![The Australian circus Circa has premiered 30 works since it was formed in 1987. The group will perform Humans at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7ce6461e-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The Australian circus Circa has premiered 30 works since it was formed in 1987. The group will perform Humans at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
![There are worse gigs than security at the races, where Big Orange was defeated in a bid to win the Goodwood Cup for the third year running](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fb9bf3d3e-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
There are worse gigs than security at the races, where Big Orange was defeated in a bid to win the Goodwood Cup for the third year running
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL
![Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish but harmless, allowing divers off Mexico’s Isla Mujeres to get up close](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F62813df6-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish but harmless, allowing divers off Mexico’s Isla Mujeres to get up close
PAUL DUXFIELD/CATERS NEWS
![The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened near Zermatt in Switzerland, a 494m structure hanging 85m above the Grabengufer ravine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F4bfd066e-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened near Zermatt in Switzerland, a 494m structure hanging 85m above the Grabengufer ravine
![English National Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, with Nureyev’s choreography and Prokofiev’s score, runs until Saturday at the Royal Festival Hall](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F087ec782-7701-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
English National Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, with Nureyev’s choreography and Prokofiev’s score, runs until Saturday at the Royal Festival Hall
ELLIOTT FRANKS
![The actress Naomie Harris attends the stage production of Gangsta Granny, based on the David Walliams children’s book, at Garrick Theatre in central London](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fcf5a6c7c-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The actress Naomie Harris attends the stage production of Gangsta Granny, based on the David Walliams children’s book, at Garrick Theatre in central London
PETE SUMMERS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
![F Dilek Uyar’s photograph showing a Whirling Dervish dancing in Konya, Turkey, won first prize in the “people” category of National Geographic’s competition](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ffb07d5a4-76ff-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
F Dilek Uyar’s photograph showing a Whirling Dervish dancing in Konya, Turkey, won first prize in the “people” category of National Geographic’s competition
F DILEK UYAR/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
![This capture of Rembrandt’s Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam came second in the “people” category](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0e6d95f2-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
This capture of Rembrandt’s Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam came second in the “people” category
JULIUS Y/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
![Petty Officer Kyle Parrish holds his four-month-old son, Benjamin, on the USS Dewey, which has returned to San Diego after four months in the west Pacific](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F1f8a6d74-7700-11e7-b874-f49df312558b.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Petty Officer Kyle Parrish holds his four-month-old son, Benjamin, on the USS Dewey, which has returned to San Diego after four months in the west Pacific
GREGORY BULL/AP