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The photographer Richard Fischer has taken close-up images of plants under threat of extinction, many of which will be in his book to be published next month
RICHARD FISCHER
![Dancers join the all-day parade, starting at 4am, in the streets of Cebu City, Philippines, that marks one of the highlights of the annual Sinulog festival](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fbb8acb38-ffae-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Dancers join the all-day parade, starting at 4am, in the streets of Cebu City, Philippines, that marks one of the highlights of the annual Sinulog festival
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![A husky team practice for the Aviemore sled dog rally in Scotland, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this weekend](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F8de3d956-ffc0-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
A husky team practice for the Aviemore sled dog rally in Scotland, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this weekend
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![Icy temperatures make trees look like frozen clouds bursting from the ground at Riisitunturi National Park, a wilderness in Finnish Lapland](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F34acff5e-ffaf-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Icy temperatures make trees look like frozen clouds bursting from the ground at Riisitunturi National Park, a wilderness in Finnish Lapland
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![Volunteers who helped with Hull’s year as City of Culture are celebrated in exhibitions at the Humber Street Gallery](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F8e1006d6-ffbe-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Volunteers who helped with Hull’s year as City of Culture are celebrated in exhibitions at the Humber Street Gallery
LEO FRANCIS
![A flock of common teal flies across a wetland on the outskirts of Srinagar, India](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0dded112-ffb0-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
A flock of common teal flies across a wetland on the outskirts of Srinagar, India
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![Keepers at Chessington World of Adventures use Facetime to introduce themselves to a Siberian tiger, arriving at the attraction from Sweden next month](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F34553ea4-ffbe-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Keepers at Chessington World of Adventures use Facetime to introduce themselves to a Siberian tiger, arriving at the attraction from Sweden next month
CHESSINGTON WORLD OF ADVENTURES
![Iin Krasnoyarsk, Russia, a member of the Cryophile winter swimmers club braves the Yenisei River. Air temperatures have dropped to minus 38C](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fb0f0c974-ffaf-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Iin Krasnoyarsk, Russia, a member of the Cryophile winter swimmers club braves the Yenisei River. Air temperatures have dropped to minus 38C
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![The Domingo Fareleiro festival kicks off the carnival season in Xinzo de Limia, northwestern Spain. The name means Floury Sunday in Galician](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0d94b506-ffaf-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The Domingo Fareleiro festival kicks off the carnival season in Xinzo de Limia, northwestern Spain. The name means Floury Sunday in Galician
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![An umbrella gives some protection from heavy snowfall at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fe29a9582-ffae-11e7-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
An umbrella gives some protection from heavy snowfall at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
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