A young couple pose for a romantic photograph among 70 million ranunculus blooms at Carlsbad ranch, California
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Two young Jewish girls in Salford celebrate Purim, a holiday that commemorates the saving of Jews from Haman, an official of the Achaemenid empire who was planning to have all of Persia's Jewish subjects killed, as recounted in the Book of Esther
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Charlotte and James Maddock, 30 and 31, enjoy the rosy glow of the Hutt lagoon in Yallabatharra, Western Australia. The high salt concentration, paired with a special type of algae and bacteria, produces the magical pink hue
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Performers from Cirque du Soleil are drenched in the name of art at the premiere of Luzia in Barcelona
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Scientists from Ca’ Foscari University haul an ice scanner on the slopes of the Gran Sasso d'Italia in central Italy. They are racing against time to study, scan and sample Europe’s southernmost glacier before it melts and disappears as a result of rising global temperatures
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Two Steller sea eagles battle over unwanted fish flung overboard by trawlermen at Rausu port near Hokkaido island, Japan
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Oscar Diez, from Spain, was a runner-up in the Magnificent Wilderness category of the Glanzlichter photo contest for his incredible picture of the Acatenango volcano in Antigua, entitled Fire under Clouds
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Artist Stephanie Smart with her Symphony of Stars dress at the launch of the Brighton Royal Pavilion's Regency Wardrobe exhibition, which opens to the public on Saturday
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Rocky the cat's recovery from a nerve condition in his legs is coming along swimmingly — thanks to regular hydrotherapy sessions at a 20ft-long swimming pool. The two-year-old wears a life vest to help keep him afloat and needs a plastic toy to lure him from one end of the pool to the other.
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Grayson Perry's Essex House Tapestries: Life of Julie Cope are installed in the new Great Tapestry of Scotland visitor centre in Galashiels
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Highclere Castle, the real-life home of Downton Abbey, has unveiled a stunning new sculpture carved from the trunk of a 242-year-old tree split in half during a storm. Wood sculptor Simon O'Rourke spent 12 hours cutting the face into the 18ft tall cedar stump on the estate’s drive near Newbury, Berkshire
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A red stag who has lost an antler near Hathersage in the Peak District, Derbyshire
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Keeper Carolyn Booth cleans the windows of the meerkat enclosure at Blair Drummond safari park near Stirling, Scotland, as the park prepares to open for the season this weekend
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