Tuesday 19 January 2016

Picture Galleries

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from Britain and around the world, covering a variety of topics from politics and current events to celebrity and royalty.

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Ultimate cat lady

In pics: Woman shares home with 1,100 rescue felines

Pictures of the day

A manatee swims past a visitor in its pool at Berlin Zoo in Germany

Today: A manatee, a dirty cat and a shoe-shaped church

Epiphany ice swimmers

Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany with ice swimming

In pics: Orthodox Christians celebrate festival with an icy dip

Grassholm's gannet rescue mission

In pics: The annual RSPB rescue mission to save gannets trapped by plastic waste on Grassholm Island, Pembrokeshire

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Going underground

Clapham South deep-level shelter, which will be open for public tours when London Transport Museum releases tickets in March in London

In pics: A tour of the Clapham South deep-level shelter

The big freeze, in pictures

Sledders and their huskies practice at a forest course ahead of the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally in Feshiebridge, Scotland. Huskies and sledders prepare ahead of the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain 33nd race taking place at Loch Morlich this weekend near Aviemore.

Temperatures plunge as winter weather affects many parts of UK

Animals that look like celebrities

In pics: Find out which celebrities look like these animals

Celebrity Sightings: 19 January

In pics: Gigi Hadid, Michelle Obama and Juno Temple

Wild waves caught on camera

Photographs of waves breaking on Lake Erie at Port Stanley, Ontario by Dave Sandford

Photographer witnesses the power of waves breaking on Lake Erie

Pictures of the day

Have you seen the rook!?: A jay looks to be deeply involved in a game of chess with a squirrel. Photographer Vadim Trunov captured this photograph in the snowy woodlands located in the Voronezh region of Russia.

A boy plays with an RPG, a horse in flames and sheep in snow

Funny Wedding Photographs

In pics: photobombs, wardrobe malfunctions and unexpected animal behaviour

Animals grieving lost ones

In pics: How creatures cope with death and the loss of companions

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Oscars 2016: The nominations

Oscars

In pics: The films and stars nominated for the 88th Academy Awards

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Jakarta attacks, in pictures

A man is seen holding a gun as people run away in central Jakarta, Indonesia

Militants detonate bombs at a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia capital

Bizarre smuggling attempts

Anything and everything from animals, drugs and wafer biscuits

Piggyback riders: lazy animals

A brave snail starts a 'sluggish' crawl over the head of a young crocodile at the Tanjung Pasir Crocodile Park, Indonesia

In pics: Funny photos of lazy hitchhiking animals

Outrage over video of baby elephant

Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh (right) of the Eagles perform

Eagles founder Glenn Frey dies aged 67

House completely destroyed during shoot-out

Why does China threaten the global economy?

Oil: who produces the most barrels?

Telegraph technology writer Rhiannon Williams

How to save on broadband

Funny fruit and veg

In pics: Amusingly shaped vegetables of all shapes and sizes

Bizarre smuggling attempts

Anything and everything from animals, drugs and wafer biscuits

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (3-R) and his wife Ri Sol-ju (4-R), along with members of an all-female music band, known as the Moranbong Band, watching a performance given by the Chongbong Band to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

Kim Jong-un: His bizarre photoshoots

The bizarre photo opportunities of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

Piggyback riders: lazy animals

In pics: Funny photos of lazy hitchhiking animals

UK news

BBC to investigate whether money paid to Fifa for football rights was used for 'corrupt practises'

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference after an EU Summit in Brussels. Senior British lawmakers warned Monday, July 2, 2012 that Britain must consider a future outside the European Union as the 17 members of Europeís currency union, which the UK has stayed out of, develop closer fiscal and political ties. But Cameron told lawmakers that Britainís priority must be to ìdeal with the instability and chaos,î sweeping the Eurozone, before considering its relationship with its neighbors

Rona Fairhead, chair of the BBC Trust, agrees to investigate amid fears cash paid by the Corporation for screening tournaments was misspent

From Colgate ready meals to Bic's disposable undies: the world's weirdest off-brand products

Street View: Funny images

Best-dressed at the Critics' Choice Awards

The unseen Krays: in pictures

The week in pictures

Photocrowd’s 2015 ‘Snow and ice’ contest

David Bowie in pictures

David Bowie tributes

Revealed: the weirdest sub-genres on Netflix

Flooding in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

The week in pictures

The beauty of the South Downs

Storm Gertrude

Earth

The week in pictures

People demonstrate the next generation of personal anti-terrorism security outfits by Global Security Response (GSR) at the European parliament in Brussels

A round-up of our favourite photographs of the week

Animal photos of the week

Lumiere London 2016

The week in pictures

Animal photos of the week

Animals stuck in strange places

Chicks in the snow

Harbin ice festival

London from the air

All creatures great and small

Storm Frank, the aftermath

Storm Frank, in pictures

Animal photos of 2015- part 2

Animal photos of 2015- part 1

Celebrity news

Rod Stewart given green light for football pitch at his mansion - but refused floodlights

Rod Stewart, inset, owns Grade II-listed Durrington House in Sheering, Essex

Rod Stewart has been given the go ahead to build a football pitch at his £5 million home but will be forced to play in the dark at night

Celebrity mugshots

Culture stars who died in 2016

Laurel and Hardy: 40 memorable moments

Celebrity Sightings: 18 January

40 quotes about life (for a pessimist)

100 funny jokes by 100 comedians

40 optimistic quotes

Celebrity Sightings: 15 January

Matthew Perry's rep: 'This is not the Friends reunion people have been hoping for'

Alan Rickman, in pictures

Celebrity Sightings: 14 January

25 great closing lines in films

Celebrity Sightings: 13 January

Royalty

Kate and the Middletons join the Queen to honour Gallipoli

In pics: Royal family at special church service in Norfolk

Royals at Sandringham

Harry in South Africa

Commonwealth Summit in Malta

Prince Philip's gaffes and quotes

Charles and Camilla down under

Joining forces: Harry in the US

Celebrations for the Queen: latest pictures

Surpassing Victoria: 33 fun facts

The Queen: in pictures

The Queen's glorious reign in rare vintage postcards

15th anniversary of Diana's death

The Queen's People

A banquet at the Palace

World news

40 quotes about life (for a pessimist)

Jane Austen, Homer Simpson, Dorothy Parker, Orson Welles and Wood Allen

Culture Picture Galleries

From Alan Bennett to Homer Simpson, Martin Chilton picks the best quotes about living, pessimism and looking on the bleak side of life

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Royal Family News

Weird News

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