A member of the Household Cavalry fell off his horse during the Changing of the Guards in London. Millions of people visit Buckingham Palace each year to see the ceremony, which is also known as Guard Mounting
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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, is shrouded in fog in the early morning. The structure, known as the bridge of firsts, is the first bridge in the world to accommodate an eight-lane highway and a two-lane railway on the same level
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Truong Van Dao and his son ride in a wooden tank made from the conversion of an old minibus in a residential area in Bac Ninh province in Vietnam. Dao spent hundreds of hours converting the old van into a wooden tank
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Commuters in Kolkata, India, are prevented from boarding their train by left-wing activists taking part in a nationwide strike against the policies of the central government
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This 14-acre marine lake on the island of Eil Malk in the Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean is home to an estimated 600,000 jellyfish
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Competitors braved the Sahara desert in central Morocco for stage two of the 36th Marathon des Sables. The 250km race between Ouest Aguenoun n'Oumerhiout and Rich Mbirika runs through one of the world’s most inhospitable climates
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Snow Hill in Antarctica is home to more than 4,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins. Intrepid travellers hoping to get a glimpse of the birds must cross the notoriously rough Drake Passage, navigate the icy Weddell Sea by polar ship, take a helicopter flight and then hike to the emperor penguin rookery
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Participants in La Mole Comic-Con Internacional’s cosplay contest went to town with their costumes for this year’s gathering in Mexico City, Mexico
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The RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve in Glastonbury is home to rare species like water voles and otters, as well as these synchronised swans. Previously owned by the peat industry, the land was passed to the RSPB in 1994, when the organisation started re-creating vital reedbeds to help wildlife to thrive
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Blackpool Tower Circus is making a comeback this Saturday after it was forced shut by the pandemic. The building is the oldest permanent circus arena in the world and was open to the public throughout two world wars
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Longleat House in Wiltshire is undergoing an epic spring clean before it opens to the public for the first time in two years. The operation has involved a painstaking inspection of all the stately home’s public state rooms and the thousands of priceless and historic objects they contain
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A Malachite butterfly diverts the animal keeper Ella Marsh from her task of preparing the Tropical Butterfly House wildlife and falconry centre in South Anston in Yorkshire for the Easter holidays
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Malta's prime minister Robert Abela, his wife Lydia and their daughter Giorgia Mae waved to supporters at the Auberge de Castille in Valetta after Abela was sworn in for another term following a general election victory
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The temperatures in the hills surrounding Ullswater lake in Glenridding, Cumbria, are set to drop this week as a cold air mass moves across the UK
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The moon rises behind a television tower in Frankfurt, Germany
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