Four-year-old Solaris Arias (right) jumps through water spraying from an open fire hydrant in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 20, 2012. Much of the state remained under a heat advisory Tuesday afternoon because of the steamy air mass that has moved into the region resulting in temperatures in the 90s. (Photo by Steven Senne/AP Photo)

2016 Rio Olympics, Swimming, Preliminary, Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 7 2016. Christopher Reid (RSA) of South Africa competes. (Photo by Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters)

A drone flies above World Surf League World Title winner Hawaian surfer John John Florence during the final heat of the Portuguese stage of the World Surf League championship at Supertubos beach near Peniche, central Portugal, on October 25, 2016. (Photo by Francisco Leong/AFP Photo)

Itzhak de Laat of Team Netherlands crashes during the Men's 500m Heats on day seven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 11, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

Nadezhda Sergeeva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, looks at her time in the women's monobob heat 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, February 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)

Olga Fatkulina of the Russian Olympic Committee flops onto the infield after finishing her heat in the women's speedskating 1,000-meter finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, February 17, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

Doutzen Kroes heats things up as she appears in a new lingerie campaign on March 3, 2020. The Dutch-born model, 35, looks stunning as she showcases the latest looks from Hunkemoller. She features in the Dutch brand's spring-summer 2020. (Photo by Hunkemoller/The Mega Agency)

When Colin Garratt went to photograph the traditional sentinels of the British countryside, he found they ranged from the dapper to the downright sinister. “They are not from the anaesthetised world of the craft fair”, says Colin Garratt, “but are the direct descendants of the ancient spectres which have haunted the landscape for centuries”. The Scarecrow Exhibition is at Geddes Gallery, London, from 25 to 30 March. (Photo by Colin Garratt)