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Artist Xavi Bou has created an eye-popping series celebrating fascinating creatures that are too often seen only as a nuisance ...

Judge dismisses challenge that argued development failed to provide housing and could damage London landmarks ...

While shopping in Yorkshire one December, the photographer came across a group of very merry Santas ...

Instagram release of tea towel featuring what the UK designer 'finds common' has become an annual ritual ...

I took the scenic route to Daugavpils, birthplace of the abstract artist - a world of breathtaking colour, kindness and cold ...

A Lion King prequel and a sitcom swansong feature in a festive week of wonders ...

From break dancing to nude bathers and the country's best mullets, here's a selection of our photographers' finest work ...

The Guardian's picture editors select photographs from around the world ...

Yayoi lands in Melbourne, the Silk Road runs through the British Museum and corsairs real and fictional dock in Cornwall - all in your weekly dispatch ...

She may be the most painted woman in history, almost always portrayed as subservient, pure, chaste - and never actually giving birth. Thank goodness female artists like Paula Rego and Esther Strauss provided a reality check ...