French National Front party deputy Marion Marechal-Le Pen attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris April 14, 2015. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)
Roped up climbers leave the summit of Breithorn at 4,164 metres (13,661 feet) on the ridge marking the border with Switzerland (left) and Italy in the Alpine resort of Zermatt August 4, 2014. Switzerland will vote on November 30 on an initiative from the group Ecopop which proposes a cap on the number of immigrants. The group says it is motivated by concerns about a lack of living space exerting too much pressure on the land and natural resources, rather than by opposition to foreigners. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
Women blow coloured power during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India, March 10, 2020. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)
The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology. Taken by international ecologists and students, the winning images will be exhibited at the society’s joint annual meeting in Ghent in December. Here: Overall runner-up; Toucan, Mark Tatchell. (Photo by Mark Tatchell/British Ecological Society)
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has appeared in the world top ten for performing arts education in the QS World University Rankings 2024 published today, April 10, 2024. (Photo by The Times)
Revellers celebrate during the “Bloco da Lama”, a mud carnival, in Paraty, Brazil, on February 10, 2018. “Bloco da Lama” started in 1986 by teenagers playing with mud and became a traditional event at the historical city of Paraty. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)