A staff member, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, looks at a robot at the venue for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China on July 9, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Former Playboy Bunny Angie Best prepares backstage ahead of her return as the iconic Bunny Mother exclusively at the Telling Tales event at Playboy Club London on September 21, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Playboy)

Models walk down the runway during the Robb & Lulu swimwear show as part of Funkshion Fashion Week Swim, Friday, July 17, 2015, in Coral Gables, Fla. (Photo by Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)

Gorgeous galaxies and stunning stars make up this selection of pictures from the shortlisted entries for this year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year award. The winners will be announced on 15 September, and an exhibition of the winning images will be will be displayed in a free exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Centre from 17 September. Here: “Seven Magic Points”. The rusty red swirls of the circular, iron sculpture Seven Magic Points in Brattebergan, Norway mirror the rippling aurora above. (Photo by Rune Engebø/Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016/National Maritime Museum)

Love Island babe Jessica Hayes has wild night out with Ryan Mira at Bubbles Beach Club and SoHo nightclub in Liverpool, England on September 8, 2016. (Photo by Danny Ryan/iCelebTV)

American actress Anya Taylor-Joy and Australian actor Chris Hemsworth are seen on May 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Mary Earps, the English goalkeeper, with her wax lookalike at Madame Tussauds in London in the second decade of November 2024. (Photo by The Times)

A Hong Kong Vegetarian Society activists lies on a giant plate alongside oversized peas, carrots and cutlery during a protest rally in the tourist district of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China, 23 December 2015. The activists urged passers-by to extend the holiday spirit to animals and to give thoughts to the cruelty inflicted on animals in meat productions. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA)