Latin dancing featured on the opening day of the 98th Blackpool Dance Festival in the Empress Ballroom in the city’s Winter Gardens
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
A young chimpanzee puckers up at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Renato Granieri, who took the photograph, said the chimp seemed to be modelling for him
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A portrait of Alec Penstone, a 99-year-old D-Day veteran who served in the aircraft carrier HMS Campania during the Second World War, is laid over an image of a Fairey Fulmar fighter, which had crashed on the Campania during landing in July 1944. The image is part of a collection of 16 pictures to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, six of which will be displayed at the new Winston Churchill Centre in Normandy
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Intrepid walkers overlook Edinburgh from the top of Arthur’s Seat, which sits 823 feet above sea level. During the summer, the extinct volcano is covered in vibrant yellow gorse
PHIL WILKINSON
Rehearsals for Andrea Chénier, the opera by Umberto Giordano, which is loosely based on the poet of the same name, take place at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The show runs from May 30 to June 11
ELLIOTT FRANKS
Still Life with Fruit and Flowers by SJ Peploe, the Scottish painter, was described by Alice Strang, a senior curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, as “a testament to modernity and friendship”, due to the artist’s close relationship with a fellow artist, FCB Cadell, during their time together in Edinburgh. The work is estimated to fetch between £200,000 and £300,000 at a Lyon & Turnbull’s sale next week
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Icelandic horses play around at sunrise in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany
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A new commission by Alvaro Barrington dominates the space at the Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain. Considering himself primarily a painter, Barrington is known for his expansive use of materials, motifs and techniques, which reference his personal memories and cultural influences from music, pop culture and art history
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South Korean jets take part in an exercise near the border with North Korea, after the latter launched what was thought to be a military spy satellite. The rocket carrying the satellite exploded in mid-air on Monday
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Dollie-Anna English, 4, from Bradford, gets comfy inside a traditional roll top caravan in Settle, North Yorkshire. She and her family are travelling to the Appleby Horse Fair, which begins next Thursday
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Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, takes a tumble from a paddleboard on Windermere during a general election campaign visit. The swim was likely a bracing one, as water temperatures in May average about 10C
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Ardbeg whisky distillery in Islay, Scotland is becoming a “dark circus” as part of the Feis Ile festival, which celebrates the island’s culture and heritage
TIM BOOTH
Gareth Southgate, the England manager, featured in GQ’s Match Fits column. England’s Euro 2024 campaign kicks off against Serbia on Sunday, June 16
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From left, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, Brigitte Macron, President Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of Germany, stand on the balcony of the Historic City Hall after Macron was awarded the International Peace of Westphalia Prize, in Muenster, Germany
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A man finds a novel way of transporting a motorbike in Hanoi, Vietnam. Motorbikes are by far the most popular means of transportation in Vietnam, with more than 70 million registered
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David Bowie takes centre stage at Rankin’s “Back in the Dazed” exhibition at 180 Studios in London, which opens on Wednesday
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