Horsham, UK : A white stork tends to its chicks on a nest in West Sussex. The last hatchlings recorded in the UK were on the roof of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, in 1416. The White Stork project, which has been monitoring the birds, hopes to restore a population in southern England to about 50 breeding pairs by 2030 Photo Read More » Share Twitter
Normandy, France : The spire of Mont Saint-Michel Abbey featuring Saint Michael and the dragon Photo Read More » Share Twitter
Nasarawa, Nigeria : Children huddle on a motorbike while their parents say Eid prayers Photo Read More » Share Twitter
The iCub robot, pictured at the Institute of Technology, is subsequently adopted by more than 20 laboratories worldwide. It has 53 motors that move the head, arms, hands, waist and legs. It can see and hear. The goal of RobotCub is to study cognition through the implementation of a humanoid robot the size of a three-year-old child Photo Read More » Share Twitter
A former jewellery shop owner whose business shut because of coronavirus, opens a roadside barbers Photo Read More » Share Twitter
Nuneaton, Warwickshire A mural dedicated to NHS staff has been created on the side of a bus Photo Read More » Share Twitter
London, UK A child wearing a face mask surrounded by shoes, after the environmental civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion laid out 1,500 pairs of children’s shoes in Trafalgar Square in central London in a protest to demand that the government adopts a climate-friendly economic recovery plan Photo Read More » Share Twitter
Auckland, New Zealand : Members of the public watch the sun set at Piha beach. New Zealand has eased its coronavirus restrictions, with restaurants, cinemas, shops, playgrounds and gyms allowed to open if physical distancing and strict hygiene measures are in place. Photo Read More » Share Twitter
Arusha, Tanzania : A human footprint dated from between 19,100 and 5,760 years ago at the Engare Sero site, south of Tanzania’s Lake Natron. The group of more than 400 human footprints is the largest ever found in Africa. The find offers a glimpse of what humans in the late pleistocene period looked like, as well as how they may have gathered food Photo Read More » Share Twitter