Members of Wilton Windmill Society, in Wiltshire, gave the 1821 fantail mill its annual spring clean

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Lily the donkey was greeted by Ben, seven, as she prepared to lead the first Palm Sunday procession since 2019 to Ripon Cathedral

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Wild Konik ponies, part of a 75-strong herd, do battle in Wicken Fen nature reserve, Ely

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One couple finished with flying colors at the UK wife-carrying race in Dorking, Surrey. The prize was a barrel of ale

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A lion cub wakes in the morning sun at the Zimanga private game reserve in South Africa

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Natalia Grossman of the USA competes during the women’s finals of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Meiringen, Switzerland

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A 180m tightrope walk 20m above Vevey market square in western Switzerland formed part of a celebration of the town’s links to the performing arts

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Big win: Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski celebrates his victory in the Amstel Gold Race, a road-cycling competition, with a well-deserved beer

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Maria, belonging to La Paz brotherhood and acting as a penitent, poses for a picture before taking part in a Palm Sunday procession in Seville

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Historians dressed in period clothing go about their business during a Tudor-themed weekend at Athelhampton House and Gardens near Puddletown in Dorset

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Ivor Button, a 95-year-old Briton, was flying high as he became the world’s oldest wing walker after his plane took off from Rendcomb airfield in Gloucestershire

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Fifty race horses from the Park House Stables in Newbury, the trainer Andrew Balding’s yard, return after early-morning exercise

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Marc Oliver Kempf of Hertha Berlin lights up the Olympiastadion during the Bundesliga match between Hertha BSC and 1. FC Union Berlin

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A dove made out of 250 drone hovers by the illuminated LNG-run cruise ship AIDAcosma during its christening ceremony in Hamburg

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Two harlequin macaws arrive for a free-fly session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Polar bears are among models made of plants in the sculpture safari at Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire

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Horton Tower, near Wimborne in Dorset, is illuminated before sunset. The folly, built in 1750, was said to have been Britain’s tallest non-religious tower

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Yaquemile, a 48-year-old migrant from Cuba, arrives on US soil after wading through the Rio Grande river from Mexico with hundreds of other migrants from Central and South America

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Cornish pilot gigs head out of Hayle harbor in Cornwall, passing Porthkidney beach

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