![Alicia Hayden took this photograph of a puffin returning to the Isle of May after a fishing trip](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ff1a779e4-0087-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Alicia Hayden took this photograph of a puffin returning to the Isle of May after a fishing trip
ALICIA HAYDEN
![Staff make final preparations for the portraiture exhibition that opens at The McManus, Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, on Saturday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F079cb516-0088-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Staff make final preparations for the portraiture exhibition that opens at The McManus, Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, on Saturday
ALAN RICHARDSON
![A statue of Stalin stood for 15 minutes on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin to promote an exhibition before it was removed by a crane](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F990995c6-00a8-11e8-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=4831%2C3221%2C311%2C0)
A statue of Stalin stood for 15 minutes on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin to promote an exhibition before it was removed by a crane
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![A polar bear cub plays it safe after venturing out of its den for the first time in the wilds of the 4,400 square mile Wapusk National Park in Canada](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0a223982-0088-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
A polar bear cub plays it safe after venturing out of its den for the first time in the wilds of the 4,400 square mile Wapusk National Park in Canada
NADEEM SUFI/SOLENT
![The singer Katy Perry joined Minnie Mouse as the character received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F08bd71ba-0088-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The singer Katy Perry joined Minnie Mouse as the character received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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![A Lebanese photographer wades through piles of rubbish washed up on the shore a day after a storm hit the Zouk Mosbeh area, north of Beirut](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Faa00c8f4-00a8-11e8-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=5142%2C3428%2C0%2C0)
A Lebanese photographer wades through piles of rubbish washed up on the shore a day after a storm hit the Zouk Mosbeh area, north of Beirut
NABIL MOUNZER/EPA
![Soldiers take part in a dress rehearsal for the 69th Indian Republic Day parade, which takes place in New Delhi on Friday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0b3b8d6e-0088-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Soldiers take part in a dress rehearsal for the 69th Indian Republic Day parade, which takes place in New Delhi on Friday
MONEY SHARMA/AFP/GETTY
![Melted ice and snow flowing from Stob Dearg into the River Coupall in the Scottish Highlands signals the beginning of the thaw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ff4e753a4-0087-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Melted ice and snow flowing from Stob Dearg into the River Coupall in the Scottish Highlands signals the beginning of the thaw
BAV MEDIA
![More than 100 hawksbill sea turtles hatched at Tanjong beach in Singapore last week were released into the sea yesterday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0d8d5e8a-0088-11e8-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
More than 100 hawksbill sea turtles hatched at Tanjong beach in Singapore last week were released into the sea yesterday
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