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who left the treasure chest open

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falconnier glass bricks. "falconnier. architecture of light" exhibition. museum of architecture.

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Alysa Liu, Winter Olympics 2026

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Rialto Beach Sea Stack 2

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NASA released the clearest pictures yet of our neighbours in the solar system

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Honourable mention

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Nigerian women’s hairstyles, 1966-75.

Photographs by JD ‘Okhai Ojeikere

In Nigeria, women’s hairstyles can carry a number of different meanings and messages. These plaits and elaborate structures take anywhere between 30 minutes and five hours to create and can mark special occasions such as weddings and birthdays, denote a particular family or region or respond to political and artistic movements of the day. The acclaimed Nigerian photographer JD ’Okhai Ojeikere spent 40 years immortalising nearly 1,000 of these hairstyles, until his death in 2014. “Apart from being fascinated by their beauty and the artistic nature of each hairstyle, he documented them for posterity,” says his son, photographer Amaize Ojeikere. There is a danger, he adds, that these skills will be lost. “Particularly now the younger generation think it is ‘old-school’. That is one of the reasons the images were taken: to showcase the beauty of our people.” (via The Guardian)

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"When I found a packet of fries that someone had abandoned, I knew that it wouldn't be long until it would attract a these opportunistic birds," said Ben Lucas, who took home first place in the British Wildlife Photography Awards' 15–17-year-old category for his ingenious photo "Street Cleaners." "I set up a small GoPro camera in the back of the packet, after some very weird looks from people passing by, the birds started to show up. As they approached the food, I triggered the camera by voice commands so I didn't put the birds off their meal."