55 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Four baby tortoises debut at Philadelphia Zoo, home to their nearly 100

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Society

3 d. ago The Traitors star gives birth to second child and shares first photos from hospital bed

The Traitors alum Maia Gouveia has given birth to her second child, sharing the joyful news and first photos of her newborn baby with fans on Instagram

Culture

4 d. ago Hailey Bieber cuddles baby boy Jack in rare photo while celebrating Easter holiday

Hailey Bieber has continued to embrace motherhood as she held her son Jack in a sweet Instagram snap while celebrating Easter on Sunday.

Culture

7 d. ago Michelle Keegan shares adorable new baby Palma photo as she admits she 'can't cope'

The actress is very much taking time to bask in her baby bubble after welcoming her first child into the world

Culture

1 week ago ‘It never happened – but the picture says it did’: 28 fake images that fooled the world

From the pope in a puffer to the Princess of Wales and family, baby Hitler to Mussolini on horseback, people have always manipulated photographs, whether for political power, image control – or just for fun “Pictures or it didn’t happen.” So runs the immediate social media retort to any claim deemed too extraordinary to be true. Carried within it is an assumption shared across the globe which has held firm almost since the invention of the camera: that the ultimate form of proof is the photograph. The idea is so strongly fixed in the human mind, it has acquired the status of a law of nature, one obvious even to a child: the camera never lies.Except it does, as the images collected here vividly attest. We may think of AI deepfakes, and their Photoshop predecessors, as thoroughly modern menaces, corrupting a previously innocent, reliable medium, but we would be wrong. It turns out people have been doctoring photos, manipulating and meddling, from the start. “Honest” Abe Lincoln was no...

Politics

2 w. ago Awful photo shows what happened to baby boy after parents' dreadful act of negligence

Leo 'Bubby' Strode lost toes, fingers and even his eyelids in the horror blaze at his Oakville, Washington home.

Culture

2 w. ago Endangered tortoise does the 'impossible' becoming a first time mum at 100 years old

A species of tortoise on the brink of extinction appears to have achieved the impossible, as a 100-year-old female – affectionally named 'Mommy' – laid 16 eggs at Philadelphia Zoo

Politics

2 w. ago First time parent... at 97! Endangered Galapagos tortoise becomes oldest first time mum to four baby hatchlings

The Philadelphia Zoo, where the tortoise named Mommy laid her eggs, said it was 'overjoyed' over the arrival of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history.

Politics

3 w. ago Critically endangered tortoises hatched for the first time in zoo’s 150

The 100-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ‘Mommy’ just became her species’ oldest first-time mom

Politics

3 w. ago Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright share photos of 'special' luxury holiday with baby Palma

The actress, 37, and reality star, 38, welcomed Palma in early March

Culture

3 w. ago Mark Wright in his 'dad era' as he shares first photos with baby daughter Palma one month after birth

He appeared besotted with the new addition after he and his wife Michelle Keegan announced the birth of their first child last month

Culture

3 w. ago Mark Wright shares rare glimpse of baby daughter as he heads with Michelle Keegan to exclusive retreat

Mark Wright has posted adorable photos of his baby daughter Paloma as they headed on a trip to Soho Farmhouse with Michelle Keegan, with Mark writing: "In my Dad era."

Politics

3 w. ago All the president’s pens and a baby mammoth: photos of the day – Thursday

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Politics

3 w. ago Stacey Solomon baffles fans by sharing series of baby bump photos

Stacey Solomon left fans confused as she reflected on her motherhood journey by sharing photographs of her baby bump from her previous pregnancies - leaving fans wondering if she was hinting at something

Culture

3 w. ago Stacey Solomon shows off baby bump in glowing photos as fans in meltdown

Stacey Solomon sent fans into a frenzy as she reflected on her motherhood journey by sharing a string of snaps taken throughout her pregnancies over the years

Culture

3 w. ago Jessie J shares snaps of her son as a newborn as she's forced to deny pregnancy rumours

Jessie J shared a series of touching black and white photos posing with her baby son Sky Safir Cornish Colman to her Instagram to celebrate Mother's Day

Politics

4 w. ago Yana the baby mammoth and Bosphorus swimmers: photos of the day – Thursday

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Culture

4 w. ago Katie Price shocks fans with baby photo after explaining reason behind 'triplets'

Former glamour model Katie Price, who previously purchased three reborn dolls, shared a picture of a lifelike doll on her Instagram Stories

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