker Prince Shembo has been cut after allegedly killing his girlfriend s dog.


The Mauritian referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn left is surrounded by security officials as Tunisia s players confront him after losing their Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal to Equatorial Guinea.


Sir Edward Elgar is to vanish from 20 notes in the summer.


Almost 6000 worth of the antiimpotence pill Viagra which can also be used to treat blood pressure conditions has been stolen from the MoD since 2007.


Claudia Hyde winner of the CWA Young Crime Writers competition with her short story A Cushion Out Of Place.


Diane Abbott campaigning in Ridley Road market Hackney in her constituency during the general election The Labour MP announced today she would run in the Labour leadership contest.


One that did get made Marlon Brando in Don Juan DeMarco.


The NHS could face a funding gap of 30bn by the end of the decade.


Ottoman tile in light jade 581 from Original Style.


The political crisis in Portugal dominated today s newspapers in Lisbon.


Judge Merrick Garland cried during his speech to receive Barack Obama s nomination to the supreme court.


Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are hoping to bid on a new petticoat for Ange who evidently forgot to pack any.


Gary one of Lonnie s best friends talks to documentary maker Nick Broomfield.


Asafa Powell has put Jamaican athletics under the spotlight after returning a positive test this year.


A minute s silence is held for James Ackerman before the St George Illawarra Dragons play the Sydney Roosters.


Lydie Salvayre s Pas Pleurer was praised as a book of very original writing by the Prix Goncourt judges.


Tim Davie director of BBC Audio and Music.


Tracing bloodlinesHorses are beautiful animals this is a showjumping horse after a training session His veins were pumping and his skins was reflecting in the sunlight.


The Sinalei resort in Samoa after it was struck by the tsunami.


Nazare Naza breaking babassu in her backyard in Maranhao.


Young VV Putin fan club members proudly wearing their Tshirts watching their idol on television.


Take me to the Taliban Vincent Gallo in 2001.


The FC faithful Scenes from the East Stand.


The alarm going off the perpetrator exits via the spoiler.


Prague Czech Republic Greenpeace activists carry a polar bear costume in front of Prague Castle.


Slip slide slither splosh Water cascades over steps at Harbourside Bristol.


Dalit women offer sweets at a ceremony to mark the eve of the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar in New Delhi.


Few could believe what they had witnessed and fewer still will ever forget it.


The Higher Education Careers Services Unit reported a fall in graduates working as bar staff.


Newborn lambs watch out for the crows and jays on overhanging branches.


Public safety minister Steven Blaney called the incident a terrible act of violence against our country.


Solu is sold through Kickstarter for 349.


Ruins of St Rule s church and cathedral St Andrews.


Benedict Cumberbatch best supporting actor nominee for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.


My mum is awesome I m extremely fortunate to have just about the coolest parents in the universe and there s no way I d be where I am without their support My mum is funny streetwise and a lot cleverer than she gives herself credit for When my boyfriend broke up with me over the phone while I was at work she was the first person I called When I was in primary school and some kids were bullying me on the bus she marched on and shouted bloody murder at them they never bothered me again.


Gareth Southgate 71 The former Villa defender upset Holte Enders when he left for Middlesborough.


Once Upon a Place PJ s Lynch s illustrations for Eoin Colfer s ambitious literary project are a delight to behold.


Emily Eavis with her father Michael the founder of Glastonbury It s not a pleasant world we unwrapped.


Lorraine Hansberry s play A Raisin in the Sun was one of the many works the FBI reviewed before publication.


A print shows African captives being taken on board a slave ship.


The Kent allrounder Darren Stevens has been cleared of involvement in corruption in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League.


Xiaogang Wei presenting China s Rainbow Media Awards.


Rose s steady form at the 2013 US Open put him in contention on the final day Going into the 18th hole Rose led fellow hopeful Phil Mickelson by a single stroke Rose finished on a par four leaving Mickelson needing a birdie to win.


Going solo Xander Parish plays the lead role in the Mariinsky Ballet s Chopiniana.


Antigovernment protesters continue to clash with government forces in Kiev s Independence Square Kiev Ukraine.


Reading s Jimmy Kebe fooled Twitter by announcing that he was moving to Newcastle.


The first lady greets a child as she arrives for the visit to the UK to promote her campaigns for girls education and better support for military families.


Gelsenkirchen Germany Kevin Kuranyi watches the ball Kuranyi was the scorer in their 10 victory over Porto.


Charities have a great deal of trust from their supporters and service users whose personal details need to be protected online.


A father and daughter purity ball in Colorado Springs USA The US has trialled teaching abstinence to students with mixed results.


The Goodspeed wants to be a onestopshop for mobile internet while travelling with a choice of 60 countries covered and nine separate Sim slots.


Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the alleged September 11 mastermind and four accomplices are due to stand trial.


West Scholes Queensbury West Yorkshire An engraving on the stone arch dates this former farmhouse and brewery to 1694 Three receptions and four to five bedrooms allow you to crowd the place with guests whom you can irrigate from the cellar beneath the integral dairy where the stone sinks were used for cooling milk The decor could also do with refreshment 499950 Hunters 01422 385137.


England v France drew average of 5646 million viewers.


Pupils at the MeriRastila primary school in Helsinki take a break from lessons.


UK construction industry is contracting.


Gevgelija MacedoniaA woman carries her baby after crossing the GreekMacedonian border In a dramatic appeal aimed at potential illegal economic migrants the president of the European council Donald Tusk said Do not come to Europe Do not believe the smugglers Do not risk your lives and your money It is all for nothing.


The ultimate ambition which could take a decade is to put a probe on the lunar surface or in orbit around it.


2010 French Open Beat Robin Soderling 64 62 64.


Shop LFW s rising stars at Selfridges showcase featuring Caitlin Price s tough luxe sportswear Helen Lawrence s handmade knits and for the first time Fyodor Golan s collection Prices from 120 to 860 selfridgescom.


Tony Robinson as Baldrick in Blackadder.


House of Commons speaker Michael Martin.


A greenwinged dove chick with his father at the Edinburgh zoo.


Condolence messages for the victims of the Germanwings plane crash at Dusseldorf airport.


Khan during his visit to Capel Manor College north London.


Henry Louis Gates Jr is arrested at his home.


Linosa Sicily A volunteer from the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre holds a newly hatched sea turtle About 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead.


The Loy La Long B B is a bohemian retreat right on Bangkok s Chao Praya river.


April Supermarket group Tesco rang up record annual profits yet again despite the economic downturn and declared there was little danger of a doubledip recession in Britain Britain s biggest retailer posted underlying pretax profits of 34bn for the 12 months to the end of February a 101 rise on the previous year Sir Terry Leahy Tesco s chief executive told the City that his company had weathered the storm.


Welsh rugby fans in full voice The Welsh Rugby Union defends Delilah saying there is plenty of precedent for tragic stories to be portrayed.


An undated photograph of Thomas Kelly whose death in 2012 helped prompt the introduction of the lockout laws.


Conde pictured at a press conference last August obtained an absolute majority in the first round of votes despite opposition claims of electoral fraud.


By 1973 ErAZ s production reached 6500 per year and eventually reached around 12000 a year.


In Bangladesh where many poor mothers don t receive scans the need for paediatric heart surgeons is pronounced.


BBC Radio Norfolk talkshow host Nick Conrad.


Brad Haddin is in fine form in his 50th Test and gets his half century in only 49 balls He s stopped in his tracks three runs later when he is caught by Jimmy Anderson off Chris Tremlett Michael Clarke declares at the end of the over with Australia on 4017.


Councils have a choice over where they make efficiency savings says Unison s Heather Wakefield It s wrong to slash the salaries of hard working staff when there are savings to be made in consultancy fees.


The Albert V Bryan courthouse in Alexandria Virginia.


Champion of the poor Victor Hugo s note.


Douglas Costa playing for Bayern Munich.


Amir Khan throws a punch at Andreas Kotelnik during their world title fight.


A surf dog adopts the semisplayed position while riding a wave.


Inspired by the infamous Fishsticks South Park episode.


This sort of scene disproportionately shows up in black neighborhoods.


Cate Blanchett attends the Robin Hood premiere at Cannes last Wednesday.


Ian Marshall puts the Ridgeway Rovers rookies through their paces.


Hamburg Germany Helpers in boats lead swans from their wintering grounds back to the Aussenalster river Around 120 swans were moved from their icefree winter home back to the city centre.


A Speedo photograph of its LZR swimsuit which helped break a clutch of world records last year.


Mercedes gave the world a glimpse of their new W06 in difficult conditions at Silverstone.


Incident likely to be connected to routine exercises conducted by Egyptian military.


And then gets balloonwhacked by an SNPsupporting baby.


Eddie Bo People go on takin your stuff and they just don t care if you don t say anything about it.


Vladimir Putin attends midnight mass to mark Russian Orthodox Christmas surrounded by children in Voronezh.


Noaa Climate Services hopes to undo the climate scepticism caused by the IPCC s unfounded claims about Himalayan glaciers melting.


The strain shows on protesters faces at a progovernment rally in front of the Greek parliament in Athens as hopes fade of a breakthrough.


Superworm by Julia Donaldson Jennifer and Minnie aged 1 and Bebe 8 months Well I let out a big whoop indeed when I saw this book It s in rhyming text and there s a great moment where you get a tongue twister with the lines Ant Aunt chant which comes out very felicity Kendal Superworm is no ordinary worm and we join him on a dramatic adventure with twists and turns aplenty The illustrations from Alex Scheffler are as always marvellous The unusual faces on the animals and bugs and small details and surprises you pick out only after you ve read it a few times which I think is nice The crazy toddler sat with me and kept quiet whilst I read to her and asked for it again so that s a good sign and the 8 month old liked to gnaw the dust jacket so high praise indeed.


Prince Ali of Jordan one of three challengers to Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency at a press conference in London.


Tajik guards return from a patrol along the border with Afghanistan Twentythree soldiers were killed in an ambush on Sunday as they travelled to reinforce roadblocks.


Spirited former minister of foreign affairs for Abkhazia Maxim Gvinjia.


Two tigers at Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province.


Places with a large population of elderly people such as Devon will have worse than average rates of diabetes.


Winner Planets Comets Asteroids The Arrow Missed the Heart A coincidental alignment shows the Comet C2014 E2 Jacques travelling just below the famed Heart Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia However the two objects are not as close as they appear to be with the comet actually journeying within our solar system at a distance of several million kilometres from Earth whilst the Heart Nebula lies much further away at a distance of 7500 light years from our planet Strethi Mountain Corinthia Greece FSQ106 f5 telescope EQ8 mount STL 11000M camera 530mm lens 120second exposure.


Michelle Obama meets with members of her staff at the White House.


The tax breaks for Boeing headed by James McNerney far right are no laughing matter.


Keeping up with the JonesesThe NT and RSC were among the winners at the Evening Standard awards last weekend but this week s biggest winner was Sheridan Smith who swept up gongs at both the ES and Clarence Derwent awards The actor who has already won an Olivier earlier this year for her exuberant performance in Legally Blonde the Musical was on this occasion recognised for her more reserved turn in Trevor Nunn s revival of Terrence Rattigan s Flare Path.


The Lost and The Damned sounds like a cross between a US daytime soap and an F Scott Fitzgerald novel.


A car rests precariously on the edge of a road after a retaining wall collapsed beneath a row of vehicles in Baltimore USA.


Debra Milke reacts during a hearing on Monday in which Judge Rosa Mroz dismissed murder charges against her and ordered a monitoring device on her ankle to be removed.


Murray Walker have a break have a Kitekat.


He waves at Tokyo international airport as he returns home.


Turbine hall of denim OMA s new headquarters for Dutch jeans brand GStar Raw in Amsterdam.


Liam Phillips the world BMX champion on his way to beating Tre Whyte during their semifinal.


Vogue January 1956 photograph by Eugene Vernier.


Ten years ago I was having a brilliant year I d just graduated from university been offered a book deal and was buying my first home I ve been scrabbling about in the bottom of drawers looking for artwork and trying to figure out what was going through my mind at the time This is what I ve come up with In the third year of my illustration degree at Brighton University we were given the project title United we stand Divided we fall I produced a wordless cut paper book about a forest fighting back against a woodcutter.


California is already dealing with the impacts of climate change a scientist for the state s water board said.


Palestinian children demand the ending of Israel s siege on the Gaza Strip in Gaza City.


The polar bear is a bear native largely to the Arctic circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses It is the world s largest land carnivore and also the largest bear together with the omnivorous kodiak bear which is approximately the same size.


After the speech Kevin Rudd gives an interview to the ABC.


London England The mayor of London Boris Johnson is the first visitor to the Crime Museum Uncovered exhibition at the Museum of London which opens to the public on Friday Previously only accessible to police and by rare invitation the exhibition reveals the secrets of the Crime Museum highlighting advances in detection and crimesolving since its establishment in 1875.


Cotton farmers in Mali suffer due to huge US subsidies.


Hammer time Tom Hiddleston who plays Loki in the film Thor.


Chris Hoy When I m out on a bike and I see someone doing something stupid I will absolutely have a word with them at the next set of lights.


The Carnival Against Capital in the City of London 1999.


Protesters at a Sydney rally on Monday in support of refugees including the pregnant Somali asylum seeker known as Abyan who claims she was raped She was brought to Australia last week then flown back to Nauru five days later without the termination she said she wanted.


Waste not want not Andrew and Carol Oldham are rediscovering old vegetable varieties and reliving the dig for victory spirit.


Nice place for the family King does Shetland.


Burnley supporters wearing Christmas hats sit in the stands waiting for kickoff.


Scenes of unrest in the Middle East such as these antigovernment protests in Bahrain have set nerves jangling across Gulf states.


Decentralising responsibility is one way to create a leadership culture suited to our tough times.


Pack Creek Ranch Moab Utah Seldom Seen Road.


Fair or unfair the criticisms of Peta Credlin are now rife.


Sweden s Zlatan Ibrahimovic fights for the ball with Austria s Aleksandar Dragovic during their Euro 2016 qualifying soccer match in Vienna September 8 2014 REUTERSLeonhard Foeger rel d bm LR1EA981KW2JF.


Avatar was among the films that participants in the Ingenious Media scheme helped fund.


Matilda picked up the Whatsonstagecom awards for best musical best choreographer and best set designer as well as London newcomer of the year for Tim Minchin.


Taliban insurgents in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz last month.


Artists from the Tacheles shout slogans from behind a gate after security guards started to evict the tenants of one of the largest squats in the centre of Berlin.


Red Ed Make sure you have a pencil sharpener by your side because you re going to need a lot of red In fact why not just colour the whole sheet in the same shade of red from top to bottom Look You ve made a political point Ed Miliband is red like a communist You are now qualified to edit a tabloid newspaperDownload a copy here.


Port Sulphur Louisiana Diamond park resident Ethel Demolle 83.


199596 Giggs scores both home and away against Everton with his goal at Old Trafford nominated for Goal of the Season He misses out to Georgi Kinkladze.


Headdress by Abdelkader Farrah for Lady Anne worn by Ludmila Mikael in Richard III directed by Terry Hands ComedieFrancaise Avignon festival 1972.


Atom Egoyan s Chloe starring Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson is scheduled to open at the Toronto film festival in a few days.


Cole ShaferRay 14 of Oklahoma City during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee.


Beach chairs in Brighton the southeast is likely to be the hottest part of the UK this weekend.


Hot and humid weather suits the golden mile a stretch of beaches in Durban.


Double take the genuine Sarah Palin biography and the spoof.


HS2 will be scrapped and replaced by HS4 a superfast monorail connecting Barnsley to Huddersfield Think of it as Crossrail for the really important places.


Design Theo Deutinger Barbara Weingartner.


Australia celebrate the return of the urn.


Prince Andrew later the Duke of York in Port Stanley Falkland Islands 1982.


Bianca Pannoci and Livia Pannoci from Frenchs Forest celebrating Chinese new year with dressup costumes in the Chinese gardens Haymarket In the year of the horse they wish for their best friends to be in their class at school.


Firefighting in Victoria s Mallee region.


On opening night a band of furries performed and a human pinata stuffed with candy was lowered among the revelers.


Oil rig pumpjacks also known as thirsty birds extract crude from the Wilmington Field oil deposits area near Long Beach California.


Editor s pick polo shirts are back and the 70s versions are the best Vintage style polo shirt 40 filacouk.


The yellow sculpture pictured here is Cairn by Morgan Jones and is made of PVC and steel.


A screengrab from a video on the Los Angeles Times website that it says was filmed by a witness to a police shooting at Lynwood on Saturday.


Erdogan has been infuriated by video footage published in the Cumhuriyet newspaper in the lead up to the Turkish election on 7 June.


A moko skink the first of several reptiles to be introduced on the island Unlike most lizards this species does not lay eggs but gives birth to live young.


Melissa McClements with her husband Stuart and daughter Phoebe in Copenhagen.


The relationship between these two siblings irrevocably changed the day Ed decided he wanted to be leader of the Labour party too.


New York City s mayor Bill de Blasio left stands after NYPD officer Randolph Holder s funeral service.


The library one of the world s finest examples of art nouveau was destroyed by fire in May.


Housing associations have been stealthily converting social rent tenancies to more expensive affordable rentals.


1945 Kim Jongil with his father Kim Ilsung and his mother Kim Jongsuk Soviet records show he was born in the village of Vyatskoye near Khabarovsk in 1941 but official Korean biographies state that he was born in a secret military camp in north Korea on February 16 1942.


An MPesa store in Nairobi Kenya The mobile banking system was targeted by the cybercrime gang say police.


The bench beneath the tree outside my house but rather in summer than in winter.


Neighbourhood hangout book into Williamsburg HostL on trendy Bedford Avenue Brooklyn New York.


Book it A oneday course with Michelinstarred chef Nick Nairn costs 295pp booked at nicknairncookschoolcom Oneday courses at Raymond Blanc s Manoir Aux Quat Saisons cost from 335pp Tasting Places has oneday classes with top chefs from 175pp Atelier des Chefs in London runs onehour classes with chefs trained at Michelinstarred restaurants for 36 for two.


Doug Fieger of the Knack performs in October 1979.


A Tokyo Stock Exchange employee after today s session closed.


Nate Diaz fought back to defeat Conor McGregor in Las Vegas.


A key source of tension at Uber concerns the company s relationship with its drivers.


Robbie Keane threatens against Seattle in league play On Sunday he will threaten the Sounders in the semifinals.


Supplies for 2 Scots Regiment 2011Life in the UK seemed banal and meaningless when I returned emails supermarkets paying bills I felt that nothing could damage me and that I no longer had any real connection to who I was before I went I felt my real life was the war zone.


Barcelona s former coach Tito Vilanova who has died at the age of 45.


On a quest Shahrukh Khan in My Name Is Khan.


Australian jails are holding 30775 prisoners.


Sheila Hull I was on holiday in Madeira and I looked over the balcony from our hotel room and saw this lady in the pool.


Goes with almost any dish braised roots.


Pedestrians walk over the river Liffey in Dublin as cranes loom in the background A property crash in 2007 plunged Ireland into recession.


Smartphone patent lawsuits as visualised by George Kokkinidis at designlanguage Used with permission.


Wash it down with a glass of orange Zeus Meal four in Stuart Heritage s The Rock diet.


A volunteer arranges the decorations in the State Dining Room.


Two boys stand near the charred reamins of a vehicle after a bomb attack in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria.


Panel show Julia Roberts in Something to Talk About.


A group of Palestinians climb a cliff in the West Bank village of Yabrud north of Ramallah About 500 people have attended Wadi Climbing s courses in the past year.


A worker harvests oilpalm fruit in Malaysia.


Comparison of the observed NASA temperature record with temperature predictions from Dr James Hansen s 1988 modeling study and with my reconstructed temperature prediction by Dr Richard Lindzen based on statements from his talk at MIT in 1989 Hansen s Scenario B projection has been adjusted to reflect the actual observed greenhouse gas concentrations since 1988.


Haggis in the window of Crombie s butcher Broughton Street Edinburgh.


By tezzer57 A performer takes five on the Royal Mile or is it all part of the act.


Ashton Turner meets the media on the eve of this firstclass debut for Australia against Sussex at Hove.


The City of London Banks have faced several inquiries over the last 15 years.


Are you tripping out with these rotating snakes Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka from Ritsumseikan University in Kyoto Japan has spent more than a decade creating his collection of moving optical illusions See more of the images in our gallery.


Smoke on the water a father from Poland used his passion for photography to capture striking and heartwarming photos of his family life See our gallery of his images here.


BBC staff have lost 785 laptops tablet computers and mobile phones since 2010.


Roberto Mancini was in talks with Monaco last season about taking over as the club s manager.


Russia s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov US ambassador to Russia John Tefft and Russia s president Vladimir Putin at a ceremony of presenting credentials by foreign ambassadors at the St Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on 19 November 2014 in Moscow Russia.


Keith Ludeman group chief executive of GoAhead group.


Workers secure scaffolding around First United Methodist church on the bay in Corpus Christi.


French illustrator Beatrice Alemagna s studio was very Parisian very quaint a shrine to her textured and intensely emotional illustrations.


The Leeds owner Massimo Cellino has appealed against his latest Football League ban.


A man holds up a poster of Libya s leader Muammar Gaddafi one of several distributed among a crowd watching a burning fuel truck in Tripoli on Wednesday.


In total 3353 GCSE and Alevel pupils were given the wrong marks.


With prices remaining static people will find their wages and salaries go further.


Introducing Tammy Timmy Toffee and Treacle the school sheep at Hartshill in Nuneaton Teacher Hayley Simpkin says there 58 pets being looked after over the holidays.


First base our pick of the best foundations.


Tinky Winky Po LaaLaa and Dipsy of the Teletubbies which first aired in 1997.


Chancellor George Osborne visits AW Hainsworth Sons in Leeds as growth figures were revealed.


Northern Rock has announced profits for the first time since the credit crunch and Lloyds and RBS are expected to do the same.


Wol Balston West Woods near Marlborough in Wiltshire.


No mention of the Louvre Franz Kafka s editor Max Brod.


Editor s pick invest in this elegant tapestry cushion as a work of art Paul Smith Birdie Blossom wool aubusson cushion 395 therugcompanycom.


The Cunard liner Queen Mary 2 in Liverpool.


Apple s App Store set new records in 2014.


Polypropylene chair mark II and polypropylene armchair Day pioneered with London furniture company Hille the use of polypropylene for seating.


Grafitti spraypainted onto a Conservative election poster on a roadside hoarding in Merseyside.


Ed Vere s Max the Brave and Max at Night are available to buy from the Guardian bookshop.


A second letter signed by 58 economists was organised by Lord Skidelsky Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick It argued that the government should focus on restoring robust growth This argument would have doubtless appealed to John Maynard Keynes about whom Skidelsky wrote an awardwinning biography Lord Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick.


Ted and Heidi Cruz Donald Trump has threatened to spill the beans on her.


Lizzy Armitstead receives treatment after crashing at the end of the opening stage of the Women s Tour but her injuries are said not to be serious.


Freshwater fish in an aquarium in Bonito Mato Grosso do Sul state.


Primary school admission appeals in England Click image for full graphic Illustration Guardian.


A lizard suns itself next to a waterlevel indicator at the Camatagua water reservoir in Venezuela on 25 March A drought has lowered water levels in the country s hydroelectric dams to critical levels and triggered a series of electrical outages.


The RMT has accused the SNP of colluding with the political elite in Westminster.


While the headlines are focused on Standard Chartered today s major sanctionbusting deals are being done by firms that are not household names.


One Egyptian smuggler advertises his services with an image that evokes the parting of the Red Sea by Moses.


Martha Kearney broadcaster and journalistOne of my favourite characters was Up To Date Kate from Diana Her fashion disasters were hilarious and in my case prophetic as not long after my comicreading days I was staggering about in loons and platforms.


Shilstone with Bernard Hopkins in 2006 has worked with many pro boxers over the years.


Danish prime minister Helle ThorningSchmidt announces the general election for 18 June.


The Night heavily influenced by Tarkovsky.


A member of the UN s Food and Agriculture Organisation tasked with fighting the locust swarm gets to grips with one of the insects.


Stoke City defender Robert Huth has been charged by the FA.


Adam Lallana is one of the England players identified by Roy Hodgson as a forthcoming star for England.


Special forces police stand guard on Tahrir Square Cairo on 25 January 2016 as Egypt marks the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011.


Nicola Sturgeon has an ice cream while campaigning for SNP candidate Patricia Gibson in Largs.


Are Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale ready for a move to Manchester United Well.


Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw said the British Gas owner s share buyback could be extended next year.


Brendan Rodgers saw encouraging signs against Ludogorets despite the Bulgarians late equaliser.


Discover the Djenne Mosque the largest mud structure in the world in Mali.


Hayden Peter lee Swann 2272013 My grandson was born today at 1001am at Walsall Manor Hospital weighing 5lb 10oz His daddy Lee had a baby vest made to propose to his mummy Hannah it said will you marry my daddy such a wonderful proposal with a beautiful ring to match So congratulations to Hannah Whinnery and lee Swann.


Emma Matthews as Gilda and Giorgio Caoduro as Rigoletto.


Worldweary pilgrims make their way to the Greek river of forgetfulness in John Roddam Spencer Stanhope s The Waters of Lethe Should the internet be more like that forgetful river.


Kristen Stewart wore a Stella McCartney jumpsuit.


Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.


Sugar prices are almost twice their 20022004 level while the overall food price level is at its highest since March.


Rhik looks pretty happy with his chocolate fountain.


The European council president Donald Tusk above will field queries over refugee quotas at Wednesday s summit.


On top of the world the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope which stands 5000 metres above sea level on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes Apex will find targets for the Atacama Large Millimetresubmillimetre Array a powerful array of 64 antennas that will open for business on the plateau during 2013.


Benito started creating images of clubs after producing a print of Valencia s Sala Barraca as a present for his mother the longrunning venue formerly a country house opened in 1965 and was the first club she ever visited You can t compare Barraca with Berghain says Benito Berghain is industrial cold and dark while Barraca is rural organic and in the middle of a rice field But each club has its own essence.


Rory McIlroy will bid to win a third successive golfing major next week in the Masters at Augusta.


Dolly Parton Cadillac de Ville Dolly Parton packs a few frocks and a trunk full of guitars ready for another tour She has ridden in a few Cadillacs since this picture was snapped Her 1997 Cadillac d Elegance was a favourite and is now on display complete with autographed arm rests at the Hollywood Star Cars Museum.


A face recognition system will scan faces and match them to biometric chips on passports.


England s Ray Wilson is chased by Bi the dog in 1962 before the pup later caught up for a refresher with Jimmy Greaves.


Wayne Rooney had received a less hostile reception on his last visit to Everton after conciliatory words towards his former club.


Francois Hollande had vowed that never again would France see outrageous mixing of public and private life.


The words We ll be back are formed in an occupied area.


A section of the North Circular was closed after the crash.


Charlie and his friend Marv want to be off on their own looking for strange and tricky creatures but Lola wants to play too and keeps popping up at the critical moment.


Obama s reelection tweet was the site s most popular ever but elsewhere users many of them children were reacting to his win with hate speech.


Inside story the luxurious interior of the Cayenne.


An Abbott impersonator greets the Indigenous leader Wayne Wharton at what will be the biggest protest rally on the sidelines of the G20 a march from Roma Street to Musgrave Park which is culturally significant for Brisbane s Aboriginal community.


Island life Tami Iti and Lemi Ponifasio of MAU.


Tony Abbott is the leader because he promised his party s right wing to make no deals on climate.


Nationwide says house prices rose 1 last month giving a 10 rise on the year.


Chelsea s Petr Cech claims a cross against Arsenal in a league game at the Emirates Stadium.


Jermaine Jones competes against Belgium.


A sign reading Nous sommes Charlie Hebdo is erected by embassy personnel at the front gate of the French Embassy in Washington.


Meg Lanning kisses the trophy after the Southern Stars beat England in the World Twenty20 final earlier this year.


Hillary Clinton has been noted as a particularly hardworking secretary of state.


Deadmau5 Kanye West Jay Z and J Cole at the Tidal launch in New York.


Jianli China A paramilitary force walks near the site of a capsized ship in the Yangtze river as the search continues for more than 400 missing passengers.


Abu Ashley a nod to the Cairo rooftop house scene.


In 2015 Milan banned cars for three days to tackle the pollution and smog.


Takeesha in her apartment in the Bronx section of New York City.


Manchester City s striker Edin Dzeko third left scores his second goal against Norwich City at Carrow Road.


Lily May s deep suspicion of her daughter s urge to paint forms the central tension of the novel.


Anthony Weiner is attempting to make a politcal comeback as mayor of New York.


Tom Watson has apologised for using an emotive phrase about the late Leon Brittan.


Rona Fairhead the BBC Trust chair spent almost 1000 on taxis.


Relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 protest outside the Malaysian embassy in Beijing.


Worksheets like these are used by psychologists when administering CBT.


Frank Lampard of Manchester City applauds the fans after scoring twice in the 70 win over Sheffield Wednesday.


Multiple fires burned in North Korea in midOctober 2009 sending a plume of smoke over the Sea of Japan Red outlines indicate hotspots associated with active fires The smoke plumes blow uniformly eastward some of the individual plumes coalescing into a single large plume over the sea.


Smoke and ash billows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull Iceland.


SoundCloud s new iPhone app is simpler and slicker to use.


Millifandom the term made popular by a teenage girl called Abby on Twitter.


Until recently Campari was coloured with carmine dye harvested from cochineal beetles found on cactus in Central America It was used in the 15th century for colouring fabrics and became an important export during the colonial period.


Michael van Gerwen celebrates defeating James Wade after a stunning performance in their semifinal at Alexandra Palace.


A Greenpeace activist protests outside the parliament building in Rome.


Frustration and Flaubert Jill Alexander Essbaum.


Developers like Barratt whose landbank has slipped below its peak acreage in 2008 are pushing for access to public land.


Cummings lifts the Melbourne Cup after Rogan Josh won it in 1999 This was win number 11 of a record 12 for the trainer.


Fenerbahce s team bus shows the damage after an attack that saw the driver hospitalised.


Sudanese women and children take shelter at a refugee camp.


Paddy Power have been criticised for their lack of care for a customer who lost his family his home and his jobs after becoming addicted to gambling on fixedodds betting terminals.


Fruit and veg a good way to fight arthritis.


Tracy Barlow might soon be extolling the virtues of cauliflower rice.


Memorial Service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier.


A sun bear is fed an orange by a zookeeper at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Nebraska.


David Willetts with David Cameron after the 2010 general election.


Kadyrov who has been implicated in torture and human rights abuses is a known animal admirer and has a huge personal zoo.


3030 brings the traditional PC shareware model to the App Store.


Sidse Babett Knudsen who plays the prime minister Birgitte Nyborg Christensen in the Danish TV series Borgen.


Members of the Devi family sit on a bed above floodwaters in the village of Chajan Mania.


A voter registration drive had improved numbers since December said ministers.


David Cameron who plans to call for the EU budget to rise in line with inflation at a summit in November.


Alan Cartwright senior Cherrie Ives and Michelle Cartwright.


A worker walks over stockpiles of coal at the PT Exploitasi Energi Indonesia open pit coal mine in Palaran Indonesia.


Will he need an acceptance speech Jesse Hughes of the Eagles of Death Metal.


Jermaine McGillvary scores Huddersfield s fifth try at the John Smith s Stadium against Wakefield on Sunday.


Roland and Raymond de la Celle both French have invented an orthopaedic aid for dogs with spinal injuries or disabilities.


Lesser octopus The lesser octopus is common around UK seas and acknowledged as a highly intelligent creature with great problemsolving skills.


A girl stands on the rubbishstrewn beach in Haina in the Dominican Republic The New Yorkbased nonprofit Blacksmith Institute is sending researchers to 80 developing countries to find and assess many of the world s dirtiest industrial waste sites The institute recently led a clean up of a battery site in Haina in which much of the underlying soil was 35 lead a pollutant that leads to severe learning disabilities in children.


The peloton pass through some stunning scenery.


Pewter with bitter This is the battered tankard I ve taken over several decades to various folk festivals and shanty weekends A foaming pint at Ellesmere Port Shanty weekend at Easter 2014.


Igor Akinfeev is carried off on a stretcher after being hit on the head by a flare in the first minute.


Francois langurs practise allomothering in which a group of females participate in raising the infant.


Iraq v Palestine Canberra Stadium 21 January 2015.


A futuristic aircraft fitted with a directed energy weapon that could engage missiles at the speed of light.


Peter Salmon who has overseen the growth of BBC North in Salford will oversee the BBC s training and HR departments in Birmingham and Bristol.


Mindfulness is a useful life skill and can boost academic achievement.


Paradegoers cheer for beads and trinkets handed out by float riders Drew Stubbs who has worked the beads theme into his carnival suit takes a refreshment break at Mimi s in the Marigny.


Bikes Alive protest against TFL s road safety policies at King s Cross on 9 January 2012.


Manchester City s Edin Dzeko left and Stevan Jovetic stand over an injured David Silva who will miss Sunday s derby.


A hardknock life converted into cinema Stallone in the original Rocky.


EU commissioner for digital affairs Neelie Kroes describes roaming charges as a disproportionate irritant for travellers.


Proposed plain packaging for cigarettes.


Sawmills that process illegally logged trees from the Amazon rainforest are seen near Rio Pardo Brazil.


Pam wears culottes 45 by Other Stories storiescom Silky blouse 2999 hmcom Sandals 48 asoscom.


The Malmo manager Age Hareide celebrates after Jo Inge Berget scored a second away goal at Celtic Park.


Colin Firth as George VI in The King s Speech.


Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg.


A technician demonstrates how to collect evidence in a criminal case.


Ali Mazrui entertained a number of intriguing ideas such as his pet concept of Afrabia the merging of Africa and the Arab world.


The frequency of lightning strikes follows regular patterns that match the rotation of the sun s magnetic field.


The cast of the Alien film appears in two bonus missions of the Alien Isolation game but originally they were exclusive to preorder customers.


Sinking all your savings into the best grape growing land in France does not guarantee your dream business will be an overnight success.


Tokyo Japan People stand in a line to buy the iPad at an Apple store.


DesignerRuby 390 Dorateymur brownsfashioncom.


Ravi Kakiyayya chopping coconut on his farm in Karnataka India which has benefited from Bhoo Chetana techniques.


One couple enjoys an idyllic romantic moment or a friendship is about to become quite awkward.


Midwife Mary Houldsworth has been working in an ebola zone in Liberia She is pictured at her home in Devon Photo by David HedgesSWNS.


An opponent of Morsi sleeps outside the presidential palace.


Cocachacra Peru Farmers opposed to a mining project in their city clash with riot police Farmers and local leaders fear that the Tia Maria openpit mine will contaminate irrigation water in the rice farmingrich Tambo valley on Peru s desert coast.


London suicide bombers Hasib Hussain Germaine Lindsay Mohammed Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer are captured on CCTV at Luton railway station on 7 July 2005.


Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest in Washington DC.


Owner Crystal O Connor said If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding we would have to say no.


Andrea Roth Sitting on a grassy patch in a park a friend picked this little flower The contrast and yet fragile similarity appealed new life in old hands.


Locals watch a parade go by in Sayulita.


Christian AlsKibera The Shadow City 200709The inhabitants of Kibera Nairobi pay more per litre of water than people living in New York or London The average person living in Kibera does not have running water or electricity Public latrines routinely overflow children scamper barefoot through festering heaps of waste.


A woman walks past a vandalised antiimmigration billboad in Budapest that says If you come to Hungary you have to respect our laws.


Dubai international airport will end up usurping longhaul business from the UK along with Abu Dhabi and Doha warns Hogan.


Rafael Benitez in charge of Chelsea for two goalless draws said You can see the team needs to improve a bit physically but you can not do that if they play two games every week.


Blue Origin s New Shepard stands upright having returned to its launchpad from the edge of space.


A photgraph released by the National Archives entitled UFO near helicopter.


United decide to commemorate two club legends of the modern era reports Will Buckland.


Syrian soldiers gather at a Palmyra museum Hundreds of statues have been moved to safe locations but many significant artefacts remain.


Paul Krugman being way too baked would just be him slowly pronouncing Piketty in different ways and giggling over and over again Maureen Dowd in her Wednesday column depicted more of a struggle Photo Illustration DonkeyHotey Flickr via Creative Commons.


Skrillex We re all doing things together It s creating this powerful energy and camaraderie.


Peter Kay s Car Share marks the comedian s debut with the BBC.


Wednesday 16 March The US energy secretary Steven Chu testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the subcommittee on energy and water Chu said Americans should have full confidence in US nuclear power plants.


Heather Stanning right and Helen Glover celebrate Team GB s first gold medal of London 2012.


Bonuses and heightened political scrutiny are always an explosive mix Illustration David Simonds for the Observer.


Fanny Burney burnt The History of Caroline Evelyn on her 15th birthday in 1768 along with several other texts.


Players like Cristiano Ronaldo give a lot extra to a team says Louis van Gaal.


Andy Burnham We are not going to get anywhere by running factional politics.


Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt holds up a memory stick containing a record of a whole human genome as he speaks at the UK eHealth Week event.


Martin Amis said his artistic process is one of anxiety and ambition and it was difficult to find inspiration.


Bishop Eddie Long embraces a friend at his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia as he vows to fight accusations that he took sexual advantage of four men.


Lloyds Banking Group PR chief could receive 13m.


Datacoup expects its average user to make around 5 a month.


Italians during a rally in favour of legalising samesex unions.


Callum Wilson who has five siblings was a baby when his dad disappeared You have to learn to stand on your own two feet without a father figure around he says.


Miss Behave takes on a table complete with bottle of wine and a glass in La Soiree.


Rinderpest causes respiratory disease and gut problems that lead to diarrhoea dehydration and eventually death of livestock.


Senzo Meyiwa right pictured with the South Africa president Jacob Zuma was shot dead on Sunday night.


Michael Jackson was the highest earning dead celebrity of 2010 according to Forbes magazine.


A model walks the runway at the Christopher Kane show.


A man walks through a street in Funchal as people look at the flood damage.


Juan Fernandez Lobbe stylishly takes a high ball.


Ted McAvoy Portugal earlier this month surely no one could eat a whole bream and 10 sardines we thought.


When I was 12 I a confessor with her diary.


Michael Samuels ExeterTeak sideboards coffee tables desks and cabinets made 60s ranges such as GPlan famous Michael Samuels makes them seem like so many blocks of Lego His modernist creations become tottering towers or intricate 3D puzzles In place of the pareddown functionality rectangular frames panels and boxes are stacked high on stool legs like a camera with too many lenses red and yellow laminated tabletops and the blue circle from an LED light become geometric abstractions The real showstopper is Tragedy Of The Commons an almost kaleidoscopic drinks cabinet punctuated with the zigzag silhouettes of Anglepoise lamps Playing with form and dysfunction its skin is a lovely shiny walnut while its insides are rough and its bulk narrow Spacex to 15 SeptemberSSMichael Samuels Metabolist 2011.


Gabriel Agbonlahor walks from the pitch after being sent off in Aston Villa s 11 draw with Manchester United.


Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic at New York s Palladium in 1979.


Church of Ayios Ioannis used in the wedding scene of the film Mamma Mia.


Divine 11From Waitrose and Oxfam nationwideBroad selection of 18 milk and dark classics The box is uninspiring but the chocolate is Fairtrade 1099 for 225g.


Javier Aguirre guided Mexico to the last 16 at the 2002 and 2010 World Cups and will be hoping for success with Japan.


Searchlights over St Paul s in December 1943 Even as bombs fell a plan was devised to respond to London s growth.


Pope Innocent III stitched by Anthea Godfrey of the Embroiderers Guild.


Bill Shorten has run a campaign against the cruel budget arguing it was unfair and based on broken promises.


Razzie favourite director M Night Shyamalan.


Just let me think about this one for a minute Wilf deliberates.


Refugees arrive at Tabanovce northern Macedonia There have been calls for a fence along the entire border with Greece.


The England head coach Stuart Lancaster watches on as his players continue their World Cup preparations at Bagshot.


German anglers in Worthsee near Munich balance on planks as they cast their fishing rods.


The FTC has warned that mobile app developers are making it too easy for technology companies to collect and store personal data from child users.


Garrett McNamara shooting the curl of Jaws a wave break at Peahi Bay on the north shore of Maui Hawaii.


Nigel Farage celebrates St George s Day with a pint in the Northwood Club in Ramsgate.


Julie Anne Stanzak centre in Tanztheater Wuppertal s Nelken at Sadler s Wells London 2005 I love Pina Bausch s work At the same time shocking disturbing visually stunning with a comment on humanity.


Can pet dogs be part of a sustainable future or are they a drain on the world s resources.


Rafael Nadal was rarely stretched during his thirdround victory over the Russsian Andrey Kuznetsov at Roland Garros.


Lady Thatcher s coffin in the Crypt Chapel of St Mary Undercroft beneath the Houses of Parliament.


The study says the safety of British nuclear submarines like HMS Astute is being put in jeporady by spending cuts.


Kraftwerk have been replaced with the British pop band Travis after falling foul of the Chinese authorities.


The Contemporary Art Museum Niteroi 2011.


Brompton folding bikes on display at the London Bike Show.


Uncle Curtis and Uncle Tony with a wooden goanna sculpture along the Yindyamarra sculpture walk in Albury.


Kim and her daughter I still can t believe what happened to us I never feel safe any more.


The drivers stand for the national anthem.


Shinji Okazaki centre puts Leicester City ahead with a scissor kick against Newcastle United.


This image was taken over Anatolia s dry central plateau in Turkey On the left side we can see the whole of Lake Tersakan with part of Lake Tuz in the upper right corner Lake Tuz is Turkey s second largest lake as well as one of the largest saline lakes in the world During the summer months however the lakewater recedes to expose a thick layer of salt The bright white surface during these dry summer months has been used by Earthobserving satellites to calibrate their sensors for the colour white much like how you would adjust a camera s white balance setting.


Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf on29 November.


Melbourne teenager Jake Bilardi centre sits with two men believed to be Islamic State members in an image posted on Twitter in December 2014.


Alwaleed and his then wife Ameera at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.


Macedonia EU pledges moneyThe EU last week gave Macedonia 100000 to help it deal with hundreds of migrants who arrive in the country every day like these pictured on the border with Greece Few want to stay in one of Europe s poorest countries where they would have little chance of safe haven in 2014 only 10 asylum seekers won refugee status there Instead migrants us it as a staging post to richer countries farther west cramming on to ageing trains heading through Serbia There is little accommodation or medical care provided so most live in the open given basics by the Red Cross.


Ben s experience is a direct response to all those politicians who declare marriage equality unnecessary because samesex couples already have the same rights as de facto couples.


According to the White House Obama has yet to decide which NSA and FBI authorities to restrict and which to ratify.


Land of The Thunder DragonFor the last 1200 years Buddhism has been the dominant religion in the small kingdom of Bhutan squeezed between Tibet and India on the southern slopes of the Himalayas Bhutan covers some 38000 square kilometers of rugged mountainside deep valleys and snowcovered peaks The locals call it Druk Yu meaning Land of the Thunder Dragon It is thought that its official name Bhutan derives from a Sanskrit term meaning At the end of Tibet In the 17th century fortress monasteries dzongs in Bhutanese were built across the country to offer protection from Tibetan invaders Many of these still survive as working monasteries but a few have been destroyed by fire such as Sey Dzong the ruins of which lie at the foot of the holy mountain of Chomo Lhari Climate change is causing a significant increase in the meltoff from the glaciers.


BT Sport s new head Simon Green will be responsible for output including Premier League football.


Men Women Children Labor Day premiered at Toronto last year Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin got sexy making pie but the film was felt by some to be cobblers Hopefully Reitman s next another drama about sex starring Emma Thompson Ansel Elgort and Adam Sandler will get rid of the aftertaste.


Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel as Annie and Jay in Sex Tape.


George Soros told the World Economic Forum that German austerity could destroy the euro.


Boca Juniors supporters celebrate a goal in the away end.


Odd couple Michael Fassbender and Kodi SmitMcPhee in John Maclean s Slow West.


The Tardis appears on the top of Cardiff Castle ahead of the Doctor Who premiere at St David s Hall.


Rory McIlroy embraces his mother Rosie after winning The Open Championship at Hoylake.


Forests blaze in southeast AsiaThe annual toxic mix of seasonally dry conditions slash and burn forest clearance for plantation development and highly flammable peat soils were exacerbated this year by the El Nino effect resulting in fatal forest fires that began in July and continued for several months.


Lightning over the Dorset coast The study is the first to implicate the solar wind in triggering lightning.


Lucy Siegal wears her clothes inside out for Fashion Revolution Day.


Agent of fortune Jeremy Piven as Ari in Entourage.


Delegates at the opening ceremony of the Cancun climate change summit on Monday.


Swedish journalist Nils Horner was shot and killed in Kabul.


RETURNING LOANEE Joey Barton Twitterhappy midfielder will return to the club after season on loan at Marseille Said after Sunday s draw with Reading To many wankers among the playing staff.


Claims companies are cashing on recent fears surrounding missold mortgages.


Nterminal domain of La complexed with AUUUU RNA Illustration Stephen Curry.


A reader asks should I choose academia or the pharmaceutical industry.


Outlaw motorcycle club members attended a rally protesting against antibikie laws in Adelaide in 2009 after the laws were declared invalid by the state s supreme court.


The female rhea nicknamed Snowflake is in temporary accommodation at Sparsholt college in Hampshire until it is reunited with its owner or found a longterm home.


Prince Charles participated in the traditional Ardah Saudi dance during the Janadriya cultural festival in Riyadh.


Parties have argued against the release of the Australian Electoral Commission s review into the disclosure of political donations.


Number of assistance cases reported to the FCO by Britons abroad Illustration FCO.


Exploring Roman forts Dr Alice Roberts in Digging for Britain.


Wet dog Linda s Scruff returned from the Great Flood.


When I was starting off and meeting directors there was always some comment that I wasn t dangerous in any way Paul Rudd.


New York USEmergency responders photograph the scene of a 565foottall crane that toppled and flipped upside down in downtown Manhattan.


Ed Miliband delivers a speech in Manchester before the Labour party conference.


Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican presidential debate hosted by Bloomberg.


Pennsylvania state troopers prepare to leave for St Peter s Cathedral in Scranton during the funeral service for Bryon Dickson.


Unbearably poignant Valentijn Dhaenens in SmallWar.


The BBC s Sherlock is to return for season four and a oneoff special.


Vince Cable on The Andrew Marr Show where he said legislation for the ringfencing of banks will be completed within this parliament.


James Graham s play This House is based on the high drama and low farce of the Labour minority government of 1974.


Hugo Chavez has claimed an American mercenary is being interrogated after trying to enter the country from Colombia.


House of Lords urges a database covering drones and pilots must be created to aid enforcement of flight rules.


Ghana s President John Dramani Mahama left takes the oath of office in Accra in January 2013.


Tennessee Titans cornerback Jason McCourty tackles Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver AJ Green.


An Iranian woman walks next to an antiUS mural on her way to the former US embassy in Tehran on Wednesday.


John Vergara s handdrawn depiction of the room where he said he was held like a dog.


Missed the bus They travel so fast these days.


Professions award Nicky Jayesinghe head of professional policy division at the British Medical Association One of my proudest achievements has been to champion the underrepresentation of women in the BMA Since 2013 I have designed and implemented a number of initiatives to encourage diversity including a mentoring scheme visitors scheme and core leadership training.


Pakistani villagers receive relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a floodhit area of Mithan Kot.


Open for business who pays for academic research in the future could transform the academic world as we know it.


Unesco hopes Sai Fah will be rolled out in Thai schools.


Sun sea and sand meet snow at the Cannes film festival in this photocall for Disney s 3D A Christmas Carol.


An aerial view of islands in Palau The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is creating the world s first shark sanctuary a biological hotspot to protect great hammerheads leopard sharks oceanic whitetip sharks and more than 130 other species fighting extinction in the Pacific Ocean But with only one boat to patrol 240000 square miles of Palau s newly protected waters including its exclusive economic zone that extends 200 miles from its coastline enforcement of the new measure could be like swimming against the tide.


Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during a rally at the University of Washington on Saturday.


Antony Blinken attends a press meeting in Paris following talks on how best to continue the fight against Isis.


Fairfield Porter paints John Ashbery s portrait.


It s confusing because I don t know what universities will accept says sixthformer Samantha Onyekwere.


Mauricio Pochettino Disappointing footwear.


Bradley Wiggins says the Tour of Britain is just one more step on the way to the Olympic pursuit in Brazil.


Two noisy coots Fulica atra fight it out on ice.


The length of proceedings in the House of Lords on Friday caused Bill Cash to declare the bill a dead parrot.


Shinzo Abe whose ministers cost him his job 12 months into his first term has the electoral calendar on his side he does not have to face voters until 2016.


He s not that bunny Russell Brand voices the lead character in Hop and also stars in Arthur both at the top of the US box office.


Asylum seekers are forced to stay in remote camps and are not allowed to work.


Sam Allardyce s West Ham have won three of their last four matches and currently sit fourth in the Premier League table.


Rafael Nadal with the trophy after beating Novak Djokovic in the men s singles final at the 2013 US Open.


Honey I m home Zoe Saldana in Colombiana.


Antiimmigration vans would no longer be necessary except as somewhere to shelter from bloodthirsty mutants and giant rats.


Soundcloud s most played artists of 2015 so far Research Isa Jaward.


Fifteenyearold Preity and her mother managed to escape from the building her 18yearold sister Shamapati didn t make it out.


Mario Vargas Llosa gives his Nobel lecture to the Swedish Academy.


Unarmed Trident missile fired from HMS Vigilant The Ministry of Defence has refused to give evidence to a Lords committee on impact of a yes vote on Trident base.


Brit model Jourdan Dunn models a fabulous House of Field creation for the Barbie show.


A Pulse of New Life on the Colorado River.


Krzysztof Szpakowski speaks during a press conference on Friday in Walbrzych Poland.


Family photo of Bijan Ebrahimi 44 who was killed by his neighbour after a false accusation of paedophilia.


Authorities said officers told Tamir to raise his hands and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband.


Matt Hales cowrote most of LianneLa Havas s Mercurynominated album Is Your Love Big Enough.


A candlelight vigil in 2007 at the Arlington West Memorial in Santa Barbara California to honour American soldiers killed in the Iraq war.


Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored 85 league goals for PSG.


Angela Merkel supporters at an election campaign rally in Minden Germany.


A pandanus palm on the beach at Fraser Island.


Criminal mastermind Andrew Scott as Moriarty in BBC1 series Sherlock.


Bono was travelling from Dublin to Berlin for a music festival when the incident took place.


Wonder if he ll be out there on a bike one day.


Peak performance Cycle In Cyprus has a range of bike trails to tackle.


Fires burn farmland in Victoria s Mallee region on Sunday.


Chancellor George Osborne was condemned by unions for attempting to silence the vulnerable with his announcement on employment tribunals at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.


And Mildred I like fridge magnets I ve used them before in photos I like the way it s just sitting there looking out.


Street pastors are helping young people who may have drunk too much on the beach.


Lac de Castillon provides a lovely backdrop.


Blood on the tracks Farley Granger meets director Alfred Hitchcock during the latter s Strangers on a Train cameo.


Player and crowd authenticity are key concerns in Fifa 15 The game also tracks footprints so the pitch shows increasing wear and tear during the game.


A lady smokes Sobraine cigarettes during the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show You can see more images from plants to ornaments in our gallery.


Elderly holidaymakers on South Beach Lowestoft England 2014 is set to be England s hottest year in over 350 years.


Transfield employee Sarah was found naked and disoriented in an accommodation block at the Australianrun Manus Island detention centre.


Tinder has become a focal point of criticism after its former vicepresident of marketing said colleague Justin Mateen called her a whore Photo Tinder.


Stopping is verboten on the German autobahn.


Lincoln Cathedral The use of legal highs is to be banned in the city centre.


Monday beef roast potatoes beans and tomatoes Great to see Nigella using up Sunday s leftover roast beef for lunch Full marks for economy and zero waste This is a nice balanced meal the beef is a great source of iron the beans and tomatoes contain fibre and antioxidants.


Scott Walker signed into law the socalled righttowork bill that prohibits compulsory union membership.


Looking forward to talking too much American poet William S Merwin.


A 49ft tall albino wallaroo peeks out from behind the trunks of eucalyptus gum trees in the Mount Panorama Woodlands near Bathhurst in New South Wales The white marsupial believed to be more than fouryearsold is one of three spotted in the woodlands surrounding Australia s spiritual home of motor sport 185 miles west of Sydney.


Saif alIslam Gaddafi seen on a screen at his trial in Libya.


Cookie and Lucious in season 2 of Empire.


Squatters at the Black Bull pub near Chelsea football ground in London.


A 500yearold aqueduct became the first walking trail Mehrangarh Fort park Rajasthan India.


A low sun throws orange light across Crib Goch Snowdonia.


Demonstrators attend a protest march in central Copenhagen December 11 2009.


Extensive disrepair means bands will not use the Anstruther Wester Town Halls at this year s Fence Records Homegame Festival pic Jennifer Gordon.


Greeks queue in front of ATMs to withdraw cash from a bank in Athens.


Boulder Creek roils at high speed after days of record rain and flooding at the base of Boulder Canyon Colorado 13 September 2013 People in Boulder were ordered to evacuate as water rose to dangerous levels amid a storm system that has been dropping rain for a week Rescuers struggled to reach dozens of people cut off by flooding in mountain communities while residents in the Denver area and other areas were warned to stay off flooded streets.


Conan prayers beside a Buddhist priest at a temple in Japan Chihuahuas are growing popular as a prayer dogs.


Labour leader Ed Miliband at Hastings railway station.


Seamus Heaney put the finishing touches to the poem Banks of a Canal just days before he died in August 2013.


Lata was 17 years old and had been rescued from Kamathipura Mumbai s infamous redlight district just nine months earlier when I first met her at the rehabilitation home This series of images documents a trip I later took with her back to the family village of Karnataka.


Ender s Game is on the American Library Association s best 100 books for young adults.


Mutton dressed as lamb Lee Nelson the stage persona of Simon Brodkin.


Rattigan s play also scored another gong for Adrian Scarborough as best supporting actor pictured here alongside Michelle Terry who won best supporting actress for her role in Tribes at the Royal Court.


An Indian girl dressed as a Hindu goddess waits in a room before taking part in a religious procession in Amritsar.


Tiger Woods played with Sergio Garcia in the third round at Augusta and their rivalry appeared to inspire him.


A tissue for boys who mind their Ps and atchoos.


Letitia Wright as The Girl and Faith Alabi as Maima in Eclipsed.


Noel Gallagher responding to our invitation to come in to the office to try the canteen fish and chips.


Efforts to protect the fingersized Delta smelt which lives only in the wetlands stretching north of San Francisco have been met with mixed reactions.


Election news coverage on television in Lagos on Monday night.


Little Dorrit the missing episode will be aired as part of Sunday s omnibus.


Mano Menezes is a thoughtful coach who was improving with the young team he was moulding.


Mayakovskaya station with its art deco stainless steel columns was built in the same year Each niche in the ceiling features a different mosaic by Aleksandr Deyneka.


Murakami fans in a bookshop in Tokyo where queues began forming for his new novel on the evening before publication.


A Chinese fan waves his country s flag before the start of the match between China and Holland.


Playing Final Fantasy with my partner did me a huge life favour.


House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the deal in a closeddoor latenight meeting with GOP lawmakers.


England s Matt Prior left looks on during day one of the fourth Test in Melbourne after being omitted from the team.


Will shared services be a match made in heaven with local government.


The England captain Steven Gerrard during a frustrating 11 draw in Warsaw.


Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith claims the work programme as his contribution to the big society.


Bourne again but who will inherit Matt Damon s legacy From left Tobey Maguire Josh Hartnett and Jake Gyllenhaal.


The mother of Ricardo dos Santos cries over his coffin during the surfer s funeral attended by thousands of mourners.


Secretary of state for Department of Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne in front of the Energy And Climate Change Committee on 15 December 2010.


Yes I said football or soccer defiantly commenters who keep complaining about America did nt have much of a tradition when it came to the sporting of suitably sporting facefuzz Here to kickoff a lengthy and welldeserved rebuke is the great George Best in his Manchester United kit in 1972 and with a somewhat boutique offering just before the wheels came off and the clippers were possibly aggravatingly if not causationally put away.


Reader trying find a fair way of splitting the proceeds of an inherited house Martin Argles for the Guardian.


Lothar Matthaus with David Beckham during the 1999 Champions League final won by Manchester United in dramatic fashion.


The collection of tiles includes a Starbucks app that puts a barcode on your wrist for instant payments.


Facebook stock charted a lackluster performance in its first day of trading before falling steeply at the start of this week.


The FSA headquarters in Canary Wharf London.


Milena Yulianova was murdered in east London.


A demonstrator holds a sign outside Emanuel AME church.


The yuan reached a record high market share in August with 279 of global payments.


Europe is taking a hardline negotiating stance at the UN climate talks.


Patrice Evra left and Anthony Martial applaud France s travelling fans after beating Portugal.


Bedside systems can save nurses time reduce administrative work and reduce food wastage.


Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Toni Morrison.


Spector photographed in the Observer studio on 22 September.


Richard Madden as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones The actor has been signed up to star in a new adaptation of Lady Chatterley s Lover.


Liverpool s Sea Odyssey a Titanicinspired spectacle which took over the city in April.


1979 Dallas Cowboys tight end Jackie Smith dropped a sure touchdown pass in the end zone during Super Bowl XIII The Pittsburgh Steelers won 3531.


After heavy rainfall the pH reading of the river water stands at 49 Cruz and his farming community are working with scientists to use local plants to counteract the heavy metals in the meltwater Certain plants have an extraordinary capacity to absorb metals says Raul Loayza an aquatic toxicologist at Lima s Cayetano Heredia University Cruz and his fellow farmers are beginning to tailor the existing highland wetlands which act like slowrelease sponges for glacial meltwater to combat the deteriorating quality of the water as well as storing it.


The Get Up Kids responsible for Fall Out Boy and many other emo atrocities.


John Terry s performance against Arsenal was labelled his best ever by the Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.


Artwork for Jurassic Park the animated series.


George Osborne has retained some key payments for older people but there are concerns about house provision.


Andy Murray booked his place in the last four in Madrid by beating Milos Raonic.


Barack Obama speaks with Thailand prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation summit.


Fulgencio Quenguan stands next to a rogue coca bush on his farm in the village of Los Laureles Putumayo.


Be good or Santa will bring you the Only Fools and Horses box set for Christmas.


Osborne takes questions in the House of Commons.


Flags in front of the European parliament in Strasbourg.