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Gardeners at Levens Hall, five miles south of Kendal in Cumbria, make sure everything is trim and tidy for World Topiary Day on Sunday
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
The Qatar National Museum in the capital Doha, designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, is modelled after the desert rose, a naturally occurring mineral formation found in the region. Inside, immersive exhibits explore Qatar's natural history, Bedouin culture and its transformation into a global nation
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Mirage, a 12-year-old tabby cat, at the Best Friends Animal Society's sanctuary, in Kanab, Utah. Mirage survived a 380-foot fall that killed its owners, Matthew Nannen, 45, and Bailee Crane, 58, whose bodies were found on April 29 at Bryce Canyon National Park
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This year marks the next chapter in the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust's legacy with the opening of a visitor centre with exhibition and shops on the second floor of Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh's Port of Leith. Queen Elizabeth II's former royal yacht attracts 350,000 annual visitors
THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA TRUST
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A design by Ellie Anderson, a performance costume student, at a showcase of sci-fi and fantasy-themed stage costume designs at Edinburgh College of Art
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A Venezuelan boy plays with a roller skate and his pet at La Pista migrant camp in La Guajira in northern Colombia. More than 9,000 migrants and indigenous people living in the camp in a former airport have lost all support from US-funded NGOs
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A vendor displays socks bearing caricatures of the ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad at his souvenir shop in a Damascus market. Images of the once-feared Assad family have gone from being ubiquitous symbols of repression to objects of derision since the 59-year-old president was ousted in December by an Islamist-led rebel offensive, ending the family's 53-year rule
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