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Chelsea Flower Show, Gaping Gill in Yorkshire and China slacklining are among Monday’s Pictures of the Day |
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Lightning and thunder across the Isle of Wight. The UK was struck by lightning between 15,000 and 20,000 times as the "mother of all thunderstorms" rolled across southern England on Saturday night. IslandVisions/BNPS |
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Britain's Chris Froome kisses the trophy of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, in Rome. Chris Froome has won the Giro d'Italia for his third consecutive Grand Tour victory. Gregorio Borgia/AP |
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Lightning over The London Eye. A Met Office warning of heavy thunderstorms is in place until 6am on Monday, covering much of England and all of Wales. Iain Tall/Solent |
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A man and a goat glide through lush green reeds and algae on the Karatoya river in Bogra, Bangladesh Abdul Momin/Solent News & Photo Agency |
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Gaping Gill, one of the largest underground chambers in Britain, opened this weekend. Members of the public can descend to the main chamber in the Yorkshire Dales National Park for a fee only twice a year. Danny Lawson/PA |
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The Geico Skytypers, an air show squadron of 11 pilots who fly Second World War-era aircraft, perform an 18-minute display during their 15th appearance at the annual Bethpage airshow. All branches of the military were represented at the showwhich took place at the Jones Beach State Park in New York, USA, on Memorial Day weekend. Li Rui/Xinhua / Barcroft Images |
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Westminster Abbey gardener Comac Conolly pushes a lawnmower by a new fountain commemorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of British gardener Lancelot "Capability" Brown at Westminster Abbey in London. The new fountain sits over an old monastic well in the Abbey's garth, in the middle of the Abbey's cloisters. Jack Taylor/Getty Images |
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Men dress as legionaries at Birdoswald Roman Fort, Hadrians Wall, Cumbria Charlotte Graham |
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Young men and girls take a selfie ahead of the 16th Viennese Ball charity event held at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow, Russia Mikhail Japaridze\\TASS via Getty Images |
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS |
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An aerial image captures deer cooling off in the water at Wollaton Park, Notts as temperatures rise in parts of the UK for the Bank Holiday weekend. Tom Maddick / SWNS.com |
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Peter Theodore Alfege Rees-Mogg, the youngest son of Jacob Rees-Mogg, accompanies his father to the recording of the Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning in London Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock |
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| Formula one drivers race during the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix Felipe Dana/AP |
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A visitor relaxes amongst the roses at Chelsea Flower Show Geoff Pugh for the Telegraph |
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Maja-Isobel Lawson plays in a field of yellow flowers near Bretton in Yorkshire Danny Lawson/PA |
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The Chinese-Dutch "Sleeping Lion Pearl" is pictured during a viewing day at the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. The Venduehuis will auction the largest freshwater pearl in the world, which is known as "Sleeping Lion pearl" due to its distinctive shape. REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images |
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Tightrope walker Rasul Abakarov crosses Palace Bridge drawn for the Singing Bridges light and music show, to mark St Petersburg's 315th anniversary. Peter Kovalev\\TASS via Getty Images |
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| 'Yacht A', the largest sailing yacht in the world, belogning to Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko sits off Monaco during the Grand Prix VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images |
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Montpellier's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Final match HBC Nantes vs HB Montpellier at the EHF Pokal men's Champions League Final Four competition in Cologne, western Germany PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images |
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