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People have built a glacier in the desert using a huge tower of ice

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People have built a glacier in the desert using a huge tower of ice

An artificial glacier has been built by local people in the Himalayan desert of Ladakh to provide water

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Contaminated banknote images reveal how money gets caked in bacteria

Life

Contaminated banknote images reveal how money gets caked in bacteria

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Beautiful close-ups of endangered big cats make real catwalk look tame

Life

Beautiful close-ups of endangered big cats make real catwalk look tame

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Small wonder: See the microscopic knotted beauty of a surgical stitch

Health

Small wonder: See the microscopic knotted beauty of a surgical stitch

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Nutcracker birds square off in the snowy mountains of Bulgaria

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Nutcracker birds square off in the snowy mountains of Bulgaria

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Mr Trash Wheel

Environment

Meet Mr Trash Wheel — the social media star tackling plastic pollution

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Bali's stunning rice terraces offer clues to sustainable water use

Environment

Bali's stunning rice terraces offer clues to sustainable water use

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See the exquisite inner world of the gemstone crazy lace agate

Life

See the exquisite inner world of the gemstone crazy lace agate

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Petri dish

Life

Life and death caught in Petri dishes in a nod to the art of mortality

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baobab tree

Life

Tree of life: Giant baobab turned into living water tank in Madagascar

In the arid Madagascan village of Ampotaka, an enormous baobab is hollowed out into a desperately needed water tank to help villagers survive periods of drought

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Technology

Massive solar panels in Chilean desert point to our renewable future

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Technology

A perfect MeerKAT moment as the sun breaks through above the telescope

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Technology

Psychedelic baby turtle wins 2019 Nikon Small World photography prize

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51�� Live

Jet suits, giant moons and new science – this was 51�� Live

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