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A temporarily drained Tinside Lido in Plymouth gets a new coat of paint in deckchair stripes
PAUL CARRUTHERS
![An aerial shot above a saltpan in the Kalahari desert captures impalas’ shadows in the early morning sunlight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fd6e517f5-ba98-4da5-9842-83c1393e8aa0.jpg?crop=5000%2C3646%2C0%2C0)
An aerial shot above a saltpan in the Kalahari desert captures impalas’ shadows in the early morning sunlight
SOLLY LEVI
![Goose barnacles attach themselves to a discarded football floating off the coast of Portland, Dorset](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0c6b1128-1182-47c2-b56a-d4678f88027e.jpg?crop=5000%2C4298%2C0%2C0)
Goose barnacles attach themselves to a discarded football floating off the coast of Portland, Dorset
RYAN STALKER
![A red-eyed tree frog in Costa Rica sleeps with a protective veil over its eye so it can spot predators](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fd4af59bd-3bf1-4be2-b5e1-0d85312cb945.jpg?crop=4992%2C3324%2C0%2C0)
A red-eyed tree frog in Costa Rica sleeps with a protective veil over its eye so it can spot predators
DAVID MAITLAND
![A caesarean section with ‘wonderful staff, music and laughter’ at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F2c9864df-562f-48bd-959b-7cfaab158a04.jpg?crop=5000%2C3571%2C0%2C0)
A caesarean section with ‘wonderful staff, music and laughter’ at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
SOPHIE BAILEY
![Gently does it — a veterinary surgeon pulls out the tongue of a sedated 15-year-old lioness, Julie, before inserting a tube to aid breathing, at Yorkshire Wildlife Park](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0a4842ab-78a2-47ed-88f1-7e1d792392d5.jpg?crop=3057%2C2035%2C0%2C0)
Gently does it — a veterinary surgeon pulls out the tongue of a sedated 15-year-old lioness, Julie, before inserting a tube to aid breathing, at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
DANNY LAWSON
![488 golden retrievers at the Guisachan Estate in the Scottish Highlands, where the breed was founded in 1868](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F4f969d19-2cd7-4a16-87a4-d03f6392ed18.jpg?crop=4981%2C3197%2C0%2C0)
488 golden retrievers at the Guisachan Estate in the Scottish Highlands, where the breed was founded in 1868
SANDRA MAILER
![Star Wars fans in full costume gather outside the May the Toys Be with You exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F4fa8b51a-04b3-46d2-afc4-4d1064276fe3.jpg?crop=5000%2C2507%2C0%2C0)
Star Wars fans in full costume gather outside the May the Toys Be with You exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester
PAUL NICHOLLS
![Sunrise colours a misty winter’s morning at Herringfleet Mill in Suffolk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fafb27fa0-d110-4333-8262-8e59bc91c6af.jpg?crop=5000%2C3333%2C0%2C0)
Sunrise colours a misty winter’s morning at Herringfleet Mill in Suffolk
DAVID ANDREWS
![A hungry duckling hunts for midges at Regent’s Park](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7d88b981-c8eb-49d0-a091-dd8ac1f072db.jpg?crop=5000%2C3333%2C0%2C0)
A hungry duckling hunts for midges at Regent’s Park
JAYANTA BORDOLOI
![The St Kilda archipelago looms out of the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides off Scotland’s northwest coast](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fad70aa69-7a2e-4332-a654-fcb4a6c931b8.jpg?crop=5000%2C3338%2C0%2C0)
The St Kilda archipelago looms out of the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides off Scotland’s northwest coast
GRAHAM NIVEN
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A close-up of the layers of a sea pen — a type of polyp — off the coast of the Philippines reveals a tiny porcelain crab taking shelter
ANILAO BATANGAS
![A venomous sea krait calmy swims on the surface of the Visayan Sea off Apo Island in the Philippines](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F39c36009-79cd-4743-8f42-436796a1424e.jpg?crop=2243%2C2518%2C0%2C778)
A venomous sea krait calmy swims on the surface of the Visayan Sea off Apo Island in the Philippines
SIMON HILBOURNE