![A flooded St Mark's Square in Venice yesterday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F6cd3bfb6-3bed-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
A flooded St Mark's Square in Venice yesterday
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![A tea dance in the 1920s ballroom at Riley-Smith Hall in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. The organiser, Jackie Hinde, says numbers are rising again](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F6f2e5dd4-3bed-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
A tea dance in the 1920s ballroom at Riley-Smith Hall in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. The organiser, Jackie Hinde, says numbers are rising again
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
![Courtney Marie Andrews performs at Union Chapel in Islington, north London](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F71157128-3bed-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Courtney Marie Andrews performs at Union Chapel in Islington, north London
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![Ted, 13, taught to paint by a student at Oxford Brookes, displays one of his works outside Blenheim Palace](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fe7de531e-3c11-11ec-9bef-aa3112940013.jpg?crop=4250%2C2833%2C0%2C0)
Ted, 13, taught to paint by a student at Oxford Brookes, displays one of his works outside Blenheim Palace
WILLIAM LAILEY/CATERS NEWS AGENCY
![Climate activists in Squid Game costumes and world leader masks play tug of war and climate hopscotch in Glasgow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F73e64a26-3bed-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=2991%2C1994%2C0%2C0)
Climate activists in Squid Game costumes and world leader masks play tug of war and climate hopscotch in Glasgow
ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA WIRE
![A woman punches Hasan Riza Günay, a stress coach who is the first man registered in Turkey to make a living by being beaten, in Istanbul](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F75aff0d2-3bed-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
A woman punches Hasan Riza Günay, a stress coach who is the first man registered in Turkey to make a living by being beaten, in Istanbul
ISA TERLI/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES
![A man outside the Kenosha County courthouse in Wisconsin as the trial begins of Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, who faces charges over the fatal shootings of two men and the wounding of another](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F780aaf98-3bed-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
A man outside the Kenosha County courthouse in Wisconsin as the trial begins of Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, who faces charges over the fatal shootings of two men and the wounding of another
BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS
![Voices and organ pipes are translated into a sculpture of light by 44 fluorescent tubes at Bradford Cathedral ready for a light festival this weekend](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fa3673be2-3c11-11ec-9bef-aa3112940013.jpg?crop=6016%2C4011%2C0%2C0)
Voices and organ pipes are translated into a sculpture of light by 44 fluorescent tubes at Bradford Cathedral ready for a light festival this weekend
ASADOUR GUZELIAN/GUZELIAN
![Runners and riders compete during the annual one-day Laytown races held on a beach in County Meath. The event has returned after twice being cancelled](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fa8dfab16-3be1-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Runners and riders compete during the annual one-day Laytown races held on a beach in County Meath. The event has returned after twice being cancelled
CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
![A mother tiger at the Beekse Bergen safari park in the Netherlands drags her cub to safety after it showed interest in a stretch of water](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F19d30f0c-3bdd-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
A mother tiger at the Beekse Bergen safari park in the Netherlands drags her cub to safety after it showed interest in a stretch of water
SHIRLEY KROOS/CATERS NEWS
![The Spanish Army has been called in to monitor gases in areas covered by ash after the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary island of La Palma](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F9f6cc74e-3be1-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
The Spanish Army has been called in to monitor gases in areas covered by ash after the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary island of La Palma
LUISMI ORTIZ/UME/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
![Skydivers fly over the Great Pyramids during the Egypt Air Sports Festival in Giza](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fa1c909d0-3be1-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=2661%2C1774%2C0%2C0)
Skydivers fly over the Great Pyramids during the Egypt Air Sports Festival in Giza
KHALED ELFIQI/EPA
![Richard Browning, the founder and chief test pilot of Gravity Industries, demonstrating his jet suit at the opening of the Army's Personnel Conference in Farnborough, Hampshire](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F6f066780-3bdd-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=2745%2C1830%2C0%2C0)
Richard Browning, the founder and chief test pilot of Gravity Industries, demonstrating his jet suit at the opening of the Army's Personnel Conference in Farnborough, Hampshire
STEVE PARSONS/PA WIRE
![A pony shakes off the cold at sunrise on a frosty morning near Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fef46a7da-3bdc-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=2984%2C1989%2C0%2C0)
A pony shakes off the cold at sunrise on a frosty morning near Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire
STUART MARTIN
![Racegoers enjoy the atmosphere during Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne, Australia](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F16ced16a-3bdd-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Racegoers enjoy the atmosphere during Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne, Australia
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![These chamois still have grazing in front of a mountain freshly covered in snow in St Margrethenberg, Switzerland](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F1e97aa0c-3bdd-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
These chamois still have grazing in front of a mountain freshly covered in snow in St Margrethenberg, Switzerland
GIAN EHRENZELLER/EPA
![It takes 15 people three days to decorate a 60ft singing tree at Longleat Safari Park with 300,000 lights and more than 3,000 baubles ready for Christmas](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ffc4cff92-3bdc-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
It takes 15 people three days to decorate a 60ft singing tree at Longleat Safari Park with 300,000 lights and more than 3,000 baubles ready for Christmas
LONGLEAT/BNPS
![Taking an elephant bath at the Rapti river in Chitwan, one of the main tourist destinations in Nepal](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0f26a438-3bdd-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Taking an elephant bath at the Rapti river in Chitwan, one of the main tourist destinations in Nepal
NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA
![The Brazilian dancer Mayara Magri, a first soloist of The Royal Ballet, performs in Giselle at the Royal Opera House](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ff981a9a2-3bdc-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
The Brazilian dancer Mayara Magri, a first soloist of The Royal Ballet, performs in Giselle at the Royal Opera House
ALASTAIR MUIR/AMX
![Two male pheasants come to blows in a recently harvested field of wheat in Brown Candover, Hampshire](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F0d4e5872-3bdd-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=2712%2C1808%2C0%2C0)
Two male pheasants come to blows in a recently harvested field of wheat in Brown Candover, Hampshire
FEMKE VAN KEMPEN-MUURLING/SOLENT NEWS
![Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette (The Swing), an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is one of the most celebrated works of art at The Wallace Collection in central London](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ff2c07576-3bdc-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette (The Swing), an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is one of the most celebrated works of art at The Wallace Collection in central London
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL
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