4 h. ago Orthodox new year, fallen fighters and Larry the cat: photos of the day – Tuesday

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5 h. ago Orthodox new year celebrations and Larry the cat: photos of the day – Tuesday

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60 h. ago ‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral

The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targetedLike thousands of women across the world, Evie, a 22-year-old photographer from Lincolnshire, woke up on New Year’s Day, looked at her phone and was alarmed to see that fully clothed photographs of her had been digitally manipulated by Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, to show her in just a bikini.The “put her in a bikini” trend began quietly at the end of last year before exploding at the start of 2026. Within days, hundreds of thousands of requests were being made to the Grok chatbot, asking it to strip the clothes from photographs of women. The fake, sexualised images were posted publicly on X, freely available for millions of people to inspect. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trevi fountain coins and a Melbourne heatwave: photos of the day

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5 d. ago My favourite family photo: ‘I bucketed 30 years of tears that day – then smiled my smiliest smile’

After more than three decades together, Simon Hattenstone and his partner Diane Taylor decided to have a civil partnership. It was a beautiful celebration before the shock of the pandemicDiane and I had been living together for more than 30 years, and our children were 28 and 26 when we got civilled. We’d never wanted to get married. It seemed a bit too pipe and slippers. It also felt like tempting fate. We were really happy without being married, so why change things? And you can’t have more of a commitment than children. But we always said if they introduced civil partnerships for heterosexual couples, we’d get civilled.I think friends assumed we did it primarily for tax reasons – to ensure that if one of us died, the other wasn’t left in the shit. There was an element of that. But more importantly, we actively wanted to get civilled. It actually felt really romantic – tying the civil knot as an expression of love after all this time together. It was such a beautiful day, in every...

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5 d. ago What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do millions of people celebrate it on January 7

The ancient church in the Roman Empire set its religious feasts based on the Julian calendar

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6 d. ago Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday

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6 d. ago Elvis fans, carnival and Orthodox Christmas: photos of the day – Wednesday

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6 d. ago Florida's Greek community gathers for 120th Epiphany celebration and annual dive to retrieve cross

Florida’s largest Greek Orthodox community gathered Tuesday for its 120th Epiphany celebration, where dozens of teens dove into chilly water to retrieve a cross in front of thousands of spectators

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6 d. ago Photos show celebrations of Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day

Christians are celebrating the feast day of Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day. It recalls the visit of the three kings, or magi, to the baby Jesus. Orthodox Christians focus on the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. In Europe, some worshippers bathe in icy lakes and rivers. Ceremonies this year in Greece highlighted water scarcity concerns. Children in Latin America traditionally unwrap holiday gifts.

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8 d. ago Maduro in New York and a calligraphy contest: photos of the day – Monday

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9 d. ago Photos of Caracas the day after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, a day after President Nicolas Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation.

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1 week ago Snow in Wales, flooding in Gaza and a wolf supermoon: photos of the day – Friday

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1 week ago New year celebrations and Zohran Mamdani sworn in: photos of the day – Thursday

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1 week ago Ski jumps, dancers and bear festivals: photos of the day – Wednesday

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1 week ago PETA slams Kim Kardashian for buying each of her four children puppies for Christmas

The reality star posted a photo of the four Pomeranian puppies on Christmas Day

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2 w. ago Up Helly Aa Vikings and a firework guitar: photos of the day – Tuesday

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2 w. ago Vikings, new year rituals and a firework guitar: photos of the day – Tuesday

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2 w. ago Adelaide heatwave and a giant horse: photos of the day – Monday

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2 w. ago Paramedic who lied to get day off caught out in photos putting up Christmas decorations

Natalie Twomey had emailed her bosses to tell them her sister's health had 'deteriorated again' and that she needed to be with her - but her 'lie' fell apart over a Facebook post

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