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News in pictures: Friday, March 29, 2024

Soldiers from the Spanish Foreign Legion travel by ship to Malaga from their base in north Africa every Easter to carry a life-size effigy of the Christ of the Good Death, adopted as their patron saint in the 1920s
Soldiers from the Spanish Foreign Legion travel by ship to Malaga from their base in north Africa every Easter to carry a life-size effigy of the Christ of the Good Death, adopted as their patron saint in the 1920s
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
The Times
The immersive Chocolate House Greenwich exhibition in southeast London shows off the role chocolate played in the revival of the area. It opens this weekend at the Old Royal Naval College
The immersive Chocolate House Greenwich exhibition in southeast London shows off the role chocolate played in the revival of the area. It opens this weekend at the Old Royal Naval College
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL
A university in the Philippines has come up with a novel way to stop students cheating in exams — by getting them to wear hats in the shape of animated characters and random objects such as a crate of beer
A university in the Philippines has come up with a novel way to stop students cheating in exams — by getting them to wear hats in the shape of animated characters and random objects such as a crate of beer
ANGELO EBORA/BEAMPIX/SOLENT NEWS
An abandoned baby lamb named Hagrid has a spring back in his step after keepers at a petting zoo became his surrogate mother
An abandoned baby lamb named Hagrid has a spring back in his step after keepers at a petting zoo became his surrogate mother
ZACHARYCULPIN/BNPS
President Putin visits a defence ministry centre for training of flight crews in Torzhok in the Tver region of northeast Russia
President Putin visits a defence ministry centre for training of flight crews in Torzhok in the Tver region of northeast Russia
MIKHAIL METZEL/REUTERS
Fabrics dry on bamboo scaffolding on Inle lake in Myanmar. The cloth will be made into a traditional garment called a longyi, worn by both sexes
Fabrics dry on bamboo scaffolding on Inle lake in Myanmar. The cloth will be made into a traditional garment called a longyi, worn by both sexes
HILTON CHEN/SOLENT NEWS
Seca Juneyd, a four-year-old Palestinian girl suffered deep burns when Israeli troops attacked her house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza.  She was being treated at al-Shifa hospital but had to be transferred to al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah after an Israeli raid on Shifa
Seca Juneyd, a four-year-old Palestinian girl suffered deep burns when Israeli troops attacked her house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza. She was being treated at al-Shifa hospital but had to be transferred to al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah after an Israeli raid on Shifa
ASHRAF AMRA/GETTY IMAGES
The Pope presiding over a Holy Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday at Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
The Pope presiding over a Holy Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday at Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
GIUSEPPE LAMI/EPA
A police officer takes protective action during a sandstorm in Erenhot, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region in northwest China
A police officer takes protective action during a sandstorm in Erenhot, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region in northwest China
STR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
More than 40 actors of all ages are getting ready to tell the story of Easter in a passion play at 2pm on Saturday in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
More than 40 actors of all ages are getting ready to tell the story of Easter in a passion play at 2pm on Saturday in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
COLIN HATTERSLEY/THE EASTER PLAY
A bearded dragon in Balangan City, Indonesia, appears to be wearing a crown
A bearded dragon in Balangan City, Indonesia, appears to be wearing a crown
RIDHO ARIFUDDIN/SOLENT
Harvey Campbell makes the most of snow on Dartmoor. An area of rain, sleet and hill snow is moving north across the UK, just in time for the Easter holidays
Harvey Campbell makes the most of snow on Dartmoor. An area of rain, sleet and hill snow is moving north across the UK, just in time for the Easter holidays
MATT KEEBLE/PA
A US air force honour guard conduct a precision drill at Luke air force base in Arizona
A US air force honour guard conduct a precision drill at Luke air force base in Arizona
COVER IMAGES
Anna Zwagerman, a conservation officer, sets out the Bawsie Broun exhibit, a reconstruction of a dog whose skeleton was excavated from Mill Street in Perth near the new Perth Museum, which opens on Saturday. Taking pride of place will be the Stone of Destiny, returning to Perthshire for the first time in more than 700 years
Anna Zwagerman, a conservation officer, sets out the Bawsie Broun exhibit, a reconstruction of a dog whose skeleton was excavated from Mill Street in Perth near the new Perth Museum, which opens on Saturday. Taking pride of place will be the Stone of Destiny, returning to Perthshire for the first time in more than 700 years
JANE BARLOW/PA
A candlelit Holy Thursday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem
A candlelit Holy Thursday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem
MOSTAFA ALKHAROUF/GETTY IMAGES
Works by the British artist Mr Doodle are on show at the Art Basel exhibition in Hong Kong
Works by the British artist Mr Doodle are on show at the Art Basel exhibition in Hong Kong
PETER PARKS/AFP
Inger Thorhauge, a Cunard captain, receives a final fitting for her uniform from the Savile Row master tailor Kathryn Sargent at her shop in Mayfair, central London. Thorhauge will welcome the first guests on board the new Queen Anne ship in Southampton on May 3
Inger Thorhauge, a Cunard captain, receives a final fitting for her uniform from the Savile Row master tailor Kathryn Sargent at her shop in Mayfair, central London. Thorhauge will welcome the first guests on board the new Queen Anne ship in Southampton on May 3
CHRISTOPHER ISON
Dan Barton, creator of the “Standing with Giants” project, with some of the 1,475  silhouettes of Second World War soldiers, each representing someone who died on D-Day, which are soon to grace Normandy for the landings’ 80th anniversary
Dan Barton, creator of the “Standing with Giants” project, with some of the 1,475 silhouettes of Second World War soldiers, each representing someone who died on D-Day, which are soon to grace Normandy for the landings’ 80th anniversary
HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
A model dressed in clothes made of waste products such as plastic bags, plaster nets, rope, paper and calendar leaves poses at a recycling facility in Diyarbakir, Turkey
A model dressed in clothes made of waste products such as plastic bags, plaster nets, rope, paper and calendar leaves poses at a recycling facility in Diyarbakir, Turkey
BESTAMI BODRUK/GETTY IMAGES
Niaz Mardan wraps a handmade Belgian chocolate rabbit at Sandrine in East Sheen, southwest London. High cocoa prices mean she is not making a profit and fears she will have to close the shop
Niaz Mardan wraps a handmade Belgian chocolate rabbit at Sandrine in East Sheen, southwest London. High cocoa prices mean she is not making a profit and fears she will have to close the shop
KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AP

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