A Sotheby’s art handler with the best surviving portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Graham Sutherland in the room at Blenheim Palace where the former prime minister was born. The painting is to be auctioned in June with an estimated value of between £500,000 and £800,000
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A fox among the bluebells in Bournemouth, Dorset. A 2017 study found that the town had the highest concentration of urban foxes in the UK, with 23 per sq km
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The Statue of King Sejong receives a spring clean at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul. Regarded as one of Korea’s greatest rulers, Sejong is best known as the creator of Hangul, the native alphabet of the Korean language
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“Blue tears” illuminate the sea off Pingtan Island in eastern China’s Fujian province. The phenomenon is caused by tiny marine organisms that glow when they are disturbed. Despite its beauty, it is actually a sign of unhealthy waters
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An endangered Bornean orangutan was delivered by caesarean section in Tampa Bay, Florida. The mother, Luna, is recuperating from the surgery and will be reunited with the baby once she is stabilised
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The Trevi Fountain in Rome is drained for cleaning twice a month. Coins thrown into the fountain by tourists are collected twice a week — with an estimated €1 million ending up in its waters each year
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The Straordinaria installation took pride of place in the courtyard of the Palazzo Litta for Milan Design Week. The artwork was designed by the Japanese studio we+ and curated by Marcello Smarrelli, artistic director of the Fondazione Ermanno Casoli
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Warren Foegele, forward for the Edmonton Oilers, scores against the San Jose Sharks in a 9-2 victory at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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A ceremony was held in Ansan, South Korea, on Tuesday to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster. The ferry sank live on television and resulted in the deaths of 304 people, many of whom were students
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An elephant gracefully picks from a Kigelia africana at Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. Commonly known as the sausage tree, the plant’s fruit is eaten by many other animals including baboons and giraffes
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Agon Qosa, a Kosovo Albanian sculptor, puts the finishing touches to a statue of Sir Tony Blair to be placed on a boulevard in Ferizaj, eastern Kosovo. Many ethnic Albanians in the country idolise the former British prime minister for his backing of a NATO bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999, which forced it to withdraw from Kosovo
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Storm clouds cast a long shadow over Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
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A lion cub cuddles up with her mother at Chobe National Park in northern Botswana
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Villagers cross a flooded area in the northern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Heavy rain and lightning across the country have killed at least 50 people in the past three days, with authorities declaring a state of emergency in some regions
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The last painting by Caravaggio is going on display in London for the first time in almost 20 years. The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, 1610, lent by the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, will be exhibited at the National Gallery from April 18 to July 21
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