Bob Weighton 111th birthday

Englishman Bob Weighton celebrating his 111th birthday.

Yoom Tomatoes

The world launch of Yoom tomatoes happened last year in Berlin.

Yoom tomatoes were on sale in parts of Europe and are being trialled in several greenhouses in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

SailGP competitors line up in Sydney

FOR SAIL: SailGP competitors stand on the starting line during the official practice, at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA

Empty church in Milan, Italy

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 27: The church of SantAmbrogio is seen completely empty on February 27, 2020 in Milan, Italy. Italy registered a 25% surge in coronavirus cases in 24 hours, with infections remaining centered on outbreaks in two northern regions, Lombardy and Veneto. But a few cases have turned up now in southern Italy too. In Italy so far 528 people have been infected and 14 have died, officials say, amid global efforts to stop the virus spreading. Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters that an "infodemic" of misleading news abroad was damaging Italy's economy and reputation. Italy's tourism association Assoturismo says March accommodation bookings are down by at least 200m (£170m; $219m) because of the virus. Schools, universities, cinemas and Milans famous La Scala opera house have been closed and several public events cancelled. Eleven towns at the centre of the outbreak - home to a total of 55,000 people - have been quarantined. There are fears that the outbreak may tip Italy into economic recession. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

Greeks protest construction of new migrant camps

Demonstrators protest against the construction of new migrant camps in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, on Feb. 27, 2020. Hundreds of protesters on the Greek island of Lesbos on Feb. 26 threw stones at police who responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, an AFP photographer said, on a second day of demonstrations against the construction of new migrant camps. Ten protesters and dozens of police officers were lightly injured in the daylong clashes in Mantamados, a village near a construction site for a camp to house 7,000 migrants, a police source said. Show less 

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Barriers buckled in the River Severn, UK

On Wednesday, barriers holding back the River Severn at Ironbridge, in Shropshire buckled and water seeped underneath.  Authorities then evacuated 35 homes as an emergency measure.

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Airbus landing at Heathrow Airport, London

A British Airways Airbus A380 aircraft flies above residential houses nearing its landing at Heathrow Airport in London.

Northern lights over Russia

Murmansk, Russia

The northern lights over the village of Teriberka

Photograph: Lev Fedoseyev/Tass

Missile launches on Moscow ring road

Moscow, Russia

A column of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers are transported on the Moscow ring road. Russia’s Victory Day military parade on 9 May will mark the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany

Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Tass

Robots used in China

Shenyang, China

A robot checks a visitor’s identity at a hospital. The robot can check people’s temperature and disinfect them, to help reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus

Hidden door discovered in the House of Commons

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, poses inside the newly-rediscovered doorframe.

UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor

A 17th-century door has just been discovered under London's House of Commons.

On February 26, the UK Parliament announced the discovery of a previously-hidden entrance that had been built for the coronation of King Charles II in 1661.  The coronation of Charles II, like that of other British monarchs, was held at Westminster Abbey. He reigned until his death in 1685 and was succeeded by his brother, James VII.

Pope Francis leads Ash Wednesday Mass

ASH WEDNESDAY: Pope Francis blows his nose as he leads the Ash Wednesday Mass which opens Lent, at the Santa Sabina church in Rome, Italy. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

San Francisco declares state of emergency over coronavirus

Employees at a market wear face masks in San Francisco, California ( REUTERS )

These are some ways the emergency declaration will help the city prepare, health officials said at the news conference:

• It allows staff to be pulled away from nonessential duties so they can focus on preparedness and prevention. This includes public health nurses, case managers and social workers, who will assess situations in the city.

• Clinicians will be on call at all times to answer questions from anyone who calls the city's customer service number, 311, with clinical questions about coronavirus.

• "It allows us to look at things like shelters, and other opportunities for us to expand, in the event that that's necessary, and do a broader assessment of the city's capacity to respond in the event that there is an outbreak," city Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said.

Iran has no plans to quarantine any cities and towns

Iranians have been asked to avoid non-essential travel to affected areas 

Iran has no plans to quarantine any cities and towns despite the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak across the country, its president has said.

Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting that health authorities would continue to "only quarantine individuals".

Officials have asked people not to go to Qom, the centre of the outbreak, but have not shut a shrine in the city that attracts millions of Shia pilgrims.

Iran has reported 139 cases and 19 deaths in the past week.

The country has also been the source of dozens of cases in neighbouring countries, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman and Pakistan.

Disinfection in Seoul, South Korea

Disinfection in Seoul, South Korea / AP

Published on 26 February 2020

The South Korean military announced additional infections among its troops, with 20 cases on its bases and some 9570 people in isolation.

The US military, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea, confirmed the first infection of an American soldier, a 23-year-old man based at Camp Carroll near Daegu.

New Citizenship law in India

Protestors shout slogans during a protest against the citizenship bill in Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

At least 20 people were killed in three days of clashes in New Delhi, with the death toll expected to rise as hospitals were overflowed with dozens of injured people, authorities said Wednesday. The clashes between Hindu mobs and Muslims protesting a contentious new citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalization for foreign-born religious minorities of all major faiths in South Asia except Islam escalated Tuesday. 

Greta Thunberg meets Malala Yousafzai

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg meets Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai at University of Oxford in Oxford, Britain. TAYLOR ROYLE - MALALA FUND/via REUTERS

Artwork from Lanvin in Paris

A model presents clothing from Lanvin in Paris / Getty

Published on 26 February 2020

 Artwork on show here is so beautiful

Inside The Amazon Go Grocery Store

Fruit sits on shelves during a tour of a new Amazon Go store in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Amazon.com Inc. is taking aim at the urban grocery store, launching a version of its cashierless convenience store beefed up with baked goods, meat, produce and household items. Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

US Biotech Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine

Well-protected Chinese doctor and nurse encourage each other before entering the isolation ward at a hospital. File image. Credit: Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

US biotech firm Moderna has shipped an experimental coronavirus vaccine to US government researchers just six weeks after it started working on the immunization.

Initial trials of the potential vaccine could begin in April, but the process of testing and approvals would last at least a year.

VW ID.3 electric cars

Volkswagen Revs Up ID.3 Electric Car Production At Zwickau Plant

ZWICKAU, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 25: Newly-built ID.3 electric cars stand parked at the Volkswagen factory on February 25, 2020 in Zwickau, Germany. Volkswagen is gradually revving up ID.3 production at the Zwickau plant from a current 110 per day to an eventual 1,500. The Zwickau plant is the first of its many factories that Volkswagen is retooling from producing combustion engine cars to only producing electric cars. Sales of the ID.3 will begin this summer. 

(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Julian Assange Supporters

A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside his US extradition hearing in London where his lawyer said he had been stripped naked and handcuffed several times by prison officers during the process

Empty tables in St Mark's Square, Venice

Empty tables sit in St. Mark's square in Venice, Italy. Italy has been scrambling to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of coronavirus amid rapidly rising numbers of infections.

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President Trump visits India

Trump and his wife, Melania, stand with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife, Savita, as the National Anthem is played before Tuesday's state banquet.

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Melania Trump greets children in New Delhi

U.S. first lady Melania Trump greets children at the Sarvodaya Co-Education Senior Secondary School in Moti Bagh, in New Delhi, during a visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in India

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Jordan Valley, West Bank

Jordan Valley, West Bank

A demonstrator reacts to teargas fired by Israeli forces as he holds an anti-Donald Trump poster during a protest against Israeli settlements and the US president’s Middle East peace plan

Photograph: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

New Sydney Zoo

Sydney, Australia

A tufted capuchin sits in a hanging food tray on a tree in its enclosure at Sydney Zoo. The zoo, located at Bungarribee Park in western Sydney, is the first new zoo to be built in Sydney in more than 100 years

Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Shrove Tuesday, Winchester Cathedral

CAKE WALK: Boy choristers from Winchester Cathedral prepare for the Shrove Tuesday pancake race at Winchester Cathedral. Over 30 teams took part in the annual event, including clergy, choristers, councillors, charities, and mayors in full regalia. Photograph: 

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Pancake race, Windsor, England

Windsor, England

Participants in the annual fancy dress pancake race at Windsor Old Station

Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock

Coronavirus in Qom, Iran

Qom, Iran

Iranian workers disinfect Masumeh shrine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus which has reached Iran

Photograph: Mehdi Marizad/FARS NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images

Anaesthetist Dr Keith Benjamin Greenland caught with child porn

Anaesthetist Keith Benjamin Greenland is charged with possessing child exploitation material and using a carriage service to access child abuse material in January this year.

The 61-year-old Hamilton man faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court for a brief mention of his case this morning.

According to Greenland’s LinkedIn account, which has now been deactivated, he worked for Wesley Anaesthesia and Pain Management.

It’s understood he is no longer employed by the business and his profile has been removed from the company’s website.

Greenland will face court again on March 23.

Darryn Clarence, digital artist

The Crossroads

Old man coming to the end of his life

Credit:  Darryn Clarence

Digital artist / 2D animator, Melbourne, Australia

Dean of York, England

York, England

The dean of York, the Rt Rev Dr Jonathan Frost, and two members of the works department prepare the minster for Lent. The six-week holy period before Easter begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the feast of Pentecost

Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Weinstein Found Guilty

FOUND GUILTY: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein enters a Manhattan courthouse before being found guilty of sexual assault and rape on Monday. He faces up to 25 years in prison and is to be sentenced on March 11th. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

Dow Plungers over 1000 Points

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Dow Plunges Over 1000 Points As Spread Of Coronavirus Rattles Markets

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24: Traders work on the floor of the New York stock Exchange (NYSE) on on February 24, 2020 in New York City. Stocks fell over 1000 points on Monday as global concerns grow about the economic impact of the Coronavirus.

Muslim funeral prayer in Hanau, Germany

After shots in Hanau, Germany - funeral prayer

DPATOP - 24 February 2020, Hessen, Hanau: Three coffins stand in front of hundreds of mourners during a Muslim funeral prayer on the market square. In an alleged racist attack, a 43-year-old German had shot several people and himself in the city. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa (Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images)

President Trump and lady Melania tour Taj Mahal

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have visited the Taj Mahal on the first day of their trip to India.

The iconic "monument to love" was the second stop in a 36-hour official visit, Mr Trump's first to India.

President Putin attends Defender of the Fatherland Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin Attends Defender Of The Fatherland Day Service

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 23: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier Tomb in front of the Kremlin on February 23, 2016 in Moscow, Russia. Russia marks Defender Of The Fatherland Day today. It is also known as the Soviet Army and Navy Day. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)