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  • Marilyn Monroe is seen in a ballerina satin dress sitting on a wicker chair

    ‘The people made me a star’: 100 years of Marilyn Monroe – in pictures

    The woman once known as Norma Jeane became an inspiration for artists and photographers – as a stunning new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery proves
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  • A red handfish among coral

    Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

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  • Joel Harper-Jackson (Frank Sinatra), centre, in Sinatra: The Musical

    That’s life! Musical about Frank Sinatra’s explosive rise opens in London – in pictures

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  • A woman in a red coat cries as she holds up her mobile phone to take a video. She is in a crowd of other people also holding up their phones and cameras

    A humanoid traffic officer and Pride in Brazil: photos of the day – Monday

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  • A group of police in riot gear with helmets and shields stand in a wide corridor with red tiled walls and low ceiling

    Hong Kong protests and the erasure of the individual – in pictures

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  • The Salesian Sisters greet players prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in San Antonio

    General strike in Portugal and basketball-loving nuns: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • A giant sculpture of a footballer, naked and on its side with words daubed on it

    Stormy weather and a footballer protest: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • An activist with a sign reading: ‘Reject Ebola in Kenya’, with people holding him up by his arms and legs

    Exams in Gaza and an Ebola protest arrest: photos of the day – Tuesday

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  • The Tenggerese people carry vegetables as offerings to Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada ritual in East Java

    Vegetables for the gods and moving Messi’s statue: photos of the day – Monday

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  • A modern apartment building with exposed structural framework, balconies, and broken windows surrounded by green trees

    Kyiv picks up the pieces after another attack by Russia – photo essay

  • A human skull with visible damage to the eye sockets and forehead, viewed from the front against a black background

    Family’s 90-year search for answers after father vanished in Francoist uprising – photo essay

  • A mural of writer Conceição Evaristo

    The mural project honouring the Black cultural heritage of Rio de Janeiro – photo essay

  • Visitors look through temporary viewing panels during restoration works in central Rome.

    Tour groups, temporary routes and toilets: the reshaping of Rome – photo essay

  • Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola

    Burials and tears as Ebola outbreak continues to spread in DRC – in pictures

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  • Traffic passes under a neon Route 66 sign over the road

    Take a trip on Route 66: still delivering kicks after 100 years

  • Bina Awale mourns at her brother's funeral

    Nepal’s uprising took their loved ones. Now they hope for change – gallery

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  • A young family and two dogs sit in a row on a duvet on the floor, smiling, in a brightly lit room

    ‘We leave when troops are 10-12km away. That’s it’: a young Kyiv family endures Russia’s energy siege

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