Cooler temperatures begin this week as a polar vortex brings much colder conditions with the chance of snow for Snowdonia, Ogwen Valley, North Wales on 22nd October 2018. The Ogwen Valley and Tryfan Mountain looking splendid in the Autumn sunrise. (Photo by DGDImages/Alamy Live News)
Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 620 miles (1,000 km) from the South American continent, these 19 islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique “living museum and showcase of evolution”. Photo: “Close-up. We had a juvenile Red-Footed Booby come visit us on the sun deck. I got some closeups with my ultrawide 11-16mm Tokina”. (Photo by Carl Fredrickson)
A fuzzy caterpillar on a basil plant in west Bengal, India on December 25, 2023. The caterpillar’s defence system is its hair, which has microscopic barbs that break off easily in the skin of would-be predators. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Australian rider Jack Miller (on tarmac) of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and teammate Brad Binder of South Africa fall after a crash during the Malaysia Motorcycling Grand Prix 2024 at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit, in Sepang, Malaysia, 03 November 2024. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)
A star-spangled spectator takes in a perfect Sunday afternoon, November 3, 2024 for stock-car racing. About 50,000 fans turned up for Sunday afternoon’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. (Photo by Lauren Caulk/The Guardian)
“Ring Girls” attend the undercard bouts before Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine faces Daniel Dubois of Great Britain in their undisputed heavyweight title bout at the Wembley Stadium in London, Great Britain, 19 July 2025. It is the second meeting between the WBA (Super), WBO and WBC champion Usyk and IBF title-holder Dubois following their fight in 2023 which Usyk won. (Photo by Daniel Hambury/EPA)