![Flooded fields at Wool in Dorset where the River Frome burst its banks after recent heavy rain](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F64518f3a-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=4000%2C2667%2C0%2C0)
Flooded fields at Wool in Dorset where the River Frome burst its banks after recent heavy rain
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![Squirrel monkeys are counted during the annual stocktake at London Zoo. The audit takes almost a week and the information is shared with other zoos to help manage conservation breeding programmes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F562218c6-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=3703%2C5554%2C0%2C0)
Squirrel monkeys are counted during the annual stocktake at London Zoo. The audit takes almost a week and the information is shared with other zoos to help manage conservation breeding programmes
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![The City of Wells locomotive departs Burrs Country Park on the East Lancashire Railway for its last journey before an overhaul](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F9020c7c8-8b76-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=3626%2C5439%2C0%2C0)
The City of Wells locomotive departs Burrs Country Park on the East Lancashire Railway for its last journey before an overhaul
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![Sir Ian McKellen arrives in style at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, for his role in Mother Goose](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F604250fa-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=1772%2C1181%2C0%2C0)
Sir Ian McKellen arrives in style at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, for his role in Mother Goose
![A spectacular sunrise over St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, northeast England. It is now a visitor attraction](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F44c87c6e-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=2998%2C1999%2C0%2C0)
A spectacular sunrise over St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, northeast England. It is now a visitor attraction
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![The casket of the Brazilian soccer star Pelé, who died last week, is moved from the centre circle at the stadium of his former club, Vila Belmiro in Santos, Brazil](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F8bf2c2dc-8b76-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=3919%2C2613%2C0%2C0)
The casket of the Brazilian soccer star Pelé, who died last week, is moved from the centre circle at the stadium of his former club, Vila Belmiro in Santos, Brazil
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![Workers prepare a vibrantly-coloured hot air balloon for an early-morning flight in Dalat, Vietnam](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F725f706a-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=3500%2C2333%2C0%2C0)
Workers prepare a vibrantly-coloured hot air balloon for an early-morning flight in Dalat, Vietnam
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![A member of the Baruch troupe looks happy to perform during the Minstrel Carnival, known in Afrikaans as the “Tweede Nuwe Jaar” (Second New Year) in Cape Town, South Africa](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F8082aa4a-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=4911%2C3274%2C0%2C0)
A member of the Baruch troupe looks happy to perform during the Minstrel Carnival, known in Afrikaans as the “Tweede Nuwe Jaar” (Second New Year) in Cape Town, South Africa
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![A female bald eagle is captured in a sharp dive at Arlington, Massachusetts, US. The bird can grow up to 40in long, with a wingspan of 7.7ft and weigh in at about 14lb. The female is typically 25 per cent larger than the male](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F6169ea1a-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=3314%2C2209%2C2%2C0)
A female bald eagle is captured in a sharp dive at Arlington, Massachusetts, US. The bird can grow up to 40in long, with a wingspan of 7.7ft and weigh in at about 14lb. The female is typically 25 per cent larger than the male
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![Massive slabs of ice have built up on the shore of the Fraser River between Agassiz and Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, after extremely cold weather last month](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7b1aeb58-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=6500%2C4333%2C0%2C0)
Massive slabs of ice have built up on the shore of the Fraser River between Agassiz and Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, after extremely cold weather last month
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![This burnt-out bus caught fire during new year celebrations in the Neukölln district of Berlin. Residents were once again allowed to set off fireworks in public after a two-year hiatus because of Covid-19](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F4ded5918-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=7528%2C5019%2C0%2C0)
This burnt-out bus caught fire during new year celebrations in the Neukölln district of Berlin. Residents were once again allowed to set off fireworks in public after a two-year hiatus because of Covid-19
MARKUS SCHREIBER/AP
![Girls at work in a toxic waste dumping yard near Sylhet in northeast Bangladesh. Child labour in Bangladesh is common, with 4.7 million children aged 5 to 14 in the workforce](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F78727aba-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=2959%2C1973%2C0%2C0)
Girls at work in a toxic waste dumping yard near Sylhet in northeast Bangladesh. Child labour in Bangladesh is common, with 4.7 million children aged 5 to 14 in the workforce
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![Farmers stack crates of oranges on a truck in Dao County, Yongzhou City, in the south-central Chinese province of Hunan](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F89c53b2a-8b76-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=4076%2C2717%2C0%2C0)
Farmers stack crates of oranges on a truck in Dao County, Yongzhou City, in the south-central Chinese province of Hunan
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![Riot police clash with demonstrators protesting against the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho, the Santa Cruz governor and right-wing opposition leader in Bolivia, over an alleged 2019 coup](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F98b57c12-8b76-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=2534%2C1689%2C0%2C0)
Riot police clash with demonstrators protesting against the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho, the Santa Cruz governor and right-wing opposition leader in Bolivia, over an alleged 2019 coup
AGUSTIN MARCARIAN/REUTERS
![Josh Allen, the Buffalo Bills quarterback in the number 17 shirt, turns away in shock as his team-mate Damar Hamlin receives treatment for a cardiac arrest during an NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F9a582524-8b76-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=3722%2C2481%2C0%2C0)
Josh Allen, the Buffalo Bills quarterback in the number 17 shirt, turns away in shock as his team-mate Damar Hamlin receives treatment for a cardiac arrest during an NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati
JEFF DEAN/AP
![A young Sikh boy shouts religious slogans during a procession before the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, in Jammu, India](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F65f8a602-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=8640%2C5760%2C0%2C0)
A young Sikh boy shouts religious slogans during a procession before the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, in Jammu, India
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![The mesmerising Northern Lights swirl across the night sky in Hella, Iceland](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F6af3e31a-8b74-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d.jpg?crop=5910%2C3940%2C0%2C0)
The mesmerising Northern Lights swirl across the night sky in Hella, Iceland
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