Making the final checks before masterpieces from Buckingham Palace go on display today at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
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The Colombian artist Julian Castillo paints a mural depicting the Puerto Rican singer René Pérez, known as Residente, using human blood given by volunteers
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A woman stands in what remains of a home after a tornado in Arabi, Louisiana
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Ken Kiefer, 52, an underwater photographer from Texas, thought this great white shark off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, had “turned to share his love with me”
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A robot that can stand up and call a lift when it needs to go to a different floor was shown off by the tech giant NVIDIA at its artificial intelligence conference
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Come dance with me: male mudskipper fish on an estuary in Taiwan launch themselves into the air, flapping their fins, to get female attention
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Workers roll the red carpet in Hollywood ready for the 94th Academy Awards
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The Dutch Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis breaks his own world record to reach 64 mph on Savalen Lake in Tynset, Norway
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Bangladeshi children from Khan Tea Garden have their faces painted for Holi, the Hindu festival of colors to mark the onset of spring
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A squirrel has a face-off with a cobra capable of killing a person with one bite. It dodged the snake’s lunges and scared it away from holidaymakers in Botswana
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Police sedated a two-year-old mountain lion seen running towards a shopping center in California. He will be released after health checks
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A dog walker enjoys a taste of spring at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
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Mish and Lucy, two brown bear cubs found abandoned in Albania, use a round drain cover for a game of pebble skimming at Wildwood Escot animal park in Devon
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Buffalo Sabers goalkeeper Craig Anderson gets a drink before a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins
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José María Figueres, the former president of Costa Rica, receives makeup before an election debate
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An Indian tourist takes a selfie at Srinagar, Asia’s largest tulip garden with 1.5 million tulips of 68 varieties
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A dog in a costume sits in a toy car during the Thailand International Pet Variety Exhibition in Bangkok
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Catherine Pykett views The Flybrary, by the artist Christina Sporrong, at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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Artists draw an oak leaf, a curlew, a salmon and a beaver in a map of the United Kingdom. The sand drawing on Scarborough beach was washed away by the tide, symbolizing the alarm of young people at the disappearance of British wildlife
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Italy’s Daniel Grassl in action during the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier, France
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