A nurse consoles herself with a box of chocolates as she reads a paper-back thriller. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1955

Revellers celebrate New Year's Day in central Moscow, Russia, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)

People lay flowers for and mourn the anti-government protesters who were killed in the past weeks’ clashes with riot police.

Girls stand on the rocks consulting a magazine as they carry their trays with fruits for sell, in Dakar, Senegal on February 28, 2021. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)

“7584 Fish”. On a windy day right after a Cyclone passed the far northern Great Barrier Reef i took some friends out to the reef. Never before i saw that many glass fish on this particular coral “bommie”. Just when i setup my camera, this Napoleon Wrasse swam right through the school of fish building a living frame. Photo location: Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Flynn Reef, Australia. (Photo and caption by Christian Miller/National Geographic Photo Contest)

A barking-mad designer, Leah Workman, has launched a range of wigs that turn pets into pop princesses including Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and even Marilyn Monroe. Photo: Lady Gaga wig. (Photo by Cushzilla/BNPS)

A chicken has invaded the pitch at Blackburn Rovers during a Championship football match against Burnley.

A model wearing a Maxime Rappaz design, winner of the Annabelle Award, walks the runway during the second day of the Charles Voegele Fashion Days on November 10, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by The Image Gate/Getty Images for IMG)