07-05-2025
News in pictures: Thursday May 8, 2025
'Silvermen' street performers Ari Munandar, left, his brother Keris, right, and their neighbour Riyan Ahmad Fazriyansah hitch a ride on a lorry to the road junction in Jakarta where they will ask drivers for small change
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Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration perform Les Sylphides, part of a gala production at Birmingham Hippodrome that draws from the repertory of Sergei Diaghilev's troupe of dancers, musicians and designers who fled Russia to set new standards in the world of dance
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This picture of a Humboldt penguin surfacing at the Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling, Scotland, won the bird category in the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums' annual photography competition
BERNIE CATTERALL
A man inspects the damage to a building in Kolti, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which was hit in a series of missile strikes launched by India in retaliation for a militant attack on tourists a fortnight ago
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The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, leads exiles in prayers for his longevity in Tsuglakhang temple, Dharamshala, India — the largest Tibetan temple outside the country
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The Sainsbury wing of the National Gallery, in London, is reopening after a three-year renovation during which it was rehung with more than 1,000 paintings tracing the western European tradition from the 13th to the 20th century
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Rodolfo Liprandi, an Italian artist, made this sculpture from branches and twigs for an exhibition at Lazienki Park, Warsaw, to mark the 25th anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund's Poland office
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Ruxy Cantir, a Glasgow-based performer from Moldova, kicks off the inaugural Summerhall Arts Festival Fringe with her show Pickled Republic at the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, a former veterinary school
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Joyce Loote Lokonyi, 29, of Kapokor, Kenya, lost a foot to mycetoma, a fungal or bacterial infection that enters the body through an open wound, often as tiny as a thorn prick, and slowly erodes muscle and bone. The fungal variety is endemic across Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and northern Kenya, but attracts little funding or research
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The Patchwork Collective is an installation of more than 1,500 hand-embroidered squares, on display at Liberty London to mark the department store's 150th anniversary.
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Salford's Lowry arts centre is celebrating its 25th anniversary with LOWRY 360, an immersive experience that brings to life the painter's Going to the Match as football fans head to Burnden Park, which was home to Bolton Wanderers until 1997. Lowry's 1953 painting can be viewed afterwards
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Usher brings his tour Past Present Future, which celebrates his 30-year career, to the O2 Arena in London
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Security staff remove a pro-Palestinian demonstrator from the Barclays Group' AGM at the QEII conference centre in Westminster. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign wants Barclays to stop providing financial services to defence companies that supplying the Israeli government
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Rowers on the River Main in Frankfurt, Germany, might wish they could take to water with the ease that these Egyptian goslings have taken to land
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Shakira, accompanied by Wyclef Jean, performs her hit Hips Don't Lie on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
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A total of 94 carriage drivers are competing in this year's exhibition at the Maestranza bull ring in Seville, Spain, showing off their handling skills and the vehicles themselves, many of which are restored antiques
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The reclining Buddha at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit temple in Indonesia gets a wash before the Vesak festival, which commemorates his birth, enlightenment and death
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Visitors to the Orsay Museum in Paris can watch conservators at work on Gustave Courbet's A Burial at Ornans, painted between 1849 and 1850. Having received no restoration work for at least 50 years, the painting was no longer deemed to be in a satisfactory condition
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Art For Your Oceans is an exhibition at Sotheby's of specially-commissioned works by 16 artists using ink made in Scotland from seaweed. It will raise funds for the WWF's ocean conservation projects
BETTY LAURA ZAPATA FOR THE TIMES
Gems with ties to early Buddhism are being exhibited at Sotheby's in Hong Kong after an auction was opposed by India, which said the jewels were part of its religious and cultural heritage
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Legoland used 85 million bricks to build the models at its largest resort, which opens in Shanghai, China, in July
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