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The 20 photographs of the weekBanksy in Bethlehem, the aftermath of the Catalan referendum, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and the fight against Islamic State – the week’s biggest news stories captured by the world’s best photojournalists -
Me and my pencil: famous creatives on their toolsIn the book The Secret Life of the Pencil, 70 artists, designers, musicians and architects talk about their relationship with their drawing implement
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Original Observer photographyKathy Burke, Philip Pullman and Natalie Dormer and a rat in the kitchen all feature in this month’s showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in October 2017.
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The week in wildlifeMillions of fruit bats, migrating cranes and a new species of orangutan are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
highlights of the day
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Best photos of the day: veteran cars, a seal pup and Trump in JapanThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, a seal pup and the US president’s Asian tour
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the picture essay
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The wrecking ball swings at Moscow – a photo essayA mass demolition of Russia’s iconic Khrushchevka apartments will leave 2 million people with no choice about their next home. So why did so many approve it?
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'This land is just dirt': a rooftop view of JerusalemFor its Season of Culture, the ancient capital has thrown open its rooftops to encourage residents to see beyond their blinkered boundaries. But the reality is a city where the divides are growing deeper
from the agencies
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Delhi’s secret ring railway line – in picturesConstructed in 1975 to bypass the crowded stations of Old Delhi, New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin, this line once used to be the lifeline of the capital
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Horn trimming rhinos in South Africa – in picturesRhino farmers in South Africa dehorn their rhinos to discourage poaching and protect the endangered species
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Re-enactors enjoy the 25th Railway in Wartime event – in picturesSecond world war re-enactors flocked to Pickering in North Yorkshire for the three-day event featuring heritage steam and diesel locomotives and wartime vehicle parades at stations along the North Yorkshire Moors railway line
A week with the Barbarians as they faced the All Blacks at Twickenham