Photography

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An osprey sits on the top of the branches of a tree. It has its wings outstretched before a blue sky

First osprey chicks in 200 years reported in county

The rare birds were hunted to near-extinction before being reintroduced across England and Wales.

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A composite of two images, the first shows a bald man is smiling at the camera from inside a barrel and the second shows a man in an orange tshift is lifting the top to show a tattoo of cans on his belly. he is stood in a brewery

'Now feels right to show Banks's vital history'

Tegen Kimbley captured the inner working of the former brewery when she worked at the site in 2018.

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A moment from the video which won the contest. It is a cilia - which looks like lots of long green cells waving around while attached to a red surface. It's almost like seaweed floating on the ocean surface.

Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules

The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.

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Three blue grey cows look over a stone wall, with fields in the background

Your pictures of Scotland: 2 - 9 October

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

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A girl sitting for a school photo. She has long red hair and a red head band on. She has a black blazer, a light blue shirt and a black, yellow and blue tie. She smiles at the camera.

'People use AI to avoid paying for school photos, but they don't realise the consequences'

Ian Gilbert says he's heard parents boasting about using AI to take the watermark off his photos.

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Thicker patterns of clouds largely cover the sun but the remaining blue sky is given an orange colour as it rises above the water.

Scotland glows as Weather Watchers catch beautiful sunrises

Clear skies led to the BBC Weather Watchers sending in photos of gleaming sunrises across Scotland

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Three gentoo penguins stand by rusted machinery, their feathers tatty and moulting (Credit: Romain Barats/ Ocean Photographer of the Year)

The penguins flourishing in an Antarctic volcano

Deception Island is a "spectacular amphitheatre of penguinness". Amid rusting industrial remains on a flooded active volcano, these photos reveal a rare winner of climate change.

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A young Kate Moss in bed, with only her head sticking out from under a duvet, looks directly at the camera with pink hair messily arranged over the pillow

10 images capturing the chaos of '90s Brit culture

It was the last hurrah of analogue, 20th-Century life in the UK, as the era's chaotic, thrilling energy spilled into music, fashion, art and hedonism.

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A brown bear sits with its paws in the air, carefully balancing in a crunch-like position (Credit: Scott Suriano/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards)

10 of the funniest animal photos of 2026

From a fitness-obsessed bear to a rather rude orangutan, here are 10 of the most amusing photos of the animal kingdom this year.

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