Yves Saint Laurent: A life in fashion
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Yves Saint Laurent, centre, accepts the applause at a Paris fashion show in 2002 where he unveiled his final Haute-Couture collection. The designer died yesterday after a long illness, aged 71. He spent four decades at the top of Haute-Couture
QE2: 40 years on the seas
Evening Standard
QE2 takes to the water at Clydebank near Glasgow after being named by Queen Elizabeth II in 1967
Cannes Festival 2008
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Michelle Williams poses as she arrives to attend the screening of Canadian director Atom Egoyan's film 'Adoration'
Crocodile Hatching Festival
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A worker helps a baby crocodile out of its shell at Sriracha Tiger Zoo.
Red-carpet superheroes... and villains
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, wearing Giorgio Armani, at the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Body works
Photograph by Joachim Ladefoged
Ladefoged describes his work as "art documentary" although he explains that he spent little time becoming acquainted with his subjects - sometimes only 30 seconds - before taking their portrait
Maggie's Centre
Richard Anderson
The newest Maggie's centre, in Hammersmith will be opening to the public in the next month, offering information and support for anyone affected by cancer
Meet Flocke
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Polar bear cub Flocke (snowflake) plays with zoo keeper Horst Maussner at the zoo in Nuremberg during her first public appearance, 8 April, 2008
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