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British Museum

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Pictures of the week: Clocks, cranes and cavalry

Our pick of the best images from the last seven days

Made up

An artist applies make up to transform into the monkey god Hanuman to take part in a religious procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in Allahabad, India. (Rex)

Hear me roar

Two lions - Leon and Ronja - have a stand-off as they play in a zoo in the Czech Republic. (Rex)

Fight to the death

Skeletons are arranged in a bar scene as part of a competition to create Day of the Dead altars on Regina Street in central Mexico City. (AP Images)

Smokescreen

Veiled women carry censers during a procession honouring The Lord of Miracles in the Plaza de Armas in Santiago, Chile. (AP Images)

Time flies

A man sizes hands for an eight-foot diameter silhouette clock at Electric Time Co in Massachusetts, U.S. (AP Images) 

Eye to eye

A woman looks at a painting produced collaboratively by Damien Hirst and David Bowie called "Beautiful, halo, space-boy painting" 1995, part of the Bowie Collection on display at Sotheby's auction rooms in London. (AP Images)

Up in the air

The Italian Air Force acrobatic squad 'Frecce Tricolori' (three-color arrows) maneuvers above Rome's skyline during the celebrations for the Armed Forces Day. (AP Images)

Think pink

A dusty pink sun sets over the Naviglio Grande canal, in Milan, Italy. (AP Images)

Lost in the fire

Residents salvage items from smoldering homes after a fire gutted a neighbourhood in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines. (AP Images)

Silhouettes 

Migrating cranes fly during sunset near Straussfurt, central Germany. The cranes rest in central Germany on their way from breeding places in the north to their wintering grounds in the south. (AP Images)

Raising the flag

Mounted police and members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment ride ahead of a state carriage procession carrying Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos from Horse Guards Parade to Buckingham Palace in London. (AP Images)

Those who wait

Cambodian boys use a fishing pole to catch fish in a flooded village of Samaki on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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National Geographic Nature Photographer Competition - the most breathtaking entries so far

The race is nearly over to find the photos "that showcase the awe-inspiring and diverse natural world around us".

Entries for the National Geographic Nature Photographer competition close on 4 November.

A number of spectacular pictures have already been entered into the competition, showing some of nature’s most epic moments.  

Beautiful landscapes, wild environments and dramatic wildlife shots all feature among the best entries.

The winner will receive a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions and two 15-minute image portfolio reviews with National Geographic photo editors.

Here are some of the best entries so far.

Hummingbird

This baby hummingbird was separated from his mother, but managed to fly back to her soon after the picture was taken. (Emily Riley/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of theYear)

On a mission

A grizzly bear battles to get his paws on a wriggling salmon. (Meril D./2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year) 

Cottonwood beauty

Yellow puffs of cottonwood flowers cling to the trees in the woodland scene, giving it the look of a Impressionist painting. (Gillian Lloyd/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

I am angry

Lions devour the body of a dead kudu, closely followed by a pack of hungry hyenas looking for their own share. (NingYu Pao/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Orphan orangutan

An Orangutan, whose parents have been killed due to Borneo’s deforestation, sits alone in the rainforest. (Yosuke Kashiwakura/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Wet wet wet

Two cheetah cubs trudge along through an afternoon downpour behind their mother. (Gillian Lloyd/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year) 

Fire dancer

The spewing lava of Erta Ale lake creates a childish stick figure. (Brina Bunt/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Breaking through

Horses thunder across the open grassland in a tight formation in Mongolia, pursued by a single rider. (Kyon.J/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Early morning rays

Smoke spews out of Mount Bromo, dyed orange but the morning sun. (Rifky Setya/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Engagement present

A Kingfisher presents a potential mate with a delicious engagement present. (Andres Miguel Dominguez/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

The glacier pattern

Giant slabs of ice line the earth in uneven stripes in New Zealand. (Takashi Tsuneizumi/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographerof the Year)

Aladdin’s cave

The sun shines through the ceiling of a snow cave, created a rainbow pattern. (Denis Budkov/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Rush hour

A dense cloud of snow geese throng the sky in New Mexico. (Eileen Johnson/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)

Before sunrise

Whispy tendrils of cloud wrap themselves around the peaks of Xingping, China. (Tianyuan Xiao/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year) 

Oceans XVI

A surreal palette of colours tinges the ocean at Polihale State Park on Kaua'i. (Aaron Feinberg/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)