The statue of English merchant and slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.
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Retaining a statue or monument takes very little work – explaining it is a mammoth and contested task.
Strong ties: despite a recent coolness between the US and Israel, the ‘special relationship’ remains strong.
EPA-EFE/GPO/Avi Ohion
Washington’s firm support for Israel in its conflict with Hamas is a personal and geopolitical priority for US president Joe Biden.
Portraits on show at the exhibition, in the centre is Laceta Reid,
painted by Serge Attukwei Clottey.
National Portrait Gallery
The portraits hold up a mirror to a society that has underappreciated the Windrush generation for far too long.
The Limerick medium-security prison.
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In the mid-20th century, civil servants in Ireland recognised the harms incarceration wreaks not just on individuals but their families and society at large.
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939).
Archive PL/Alamy
As Hollywood continues to reckon with its past, Vivien Leigh’s story is a reminder of the challenges faced by women, even the most successful ones.
A young Hilary Mantel.
Jim Keenan
The book shares secrets – Mantel’s own alongside those of the writers, historical figures and places she describes.
Adania Shibli was awarded the prize for her novel about the 1949 murder of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers.
Marco Destefanis/Alamy
From dubious guests of honour from oppressive states to allowing far-right publishers to show, Frankfurt Book Fair’s political stances have been all over the place.
Artists impression of what WASP-17b could look like, based on.
data gathered by Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and other ground- and space-based
telescopes, including the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.
NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)
The atmosphere is a reflection of extreme conditions on the super-heated planet.
shutterstock.
canbedone/Shuttestock
If the average amount of information conveyed by an event is always decreasing, it could mean we live in a computer program.
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Over 80% of secondary schools are academies, which don’t have to teach the national curriculum.
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More and more people are saying they don’t trust the news or can’t face engaging with it – and that appears to have political implications.
AfD supporters celebrate a win in Bavaria.
EPA/Leonhard Simon
Gains in Bavaria and Hesse mark new territory for a radical-right party that once only really enjoyed support in one region.
Gaza has been under blockade for 16 years so children have grown up facing deprivation and conflict.
EPA-EFE/Haitham Imad
Children living in Gaza have never known anything but deprivation and danger.
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People with intellectual disability are 50% more likely to die from cancer than the general population.
Donald Tusk holding a sign that reads “it’s time for a happy Poland”.
EPA/Marian Zubrzycki
Law and Justice emerges as the biggest party but without a majority, leaving the door open for a large coalition led by the former president of the European Council.
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Changing attitudes to maths from the start of education can lead to more success later on.
UN food distributed to refugees, 2009. Many Gazans have been dependent on food aid, restricted by Israel, for years.
EPA/Ali Ali
Water, food, energy and fuel supplies have been severed as retaliation for Hamas’s attacks.
Guy Bell/Alamy Stock Photo
ONS, Zoe app, Google Trends … there were many ways to keep an eye on COVID cases during the pandemic. Here’s how they fared.
Wolves are making a comeback throughout Europe – but not everyone’s happy.
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Some European countries view wolf protection differently to others. A look at Spain’s experience may explain why.
Palestinians carry a body on a stretcher following Israeli bombing in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Research explains why Palestinians experiencing despair may gamble with their own lives despite little real hope of improving things.