34 h. ago Pictured: World’s highest railway arch bridge ‘taller than Eiffel Tower’ opened in India

Standing at 359m above the Chenab river, the bridge is 35m taller than the Eiffel Tower

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35 h. ago UK seaside town among top 5 most complained about beaches worldwide

Beachgoers far and wide can plan accordingly before visiting a picture-postcard destination this summer, as the world's most complained about beaches have been revealed.

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35 h. ago The London Standard: Best Pictures of the Day from around the world

See the best images of the day from around the world.

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56 h. ago Pilgrims gather for hajj, the Appleby horse fair and Standing with Giants: photos of the day – Thursday

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63 h. ago Tragic final Greg Monks picture before he went missing on Portugal stag do

Greg Monks vanished during a stag do in Portugal last week, sparking a week-long search for the 38-year-old until a body was tragically found in ravine on Wednesday

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4 d. ago Livestock markets and praying hands: photos of the day – Tuesday

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4 d. ago Timothee Chalamet, livestock markets and praying hands: photos of the day – Tuesday

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5 d. ago Tennis champions and the southern lights: photos of the day – Monday

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6 d. ago PSG fans, wild horses and a march for Ukraine: photos of the weekend

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8 d. ago A turtle rescue, mud wrestlers and a Syrian rose garden: photos of the day – Friday

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9 d. ago Liverpool parade crash suspect pictured as he is charged with seven offences

Police said seven people were still recovering in hospital today after horrific clips showed a Ford Galaxy people carrier mowing down crowds just after the parade finished around 6pm.

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9 d. ago Todd Chrisley shows off his ‘prison bod’ as he makes it home after being pardoned by Trump

Savannah Chrisley posted the video on Instagram following her father’s release from a Florida prison

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9 d. ago Indonesian soldiers, tiger toenails and wildfires: photos of the day – Thursday

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1 week ago Body painting in Bali, reborn babies and a volcanic eruption: photos of the day – Wednesday

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1 week ago Mirrored floors and mountain goats: photos of the day – Tuesday

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1 week ago Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews lava as high as the Eiffel Tower in spectacular display

The volcano on the Big Island, about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu, has been periodically erupting since December, with officials warning about the respiratory dangers of the toxic gases released.

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1 week ago Airstrikes in Gaza and flooding in Mumbai: photos of the day – Monday

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1 week ago An explosion in Kyiv and an aid truck in Gaza: photos of the weekend

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2 w. ago Sichuan snacks and a Napa harvest: World Food Photography awards – in pictures

From nearly 10,000 entries submitted from 70 countries, there were 48 UK photographers with finalist images, including winners of six of the competition’s 25 categories Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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