![The choir from Shona the Musical, a Scottish-African group, offers a taste of what is to come as the Edinburgh International Festival gets under way](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F3f455e1c-f6e5-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The choir from Shona the Musical, a Scottish-African group, offers a taste of what is to come as the Edinburgh International Festival gets under way
DUNCAN MCGLYNN
![Ruby, a puli, just lost out in the sprint at the canine sports day in Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire. The Hungarian breed, which was originally used for herding livestock, has recently been given a role in Disney’s Cruella film](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F236c1d24-f6e6-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Ruby, a puli, just lost out in the sprint at the canine sports day in Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire. The Hungarian breed, which was originally used for herding livestock, has recently been given a role in Disney’s Cruella film
SWNS
![The Leeds Royal Armouries display team brush up their jousting skills as they prepare for the summer season](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F4b6797f4-f6e6-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
The Leeds Royal Armouries display team brush up their jousting skills as they prepare for the summer season
CHARLOTTE GRAHAM
![As well as paintings, Picasso made 633 ceramic objects, some of which will be sold at Christie’s next month](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F978227c2-f6f4-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
As well as paintings, Picasso made 633 ceramic objects, some of which will be sold at Christie’s next month
CHRISTIE’S
![Waves caught the sunshine in Folkestone, Kent, yesterday. Weather will be more unsettled today with showers across the country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fa42e9e78-f6e6-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1200%2C1500%2C0%2C0)
Waves caught the sunshine in Folkestone, Kent, yesterday. Weather will be more unsettled today with showers across the country
GARETH FULLER/PA
![Estrosa 2021, the fourth annual flower show in Aprilia, south of Rome, held competitions between florists on the theme of the Italian renaissance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fb0289fd0-f6e6-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Estrosa 2021, the fourth annual flower show in Aprilia, south of Rome, held competitions between florists on the theme of the Italian renaissance
ALAMY
![“Cesjack’s Hut”, Garry McDougall’s photograph of the Milky Way over the Jagungal Wilderness in New South Wales, was nominated for the Central West Astronomical Society’s David Malin awards](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fdc041328-f6e6-11eb-a2a3-afea84050239.jpg?crop=1937%2C1291%2C0%2C0)
“Cesjack’s Hut”, Garry McDougall’s photograph of the Milky Way over the Jagungal Wilderness in New South Wales, was nominated for the Central West Astronomical Society’s David Malin awards
GARRY MCDOUGALL/CWAS DAVID MALIN AWARD/TNG
![The Elmhurst Ballet School student Lucie-Apicella Howard, 16, embodies a photograph called “Dance makes me feel on top of the world”, winner of the Royal Academy of Dance’s photography competition for members](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7d7630d0-f6b8-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=1300%2C1625%2C0%2C0)
The Elmhurst Ballet School student Lucie-Apicella Howard, 16, embodies a photograph called “Dance makes me feel on top of the world”, winner of the Royal Academy of Dance’s photography competition for members
JON RAFFOUL
![Geronimo the alpaca is due to be taken for slaughter from Shepherds Close Farm in Wooton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, after twice testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. Her owner, Helen Macdonald, has vowed to “stand in the way of any gunman”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F80d9852e-f6b8-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2000%2C3000%2C0%2C0)
Geronimo the alpaca is due to be taken for slaughter from Shepherds Close Farm in Wooton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, after twice testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. Her owner, Helen Macdonald, has vowed to “stand in the way of any gunman”
JACOB KING/PA
![Seventy-thousand rubber ducks have been rounded up after the Ducky Derby, a race down the Chicago River that raised $310,000 for the Illinois Special Olympics](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F3edeb3f6-f6b8-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2976%2C1984%2C0%2C0)
Seventy-thousand rubber ducks have been rounded up after the Ducky Derby, a race down the Chicago River that raised $310,000 for the Illinois Special Olympics
RINGO CHIU/ZUMA PRESS/REX
![Yvette Dardenne keeps almost 60,000 vintage tin boxes across four houses in Grand-Hallet, Belgium. The pieces come from across the world but Dardenne, 83, said: “I haven’t been anywhere”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F40f03e62-f6b8-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Yvette Dardenne keeps almost 60,000 vintage tin boxes across four houses in Grand-Hallet, Belgium. The pieces come from across the world but Dardenne, 83, said: “I haven’t been anywhere”
YVES HERMAN/REUTERS
![Still waters make Dal lake an idyllic fishing spot outside Srinagar, Kashmir. India is investing more than £200 million to clean up its sewage and waste](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F4b483f22-f6b8-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Still waters make Dal lake an idyllic fishing spot outside Srinagar, Kashmir. India is investing more than £200 million to clean up its sewage and waste
DAR YASIN/AP
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