Highlights
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Five London areas where first-time buyers are in with a chance
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London house prices have risen by £105 a day for the last five years
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This once-tough Hackney spot is now popular with hipsters and families
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Henry Holland's 'brazen' new homeware collection for Habitat is out
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This cab office has been turned into one of London's smallest homes
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
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1/30 Light fighting back the dark
Anne Ryan looks at an installation of 2,100 handmade daffodils, entitled the Garden of Light, which is unveiled to the public to launch the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal
David Parry/PA
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2/30 Ooah, ahh, that's how it always starts. But later there's running and screaming
Visitors stand on a skybridge behind a Tyrannosaurus Rex statue at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore
Wallace Moon/EPA
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3/30 Do it small, do it right and do it with style
Hari Rajyaguru test driving a Rolls-Royce SRH which will allow children awaiting surgery at St Richard's Hospital Pediatric Day Surgery Unit in the Chichester to drive themselves to the operating theatre, through the Pediatric Unit corridors which are lined with 'traffic signs'.
James Lipman/PA
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4/30 That's gonna hurt
A baseball and a hailstone that fell in the backyard of Tom Creedon's home in Ottawa, Illinois
Tim Creedon via AP
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5/30 Grab it
Competitors from the opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, jump into the water and reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne
Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
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6/30 Lighting up the hospital
Duchess of Cambridge visits the Ronald McDonald House Evelina in Lambeth to open the 'home away from home' accommodation for the families of children being treated at Evelina London Children's Hospital
Jeremy Selwyn
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7/30 Blow us a kiss
Revellers celebrate "Ash Monday" by participating in a colourful "flour war", a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter,in the port town of Galaxidi, Greece
Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
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8/30 These biscuits certainly taste light
French Austronaut Thomas Pesquet juggling and eating "Macarons" which were specially modified for consumption in space by French master pastry chef Pierre Herme
AFP/Getty Images
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9/30 Carnivallllll
A performer dances during Beija Flor performance at the Rio Carnival at Sambodromo
Raphael Dias/Getty Images
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10/30 Flip, it is that time of year again
Choristers enjoying pancake fun at Chichester Cathedral in preparation for Shrove Tuesday
Christopher Ison/Chichester Cathedral/PA
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11/30 Victory for Viola
Viola Davis with her Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for Fences, arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills
PA
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12/30 Headcase
A Lebanese boy, wearing a mask, takes part in the Zambo carnival held in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images
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13/30 Dab
This yet unnamed adorable polar bear cub explores its open air enclosure for the first time at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, Germany. The polar bear baby was born on November 21 2016
Guenter Schiffmann/AFP/Getty Images
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14/30 You're not going out dressed like trash
A model presents a creation for fashion house Moschino during the Women's Fall/Winter in Milan
Marco Bertorell/AFP/Getty Images
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15/30 Dumble-adorable
Children dressed as wizards, take part in the children's carnival parade in Torres Vedras, Portugal
Miguel A. Lopes/EPA
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16/30 Cleaning the inside will be more fun
For the very first time, daredevil abseilers have taken on the precarious task of cleaning The Slide, the world’s longest and tallest tunnel slide, which saw them suspended 249ft in the air, the same height as a 25 storey building. The team had to employ unconventional techniques to navigate through the tight twists and turns of The Slide to start the early spring clean
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17/30 Doris Day
A rainbow over the Nottingham Wheel in the Old Market Square, as Storm Doris reached nearly 90mp
Neil Squires/PA
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18/30 Candle in the grin
An Indian Hindu man dressed as Lord Shiva holds a lit candle in his mouth as he takes part in a religious procession ahead of the Maha Shivratri Festival in Jalandhar
Shammi Mehra/AFP/Getty Images
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19/30 Kissing cousins
Two carnival revellers pose as they celebrate the start of the hot season on Women's Carnival in in Cologne
Rolf Vennenbernd/AFP/Getty Images
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20/30 Fast Katie
The Duchess of Cambridge playing pool during a visit to MIST, a child and adolescent mental health project in Torfaen in Wales
Paul Edwards/The Sun/PA
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21/30 Winging it over Lincoln
The Red Arrows showing some aerial acrobatics flying over Lincoln Cathedral and Castle
@RAFRed10/MoD Crown Copyright/PA
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22/30 Holy fire
A circus artist blows fire as he performs for Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at the Vatican
Andrew Medichini/AP
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23/30 Roaring down the ice
Canada's Dave Greszczyszyn in training for Skeleton at BMW IBSF Bob & Skeleton World Championships at Koenigssee, Germany
Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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24/30 Fashion can be fun
A model presents a creation by Ashish during the London Fashion Wee
Hayoung Jeon//EPA
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25/30 Getting together
Prince Harry arriving at the Quayside in Gateshead ahead of teaming up with Steve Cram and Jonathan Edwards to train runners taking part in the London Marathon for mental health charity Heads Together
Owen Humphreys/PA
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26/30 Chow time
The Smithsonian's giant panda cub Bao Bao eats bamboo on her final morning at the National Zoo in Washington
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
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27/30 And what did you do today?
An artist does the touch up job on the painting of Oscar statues for the 89th Annual Academy Awards
Valewrie Macon/AFP/Getty Images
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28/30 Strike a pose
A model walks the runway at the David Ferreira show during the London Fashion Week February 2017 collections
Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
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29/30 Working up a protest
Protesters and migrant workers hold banners and flags as they demonstrate outside Parliament under the One Day Without Us campaign
Yui Mok/PA
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30/30 Lifelike
A girl reacts to a 3D drawing of animals on the safety wall at a construction site of the archery venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
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Household Cavalry could move closer to Buckingham Palace
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Row over plan for pole dancing club in London's famous Jermyn Street
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Theatre legend urges Londoners to join Comic Relief campaign
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The Nightly Show viewers slam ‘awful’ ITV chat show
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Warren Beatty urges Academy to ‘publicly clarify’ Oscars gaffe
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Lady Gaga to replace Beyoncé as Coachella headliner
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Cheryl leaves Hertfordshire to move into Liam Payne's Surrey mansion
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All is not as it seems behind this period-style façade in Brockley
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This castle near Edinburgh city centre is for sale for £6m
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Margaret Thatcher’s former Chelsea flat listed for a 'bargain'
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This is St John's Wood's new Art Deco-inspired apartment block
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Melanie McDonagh: Sir John’s Brexit bashing had just one major flaw
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