Featured galleries
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Life in London's working-class pubsWe Could Be Heroes, an exhibition of images by Marco Sconocchia, is billed as ‘bringing to life the world and underworld of modern Britain’ -
From Fife to Fitzrovia: portraits by Niall McDiarmidNiall McDiarmid has spent seven years travelling the length and breadth of the UK photographing people he crosses paths with. Town to Town, his new book, features more than 60 portraits of inhabitants of some of the 200 towns he’s visited
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Storm chaser braves 2017's wild year of US weatherWith three hurricanes, wildfires, flooding and tornadoes, 2017 was a turbulent year across the US, costing a record $306bn in damage. Veteran storm photographer, Jason Weingart, captured the incredible displays -
Eye in the sky: Scott Mead's photographs from plane windowsScott Mead, Above the Clouds, at Hamiltons Gallery, London -
The beauty and fascination of London's theatresPhotographer Peter Dazeley and writer Michael Coveney have explored every London theatre from gallery to pit in a new study of the capital’s cultural temples
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Wildlife photographer of the year people's choice awardThe Natural History Museum has chosen 24 of the best images from its Wildlife photographer of the year competition shortlist, and wants members of the public to vote for their favourite
The picture essay
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Right to dunk: the children of African immigrants who fought the law to play basketballMade up of young teenagers of west African immigrants, the Tam Tam team’s fight to compete has led to a change in the law. However, moves to extend automatic citizenship to all children born in Italy face resistance
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Edinburgh's festive transformation – photo essayFrom the carousel with views over Scotland’s capital to the Christmas market and lights, photographer Murdo MacLeod captures the city’s festive cheer
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Photographer of the year 2017: Zohra BensemraThis year the picture desk has chosen the Reuters photojournalist Zohra Bensemra as agency photographer of the year
From the agencies
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Coming of age ceremony in Yokohama – in picturesComing of Age Day is a Japanese holiday held every January to celebrate people who have reached 20 – the country’s official age of adulthood
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Mush! Training for the the Can-Am dog sled race – in picturesMarla Brodsky, a professional musher, is building her Alaskan husky dogs’ distance endurance to prepare them for 100- and 250-mile races. They often train in subzero conditions near their home in Northampton, Massachusetts
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Bear bile and snakeskin boots: illegal goods seized at Heathrow – in picturesThe UK Border Force at Heathrow airport seizes illegal goods including taxidermied endangered species, ivory carvings and herbal medicines. The government agency is a world leader in identifying and preventing the unlawful trade in endangered animals and plant material
Friday's top photos: burning the clavie and a hungry seal