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From wild parrots in the streets of Tokyo to charismatic pigeons and locked-down penguins, Gemma Padley invites us to look anew at life in the air by bringing together the world’s best bird photography
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Chauncey Hare’s Photographic Work is the first critical biography of the American photographer Chauncey Hare (1934–2019).
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Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet is an adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s tale of magical realism, starring Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé. Tristram Kenton went into rehearsals
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The school shooting in Uvalde, mortar explosions in Lysychansk, protests in the Philippines, the Australian election and Boris Johnson reacting to the Sue Gray report: the most striking images from around the world this week
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From Dua Lipa at the O2 to a dispatch from Ukraine, the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in May 2022
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Artist Shawn Huckins obscures historical portraits with laundry
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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A series of portraits by the award-winning British photographer Lewis Khan from the Romanian border documents the stories of mothers and children who fled Ukraine as bombs and bullets rained down on their homes
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Our photo editor selects his favourite frames – including epic celebrations, crunching tackles and a bizarre banner featuring the ‘Moyesiah’
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After years of knockbacks and fights over funding, this amazing feat of engineering is ready to open
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Fight Club Thailand is an underground organisation that hosts unsanctioned fights of various martial arts disciplines
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On his trip to India last week, Boris Johnson told media he would not necessarily get the enthusiastic reception he received in Ahmedabad everywhere in the world. Photographer Stefan Rousseau went along for the ride
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Brass bands have a long history in Sierra Leone and are slowly making a come back after the war. Most neighbourhoods, scout groups and schools have a brass marching band and competitions are held regularly. Bands spend hours training, promoting and recruiting more players by playing on public holidays and at events
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