The RNLI Swanage lifeboat in Dorset, UK churns the water as it performs some manoeuvres on September 13, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Johnstone/BNPS)

Drivers merge onto expressway lanes after passing through the Wuzhuang toll station at Chuzhou, in China's eastern Anhui province, as they make their way back home on the second-to-last day of an eight-day National Day holiday on October 7, 2025. The Wuzhuang toll station, located on the border between Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, is China's largest expressway toll station, with a total of 36 lanes. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

Dancers of the English National Ballet perform MacMillan's The Rite of Spring from Beyond Ballet Russes with costumes by Kinder Aggugini at the Coliseum on March 22, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Heugh Breakwater by Caroline Walker. Winner in the Coastal Views category. (Photo by Caroline Walker/Sea View Photography Competition 2020)

Models prepare backstage ahead of the Strateas.Carlucci show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2015 at Carriageworks on April 13, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

National maritime charity, the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, has revealed results of its seventh annual photography competition, showcasing images relating to all aspects of the UK’s historic relationship with the sea. Here: “Sunrise Through The Wave”, by John Alderson, which has won the People category. (Photo by John Alderson/PA Wire Press Association)

European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake will return home after a six-month long mission on the International Space Station,on June 18, 2016. Peake was the first British ESA astronaut to visit the ISS and captured hundreds of photographs of the Earth during his mission. Here: “Lots of sun-glint right now during our whole orbit – we haven't seen a sunset for over 3 days”, he wrote. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)