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Wintry frozen lake voted best photograph

Cristiano Vendramin triumphed with an image of a frozen landscape, taken in memory of a lost friend.
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US
The head-turning outfits at the Brits

Many stars opted to wear a black cut-out dress but there were still plenty of pops of red carpet colour.
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In Pictures
Underwater Photographer of the Year winner revealed

Rafael Fernandez Caballero is named overall winner for his image of whale sharks in the Maldives.
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Kebab seller image wins world food photo contest

A photo of a street food vendor has won Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022.
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In Pictures
Artist creates Valentine's Day light paintings

Photographer Kevin Jay uses a light source to "paint" the images on the landscape.
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Africa's top shots: Gap-toothed smiles and snail dye

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.
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Crossing the world's deepest lake

Oleg Boldyrev's photographs capture the frozen landscape of Lake Baikal, in Siberia.
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'One gig changed the trajectory of my life'

Photographer to the stars Conor McDonnell explains how a cheeky request opened the door to a career.
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Features

Africa
The rediscovered photos bringing families back to life

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine has made it his mission to preserve and exhibit the work of the late Ugandan studio photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo, who recorded the lives of people from the rural town of Mbirizi.
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In Pictures
Flowers, fruit and bakes compete for best in show

Last month, the Royal Horticultural Society celebrated the return of the Chelsea Flower Show - and just a few miles south, in West Norwood, another flower show also awoke from its Covid slumber. In its 70th year, the Lambeth Horticultural Society staged its first live show for two years. Photographer Jim Grover went along.
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World
Rare photos of 60s rock 'n' roll stars go on show

Photographer Ian Wright was just 18 when he captured The Beatles on stage on 22 November 1963. But the photos never made it into his newspaper because of an event half-way around the world.
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In Pictures
The English Riviera during the 2021 UK staycation

Last summer, photographer David Hares made a brief visit to Paignton where he got chatting to a man taking his parrots for a ride on his mobility scooter along the promenade. Hares's curiosity was sparked, so this summer he returned once more to the English Riviera. This is what he found.
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In Pictures
Your pictures of the year 2021

Throughout 2021 we asked our readers to send in their pictures on a variety of themes. Here is a selection of the best of those we received from around the world.
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Memorial to lost children wins global photo contest

Commemoration to children who died at an indigenous school in Canada captured in 'searing image'.
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Gardens seen in ethereal black and white

A photo of Cosmos flowers wins the International Garden Photographer of the Year's Black & White photo project.
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World
Where social distancing is impossible

A rare glimpse into El Salvador's notoriously overcrowded prisons as fears grow of virus spreading.
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Week in pictures

In Pictures
5 - 11 February 2022

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
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In Pictures
29 January - 4 February 2022

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
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In Pictures
22 - 28 January 2022

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
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In Pictures
15 - 21 January 2022

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Your pictures

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Your pictures on the theme of a fresh start

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "a fresh start". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
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In Pictures
We set the theme, you take the pictures

Each week, we ask you to send in your pictures on a set theme and a selection of these are then published on our In pictures page and BBC social media.
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Your pictures on the theme of winter walks

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of winter walks. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
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Your pictures on the theme of 'view from a window'

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "view from a window". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
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Your pictures of the year 2021

Throughout 2021 we asked our readers to send in their pictures on a variety of themes. Here is a selection of the best of those we received from around the world.
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Your pictures on the theme of 'hidden'

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme "hidden". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
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Your pictures on the theme of 'into the blue'

Astronomers no longer believe a rocket stage that's due to hit the Moon was from Elon Musk's SpaceX
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Your pictures on the theme of 'urban landscape'

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme "into the blue". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
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More around the BBC

Science
74% of ransomware revenue goes to Russian hackers

Crypto-currency researchers say more than $400m of cyber-crime funds go to Russian gangs.
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World
Eccentric sewage rebels head for the big screen

When a group of middle-aged swimming friends from Scarborough became worried about sewage in the sea in the 1980s, they started staging eccentric stunts to highlight their cause, and even took on the government. Now, their story is being turned into a film.
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Business
How nurseries are keeping track of their toddlers

Misty Ardouin set up her nursery, Nestlings, in Cardiff City centre in 2019. At the end of each day, they would have a "good sit down" in the playroom with parents to catch-up on everything the children had been doing.
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Science
Record high deforestation of Amazon in January

The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data.
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Science
Lessons in pleasure boost good safe sex

Teaching people about achieving sexual pleasure can help sell safe-sex messages, say researchers from the World Health Organization.
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World
White House left behind as states drop Covid rules

The White House is facing pressure to revise its position on mask wearing as pandemic restrictions are eased in a number of US states.
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Science
James Webb telescope begins to focus its 'big eye'

It's a confusing but amazing image.
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Science
How Taiwan used simple tech to help contain Covid-19

In Taiwan, finding someone who will talk about their Covid experience is harder than you might think.
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