The 18 winning images chosen from about 1,900 entries to the annual contest from 50 countries across the globe

A ride in a water taxi transforms a stunning hike from Lyme Regis to West Bay into a perfect circular route

It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.

Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.

YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen

She lit up Sherlock, made a brutal exit from House of the Dragon and now she’s back in the hard-hitting Belfast-set police drama. Will she have to stuff a chopping board into her flak jacket this time round?

Bullying, manipulation and intimidation can destroy lives, yet abusive authoritarians continue to rise to the top. How do they get away with it – and can they be brought to heel?

He does incredibly stupid things and doesn’t understand basic concepts, for starters

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

This Week in Shipwrecks is the weekly maritime news series of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. This week's stories: Rescuers race against time after the Virgo Transport 8 …

It’s a battle for hearts and minds – and TikTok, and the ’Gram. Just as it should be. #royalbeef, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s midterm bribes, Pete Hegseth’s ‘grooming standards’ and Don Jr’s wedding bankrolled by a Russian oligarch