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Pictures of the week: May 23 - 29
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  • Two rare orange Canadian lobsters settle into their new home at the National SEA LIFE Centre, Birmingham, after they were rescued by a shopper at a fishmongers in Leicester. Caterer Joseph Lee spotted the pair at the fish counter in a branch of Makro Wholesale before convincing the fishmonger to donate them to the aquarium. The lobsters are so rare that only one in 30 million are caught, with the chance of finding a pair one in a billion. Picture date: Friday May 28, 2021.

  • A view of the Sergio Aguero Mural on Dale Street in Manchester. Picture date: Friday May 28, 2021.

  • A Eurofighter Typhoon painted with the Union flag design is unveiled at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Picture date: Friday May 28, 2021.

  • White Pelicans in the sunshine in St James's Park, London. Picture date: Thursday May 27, 2021.

  • The Duchess of Cornwall looks on as the Prince of Wales pours a pint in the Prince of Wales public house, during a visit to Clapham Old Town, south London, to celebrate the high street and retail sector as non-essential shops re-open and Coronavirus restrictions ease. Picture date: Thursday May 27, 2021.

  • Mila Sneddon, aged five, waits to meet the Duchess of Cambridge at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Cancer patient Mila features in an image from the Hold Still photography project which showed her kissing her father Scott through a window whilst she was shielding during her chemotherapy treatment. Picture date: Thursday May 27, 2021.

  • The Duchess of Cambridge land yachting on the beach at St Andrews. Picture date: Wednesday May 26, 2021.

  • Rosie Johnson, 14, looks in a mirror as she tries on her new glasses at England's first Downs Syndrome eye clinic, at the University of Portsmouth in Hampshire, which has begun offering specialised treatment to people with Down Syndrome, saving them from having to travel to the UK's only other specialist centre in Wales. Picture date: Wednesday May 26, 2021.

  • Flowers and tributes left at the Hillsborough Memorial outside Anfield stadium, Liverpool, following the collapse of the Hillsborough trial. Picture date: Wednesday May 26, 2021. The judge at the Nightingale Court held at the Lowry in Salford, Greater Manchester, has ruled there is no case to answer in the trial of two retired police officers, Alan Foster and Donald Denton, and retired solicitor Peter Metcalf, who were all accused of perverting the course of justice following the Hillsborough disaster on April 15, 1989.

  • Members of Devon and Cornwall Police during training scenario where they are practicing an armed vehicle stop at the force headquarters in Exeter, as they prepare for the forthcoming G7 Summit in Cornwall. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021.

  • The Prince of Wales meets with Pru Porretta, who is dressed up to represent Lady Godiva, during his visit to the Canal Basin, in Coventry. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021.

  • Conservator Matthew Nickels (left) and Master Glazier Tony Cattle (right) from York Glaziers Trust removed a stained glass window panel at the start of a new five year, �5m project to conserve York Minster's South East Transept and its medieval St Cuthbert Window. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021. Work is being undertaken by York Glaziers Trust to remove stained glass panels from the window, which is nearly 600-years-old and one of the largest surviving narrative windows in the world. The project involves major conservation and restoration works to both the stained glass and stone elements of the window and the South East Transept in which the window sits.

  • Stricly Come Dancing stars Aljaz Skorjanec and Nadiya Bychkova launching their new show, Here Come the Boys, at the London Palladium. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021.

  • EDITORIAL USE ONLY British-Nigerian artist, Yinka Ilori unveils an outdoor public basketball court, which he has designed, at Bank Street Park in Canary Wharf, London. Picture Date: Monday May 24, 2021.

  • Assistant referee running though mud on the touchline during the Sky Bet League Two semi final, second leg match at The New Lawn Stadium, Nailsworth. Picture date: Sunday May 23, 2021.

  • Police forensic officers search a street in Peckham, southeast London, close to where black equal rights activist and mother-of-three Sasha Johnson was shot in the head during the early hours of Sunday. Picture date: Monday May 24, 2021.

  • Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale during the Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. Picture date: Sunday May 23, 2021.

  • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge talk to service users during a visit to Turning Point Scotland's social care centre in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, to hear about the vital support that they provide to those with complex needs, including addiction and mental health challenges. Picture date: Monday May 24, 2021.

  • West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce during the Premier League match at Elland Road, Leeds. Picture date: Sunday May 23, 2021.

  • People look at the overflowing spillway at Meldon Dam in Dartmoor, Devon, after heavy rain in the South West, which could see new rainfall records set for May in Devon and Wales. Picture date: Monday May 24, 2021.

  • A general view as runners turn into the straight in The Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap at Brighton Racecourse. Picture date: Monday May 24, 2021.

  • Natalie Knox and Campbell Brady enjoy a drink at The Garrick Bar in Belfast, after the latest easing of the Covid-19 rules in Northern Ireland .

  • Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin outside Dewsbury market in Kirklees after talking to the media about the changing COVID-19 guidance in the Kirklees area. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021.

  • Martina Anderson MLA for Sinn Fein at Stormont as members of the Irish Language Community display an outdoor mobile screen with a message featuring over 70 Irish language speakers calling upon the Northern Ireland Executive along with the British and Irish Governments to implement the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) deal, legislation regarding Irish language rights, 500 days after the agreement. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021.

  • Amelia, aged 9, and Joshua, aged 6, interact with a 3.5 metre hourglass in Potter's Field, London, by clean water charity WaterAid ahead of the G7 leaders' summit in June that illustrates the urgency of the climate crisis that is leading to more people being forced into water scarcity. Picture date: Tuesday May 25, 2021.

  • A police officer carries flowers near the scene in Constable Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, following the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday. Picture date: Wednesday May 26, 2021.

  • A protester holding a placard expressing his opinion during the demonstration. Workers in the medical field protest against the contract renewals of further GP surgeries being taken over by the profit-greedy US healthcare giant which has become the largest single private primary care provider in England. (Photo by Loredana Sangiuliano / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)

  • Warwickshire's Sam Hain (left) and Warwickshire's Will Rhodes during day one of the LV= Insurance County Championship match at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Picture date: Thursday May 27, 2021.

  • A pedestrian walks past a sign directing members of the public to a Covid-19 testing centre in Bolton, northwest England, on May 28, 2021. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a variant that has spread like wildfire in India and denied the government was being lax on travel from hotspots. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

  • EDITORIAL USE ONLY General views of the Fred Perry section at the unveiling of Harrods' newest menswear department, a 4000 sq. ft. space dedicated to sportswear, which opens today and comes as part of a �300m restoration project in London. Picture date: Friday May 28, 2021.

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