American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift early October 2025 reveals “dark fear” that used to plague her before finding Travis Kelce as she opens up about wedding plans. (Photo by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott)

Kids in fancy dress eat for free at Asda Cafés in Leeds, UK on Halloween on 31st October, 2025 – a real treat for families this spooky season. (Photo by Doug Jackson/PinPep)

In more “raccoons are getting more like us” news, a drunk raccoon was found in a liquor store in Virginia, US in the first decade of December 2025. The animal had got into the shop via some loose ceiling tiles, knocked bottles of spirits off the shelves, lapped up the contents and passed out in the toilets. Once it had sobered up, it was released back into the wild – no doubt with a crashing hangover. (Photo by AP Photo)

Demonstrators run inside of subway after clashing with riot police during a protest to denounce the housing crisis and evictions, in Barcelona, Spain, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

People admire “Dinosaur”, a pigeon sculpture along the High Line in New York, on Monday, October 21, 2024. The hand-painted sculpture by artist Iván Argote celebrates the pigeon's distant past as the birds descended from dinosaurs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A woman visits the exhibition “Pop Air” at the Balloon Museum in Madrid, Spain, 22 March 2023. The exhibition, dedicated to balloons and inflatable arts, opened to the public in Madrid on 18 March and runs through 23 July 2023. (Photo by Alejandro Lopez/EPA)

A worker paints the face of a realistic pet plushie, at the Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory, in Angeles City, Pampanga province, Philippines on March 10, 2023. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)

Cosplayer Johnny McPhung as Robin poses at Day 2 of WonderCon 2023 at Anaheim Convention Center on March 25, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/FilmMagic)