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Winner, Behaviour category Respiro by Antonia Doncila. This photograph was taken while crossing the Fram Strait near the eastern Greenland coast. The polar bear found a portion of fast ice which rapidly became his home Photograph: Antonia…

‘Taken with Fujifilm XT1 18-135mm Lens on 3rd December 2017’ Photograph: Risotto62/GuardianWitness

The grand foyer and cross hall are decorated in the theme of the Nutcracker Suite Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

A participant bikes along Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York Photograph: Andres Kudacki/AP

Whitehaven Harbour being battered by storm waves, Cumbria, UK. Photograph: Ashley Cooper/Images From A Warming Planet

1960s Then a leader of Rhodesian fighters, Robert Mugabe attends a meeting in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with the secretary for information of the African National Congress, Georges Silundika, and the leader of the Zimbabwe African…

Self-Portrait Between the Clock and the Bed (1940-43)Few artists have ever seen their own old age with such terrifying clarity as Munch. Compared with this illusionless recognition of imminent mortality, the late works of Rembrandt seem…

An elf on an open-top bus Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Hamleys

In Kansas, it’s illegal to serve wine in teacups.

A giant screen displays information related to the Kyoto protocol at the Bonn Zone. This week it was reported that fossil fuel burning set to hit a record high in 2017. Photograph: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images