New York, US A tear runs down the face of Kenyon George, whose girlfriend died during an apartment building fire in the Bronx neighbourhood. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

London, UK A stag on a cold morning in Richmond Park Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

January “Taken as dawn was breaking on the Mersey in early January from Otterspool Promenade, a section of public park and riverside path in south Liverpool, at low tide. The Stanlow oil refinery can be seen in the misty distance.”…

Contrasts 27 January Theresa May rushed to Washington to be the first world leader to visit the newly inaugurated Donald Trump. My old friend Kipper Williams sent me an email suggesting the use of James Gillray’s wonderful 1792 cartoon…

Worcestershire, England Making the most of the drifting overnight snow in the Cotswold hills Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Palm oil Survivors, by Aaron ‘Bertie’ Gekoski, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, single image winner On the island of Borneo, three generations of elephants cross the terraces of an oil palm plantation being cleared for replanting. The…

London, UK A woman browses among the luxury shoes in Selfridges department store during the Boxing Day sale. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

GUIDED BY THE LIGHT The lights from the boats attract the Shirasu eel at night in Tokushima, Japan. Your Shot photo editor Matt Adams published this photo in the Daily Dozen saying, "This image felt very out of this world and sci-fi and I…

The Distracted Boyfriend meme was everywhere on the internet in 2017. Originally a Shutterstock image by Antonion Guillem, described as “Disloyal man with his girlfriend looking at another girl," the image became a popular template to…

A photo shows the work Eggs of Yodafoetus by French artist Alexandre Nicolas at the science fiction museum Maison d'Ailleurs (translated as "House of Elsewhere") during the exhibition entitled "I Am Your Father!", in Yverdon-les-Bains,…