Chorus, a scupture by Daniel Silver, undergoes close examination at the Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery in Deptford, southeast London
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The Mare and Foal Sanctuary in Newton Abbot, Devon, has raised enough funds to buy a life-sized horse mannequin, nicknamed Max. It will be used to train emergency teams to rescue horses and ponies from trenches, ditches, cliffs, water and mud
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Staff at Farmer Palmer’s in Poole, Dorset, have been kept busy tending to weeks-old pygmy goat kids that have discovered an extraordinary ability to jump out of their enclosures
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A dog shakes it out at the Woodbine Beach during a sunny day in Toronto in Ontario, Canada
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Zara Tindall competes at the Showtime event at Rectory Farm Arena near Cirencester. Riders were permitted to wear waterproof jackets under their number bibs because of the wind and heavy rain
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April Kong, a member of the Chinese in Wales Association, makes intricate, traditional Chinese lanterns out of recycled materials for the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The lanterns are used as a symbol of brightness ahead
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Every year nearly 100,000 flowers are distributed among the crowd at a parade that takes place during the Nice Carnival in France …
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… where the theme, “king of pop culture”, has inspired some colourful outfits
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Folk dancers perform during the golden jubilee celebrations of the Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation — the owner of the dairy brand Amul — at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India
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The fire artists Dark Phoenix Rising and Jonny Fyrefly give a scorching performance near Colchester in Essex
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George, 88, a giant tortoise who lived through the Second World War, receives a garland at Cotswold Wildlife Park from Susan Osborne, the co-founder of The War Horse Memorial, and Mandy Hicks, a park gardener who knits hand-sized purple poppies to raise money for the organisation. The part animals have played in countless wars and conflicts will be recognised on the inaugural International War Animal Day on Saturday
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Two long-eared owls cuddling up in Elburg in the Netherlands create a spooky illusion
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South Korea’s Shin Yu-bin in action during her women’s singles quarter-final match against China’s Wang Yidi at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea
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