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Radar map

Radar satellite's stunning map of UK and Ireland

For some technologies there are never any clouds to spoil the view.

Radar map

Radar satellite's stunning map of UK and Ireland

For some technologies there are never any clouds to spoil the view.

Picture dated January 8th shows a covering of snow and ice in the Sahara Desert near Ain Sefra in northwestern Algeria.SNOW has fallen on the SAND in the SAHARA Desert after temperatures dropped below freezing.Photographers took incredible pictures of rare SNOW and ICE in the Saharan desert in northwestern Algeria yesterday (Sat).The ice created stunning patterns in the sand after the area saw a sprinkling of snow fall unexpectedly. Rare snow in Saharan desert, Algeria - 10 Jan 2022

Snowfall pictured in Sahara Desert

The ice crystals leave stunning patterns in the sands of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert.

The Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg, Russia

Celebrating creativity in the construction industry

Two winning photographs from India and Russia have been named as winners of The Art of Building 2021.

People stand beside St Michael"s Tower as they watch the full moon, sometimes known as a "Wolf Moon", rise behind Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, Britain, January 17, 2022

Stunning Wolf Moon dazzles around the world

Photographers across the globe captured the lunar event alongside some spectacular landscapes.

Members from the Kilcormac Killoughey Camogie Club, of which Ashling Murphy was a member, outside St Brigid's Church, Mountbolus, Co Offaly, for her funeral, who was murdered in Tullamore, Co Offaly last Wednesday. 23-year-old Ashling, a primary school teacher and a talented musician, was found dead after going for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore. Picture date: Tuesday January 18, 2022.

Mourners line the streets for Ashling Murphy

Crowds, including schoolchildren holding pictures of Ms Murphy, came out in force to say farewell.

Nino Cerruti in 1989

Italian fashion great Nino Cerruti dies aged 91

The celebrated designer and businessman once said: "I have always dressed the same person, myself."

Ladybower Reservoir plughole

Photographers flock to overflowing 'plug holes'

Recent data shows water storage levels at Ladybower Reservoir are at 98.8% of its capacity.

Picture dated January 8th shows a covering of snow and ice in the Sahara Desert near Ain Sefra in northwestern Algeria.SNOW has fallen on the SAND in the SAHARA Desert after temperatures dropped below freezing.Photographers took incredible pictures of rare SNOW and ICE in the Saharan desert in northwestern Algeria yesterday (Sat).The ice created stunning patterns in the sand after the area saw a sprinkling of snow fall unexpectedly. Rare snow in Saharan desert, Algeria - 10 Jan 2022

Snowfall pictured in Sahara Desert

The ice crystals leave stunning patterns in the sands of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert.

The Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg, Russia

Celebrating creativity in the construction industry

Two winning photographs from India and Russia have been named as winners of The Art of Building 2021.

People stand beside St Michael"s Tower as they watch the full moon, sometimes known as a "Wolf Moon", rise behind Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, Britain, January 17, 2022

Stunning Wolf Moon dazzles around the world

Photographers across the globe captured the lunar event alongside some spectacular landscapes.

Members from the Kilcormac Killoughey Camogie Club, of which Ashling Murphy was a member, outside St Brigid's Church, Mountbolus, Co Offaly, for her funeral, who was murdered in Tullamore, Co Offaly last Wednesday. 23-year-old Ashling, a primary school teacher and a talented musician, was found dead after going for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore. Picture date: Tuesday January 18, 2022.
Nino Cerruti in 1989
Ladybower Reservoir plughole

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