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Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week’s selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. | Photo by Alex Wong - ⁠@alexwongcw ⁠ ⁠ 2. A passenger from the final group to be evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship makes a heart with their hands from a bus on the way to the airport in the Granadilla Port on May 11, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. | Photo by Chris McGrath - ⁠@cmcgrath_photo ⁠ ⁠ 3. King Charles III and Queen Camilla process into the Lord's chamber through the royal gallery during the state opening of Parliament, on May 13, 2026 in London, England. | Photo by Richard Pohle/WPA Pool⁠ ⁠ 4. Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey (R) and Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Alex Cole-Hamilton celebrate the Scottish Lib Dems election results on May 9, 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Photo by Jeff J Mitchell - ⁠@mitchelljeff ⁠ ⁠ 5. Smoke billows into the air behind a motorcycle rider as firefighters work to control the Max Road Miramar fire on May 11, 2026 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. | Photo by Joe Raedle - @jraedle ⁠ 6. An activist holds the model of a bloodied sheep above her head outside the H&M store in Regent Street during their demonstration on May 12 , 2026 in London, England. Supporters of animal-rights group PETA demonstrated after an investigation found one of their suppliers of wool products punched, kicked, dragged and wounded sheep during the shearing process. | Photo by Martin Pope - ⁠@martin_pope_photographer ⁠ ⁠ 7. Motorists stop their cars and observe a daily one-minute silence at 9:00 a.m. to honor soldiers killed in the Russia-Ukraine war, a ritual initiated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2022, on May 09, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.| Photo by Diego Fedele - ⁠@diego_fedele_ ⁠ ⁠ ** Captions continue in the comments **

Highland Cattle Society’s 135th Annual Spring Show And Sale Highland cattle are prepared for the 135th annual spring sale in Oban, Scotland. The Highland Cattle Show and Sale is held over two days and is open to all highland breed enthusiasts, attracting many buyers from across Europe and North America. | February 9, 2026 | Photos by Jeff J Mitchell - @mitchelljeff Image 3: Handler Mike Taylor from Balrownie Farms is licked by Eachann Buidhe. #GettyImagesNews #highlandcattlesociety #Scotland

Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week’s selections: ⁠ ⁠ ⁠1. Members of Syrian government forces patrol inside a network of tunnels under the city used by retreating Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters inside the military hospital compound in the town of Ain Issa, northeastern Syria. | January 24, 2026 | Photo by Abdulmonam Eassa ⁠ 2. People gather at the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue after a fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | January 24, 2026 | Photo by Stephen Maturen ⁠ 3. Debbie Barratt-Cole reacts after being baptised by Bishop Ceirion Dewar (R) assisted by Deacon Peter Prosser in a bracing North Sea on Bridlington beach in Bridlington, England. | January 24, 2026 | Photo by Christopher Furlong 4. People carry the sculpture of the Holy Burial during the celebration of the traditional "Santo Entierro De Cristo" in Teocelo, Mexico. | January 24, 2026 | Photo by Hector Quintanar 5. A YPG fighter takes position at the frontline near Al Hasakah, Syria. | January 24, 2026 | Photo by Ethan Swope 6. The Guizer Jarl, Lynden Nicolson and his Jarl Squad stand beside his Viking Galley ship as it is set on fire in Lerwick, Scotland. | January 27, 2026 | Photo by Jeff J Mitchell 7. Musician Nicki Minaj (L) joins U.S. President Donald Trump on stage as he delivers remarks during the Treasury Department's Trump Accounts Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. | January 28, 2026 | Photo by Win McNamee 8. A restorer works on books and manuscripts at a laboratory at the Rami Library in Istanbul, Turkey. | January 27, 2026 | Photo by Chris McGrath 9. A member of the national search and rescue agency and a K9 search dog look for victims after a landslide struck Pasirlangu village in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. | January 26, 2026 | Photo by Ulet Ifansasti 10. The HDMS Knud Rasmussen of the Danish Navy patrols behind a cemetery the day after U.S. President Donald Trump walked back on his most aggressive threats over acquiring Greenland, in Nuuk, Greenland. | January 22, 2026 | Photo by Sean Gallup

Close but……#girders

All knowledge degenerates into probability. —— David Hume (from 'A Treatise of Human Nature', 1739–40) 「一切知識，最終都退化為或然性。」 —— 大衛·休謨（出自《人性論》, 1739–40年） Sincere gratitude and credit for the photo of the statue of philosopher David Hume on Edinburgh's Royal Mile to: 🌟 Jeff Mitchell - @mitchelljeff 🌟

Stunning Edinburgh sunset tonight. 😍 #sunset #edinburgh #scotland #visitscotland

Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week's selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives for peace talks in Anchorage, Alaska. | August 15, 2025 | Photo by Andrew Harnik - @andyharnik 2. Humanoid robots compete in the kickboxing event during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China. | August 15, 2025 | Photo by Lintao Zhang - @lintao_zhang 3. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a joint press conference at the Chancellery following a virtual meeting hosted by Merz between European leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump in Berlin, Germany. | August 13, 2025 | Photo by Omer Messinger - @omer_messinger 4. A fisherman casts a net into the backwaters of Kumbalangi in Kerala, India. U.S. tariffs are threatening India's fishing industry, with the export of seafood falling by at least 30 percent. | August 12, 2025 | Photo by Elke Scholiers - @elkescholiers 5. Migrant families stand in the sea after failing to board a small boat bound for the UK, in Gravelines, France. | August 12, 2025 | Photo by Dan Kitwood - @dan_kitwood 6. Hurricane Katrina survivor Robert Green walks down the rotting steps of his flood damaged Lower Ninth Ward home in New Orleans, Louisiana. | August 10, 2025 | Photo by Mario Tama - @mario_tama 7. Residents celebrate the visit of a statue of the Virgin Mary during a procession in a street flooded with seawater amid rising tides in Tibaguin Island, Hagonoy, Philippines. | August 9, 2025 | Photo by Ezra Acayan - @ezra_acayan 8. A car destroyed by a recent wildfire is seen in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, France. | on August 09, 2025 | Photo by Kiran Ridley - @kiran_ridley 9. Oleksandar gives water to pigs that survived a Russian missile strike on a pig farm in Mykilske, Ukraine. | August 9, 2025 | Photo by Pierre Crom - @pierrecrom 10. Burryman Andrew Taylor parades through the town encased in thousands of burdock heads, ferns and flowers in South Queensferry, Scotland. | August 08, 2025 | Photo by Jeff J Mitchell - @mitchelljeff

Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week's selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby cannabis farm near Camarillo, California. | July 10, 2025 | Photo by Mario Tama 2. Revellers run with bulls along Calle Estafeta during the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. | July 09, 2025 | Photo by Jeff J Mitchell 3. US Customs and Border Protection Officers help search and recovery crews scan the bank of the Guadalupe River for remains in Center Point, Texas. | July 09, 2025 | Photo by Jim Vondruska 4. A man gestures from a dinghy as migrants prepare to sail into the English Channel in Gravelines, France. | July 10, 2025 | Photo by Carl Court 5. Fatima, 30, holds her daughter Mohana, 1, in the house of relatives in the village of Andisha, Guzara district, Herat province, where they will sleep overnight as they have nowhere else to go after arriving from the Iranian border following their deportation in Guzara, Afghanistan. | July 5, 2025 | Photo by Elise Blanchard 6. People participate in the annual Fourth of July Parade in Banner Elk, North Carolina. | July 04, 2025 | Photo by Allison Joyce 7. Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, stands in the Everglades a few yards from the front entrance to "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on July 10, 2025 in Ochopee, Florida. | July 10, 2025 | Photo by Joe Raedle 8. The State Emergency Service put out a fire after a mass drone and missile attack by the Russian Federation on the capital in Kyiv, Ukraine. | July 04, 2025 | Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov 9. Nathan Sharpe grieves at the entrance to the Hunt City Square in Hunt, Texas. | July 09, 2025 | Photo by Brandon Bell 10. People watch as fireworks light up the sky above the Brooklyn Bridge during Macy's 4th of July fireworks show in New York City. | July 04, 2025 | Photo by Adam Gray

Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week's selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day on May 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. | Photo by Andrew Harnik 2. Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives in the Popemobile ahead of the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square on May 18, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. | Photo by David Ramos 3. Mute swan cygnets from the many broods hatching at Abbotsbury Swannery on May 19, 2025 in Abbotsbury, Dorset, England.  | Photo by Finnbarr Webster 4. CHP leader Ozgur Ozel and his wife Didem arrive on stage at a mass protest rally in support of the arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on May 19, 2025 in Izmir, Turkey. | Photo by Chris McGrath 5. Tony McFall wears his father's cowboy hat as he surveys the debris of his parents house, who lost their lives during the tornado in the neighborhood of Sunshine Hills on May 17, 2025 in London, Kentucky. | Photo by Michael Swensen 6. Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon campaigns with Katie Loudon at Hamilton Gymnastics Club on May 17, 2025 in Hamilton, Scotland. | Photo by Jeff J Mitchell 7. People attend a vigil to honor sailors killed and injured in the Mexican Navy tall ship accident on May 21, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough in New York City. | Photo by Stephanie Keith 8. An aerial view of properties cleared of wildfire debris that were burned in the Eaton Fire on May 22, 2025 in Altadena, California. | Photo by Mario Tama 9. A man affected by tear gas reacts in front of police officers during a protest in support of Evo Morales on May 16, 2025 in La Paz, Bolivia.  | Photo by Gaston Brito 10. U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Kevin Dietsch

Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week's selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. A man acting as the character The Mandalorian takes part in a photo call on Scarborough South Beach on April 27, 2025 in Scarborough, England. | Photo by Ian Forsyth ⁠2. Cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. | Photo by Dan Kitwood 3. A U.S. Marine Air Defense Integrated System fires at a drone during a live fire exercise as part of U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises on April 27, 2025 in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines. | Photo by Ezra Acayan 4. A protester holds an upside-down American flag over his head during a May Day demonstration at San Francisco City Hall on May 01, 2025 in San Francisco, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan 5. An IDF reservist walks along the beach in Uniform on Yom Ha'atzmaut on May 01, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld 6. Students wearing red gowns from the University of St Andrews take part in The Gaudie procession on April 30, 2025 in St Andrews, Scotland. | Photo by Jeff J Mitchell 7. U.S. Marine One, carrying U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, departs the White House on April 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Kevin Dietsch 8. Armed forces personnel pay tribute at the Martin Place Cenotaph during the annual ANZAC Day dawn service on April 25, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. | Photo by Izhar Khan 9. Seabirds in breeding colonies on the cliffs at St Abb's Head National Nature Reserve on April 30, 2025 in St Abb's, Scotland, United Kingdom. | Photo by Ken Jack 10. Head of the White House Faith Office Paula White sings as she stands next to U.S. President Donald Trump and other religious leaders during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Andrew Harnik

When the Scottish press corp come to town - for the Musselburgh Racecourse Corgi Derby - mayhem guaranteed. The winner was Portobello's own Juno - Queen of Gods in Roman mythology - or perhaps Queen of Dogs! #corgi #corgiderby #Musselburgh #barkingmad #media #PR #public relations #press #journos #snappers #photogs #dogslife #doggone #welshcorgipembroke #welshcorgi #pembrokecorgi #Juno #Portobello

Jeff takes collection of new lens, again. The Canon 6000mm 1.2. He said enthusiastically “It’s Awright”