We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "arches". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.Kirsty HisemanKirsty...

Shane GrossShane Gross wins the grand prize - and the 'Wetlands: The Bigger Picture' category A snapshot of wriggling toad tadpoles has earned Shane Gross the title of Wildlife...

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.JIM WATSON/AFPTesla founder and the owner of X, Elon Musk, jumps on stage as he joins former US...

Miguel J Rodriguez Carrillo / AFPHomes and streets flooded in Siesta Key, where Milton made landfall, on ThursdayHurricane Milton left behind power outages, destruction and some fatalities after making...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:RODGER BOSCH / AFPHoping to win hearts and minds with humour, Extinction Rebellion protesters pose as...

Ray StokesThis 1958 photo captured seagulls feeding from fish boxes at Aberdeen harbourAn amateur photographer’s images from the 1950s have been generating fresh interest more than a decade after...

Rapper and producer Lemfreck won the 2024 Welsh Music Prize in a grand ceremony at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre.The Newport artist fought off competition from rockers Skindred and singer...

Photographer Dennis Stone with Paul McCartney at Heathrow Airport Mick Jagger flashes a smile for the cameraDennis Stone's legacy "photographing the good and great, the big and the bad"...

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty ImagesA woman uses a shovel to remove mud from a building on Main Street in...

Tiksa Negeri / ReutersThousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year.It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:JOSE COELHO / EPAWith a week to go before Mozambique's general election, flyers from political parties...

APDame Maggie Smith, star of the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89.She made her acting debut in 1952 and was still working...