Mandela photo gallery
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Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and Pussy Cat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger arrive at the dinner in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrating his 90th birthday, at Hyde Park, London, on 25 June 2008. The dinner was to raise funds for Madiba's global charity projects, The Nelson Mandela Foundation and 46664 South Africa
The big smoke
Museum of London
This brass tobacco box dates back to 1672 and is engraved with a long inscription about its contents, including the words 'then fill your pipe thereof & do not spare, when melancholy doth upon me seize, sometimes tobacco doth my fancy please'.
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 after a long illness, aged 71. He spent four decades at the top of Haute-Couture
Susannah Frankel remembers the master
Endangered species
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The southern white rhinoceros may be the only hope of survival for its cousin, the endangered northern white rhinoceros. New cloning techniques could mix the genes of the two in order to help the northern white rhinocerus survive.
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
Meet Flocke
REUTERS
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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