People bow at a mosaic image of their former leaders, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, on the 77th anniversary of the founding of the country, Pyongyang, North Korea
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The Garnet fire torches trees in the Sierra national forest. The blaze has devastated more than 22,000 hectares (55,000 acres) of land since breaking out on 24 August.
Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
A display for the Italian ammunition manufacturer Invernizzi Presse at the Defence and Security Equipment International four-day exhibition.
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Palestinian women and children sit on a vehicle with their luggage as they flee following the Israeli evacuation order.
Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
The Israeli military drops leaflets urging residents to leave their homes ahead of a planned offensive.
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A missile falls towards a building during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, September 8, 2025 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/ Reuters]
Top 10 most-sighted butterflies in 2025’s Big Butterfly Count – in pictures
The results of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count are in, and while the numbers are a vast improvement on 2024’s record lows, the charity has warned that urgent measures are still needed to reverse long-term decline.
Photograph: Keith Warmington/Butterfly Conservation
Two children on a rooftop in Khan Younis, Gaza, in September 2024
Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/c/o Visa Pour L’Image
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The moon behind the chariot at the top of the Triumphal Arch of the General Staff building in St Petersburg, #Russia
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Children search rubble for things to salvage at the site of the 15-storey Sussi Tower destroyed by an Israeli bombardment.
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What’s the smallest possum in the world? That would be the little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus). This marsupial typically weighs only 0.4 oz (10 g), about the weight of ten almonds! It’s an omnivore with a taste for the nectar and pollen of flowering plants—and it can consume up to 7 percent of its body weight in a single day! This species inhabits parts of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
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Photo: Tom Hunt, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
Queen of hearts … one of last year’s barn owl chicks is ringed at the Kelly family’s farm in Co Down, UK. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the region, but the Kellys put up nest boxes and have managed to attract a breeding pair. “Seeing barn owls breed here for three years running is the ultimate reward for farming with nature,” Adam Kelly said
Photograph: Ulster Wildlife/PA
