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Friday
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November
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Luxembourg tax leaks put pressure on G20 to actLabor’s Sam Dastyari says a Senate inquiry will look into the claims large companies operating in Australia are avoiding tax -
Ebola: 'only 10% of staff will be Australians'Aspen Medical says it has been already approached by 350 volunteers but only 25 to 50 Australians would go at a time
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Khorasan group back in US crosshairs as air strikes hit non-Isis targets in SyriaAir strikes on little-known group alleged to be al-Qaida affiliate raise questions about expansion of US air war in Syria and Iraq -
AC/DC drummer charged with attempting to procure murderAustralian musician appears in New Zealand court after raid at home in Tauranga on the North Island -
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Catastrophic fire warning for parts of SAPeople living in north-west pastoral and west coast districts of South Australia should leave on Thursday night or early Friday morning
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Bowraville families given new hopeNSW upper house recommends legal changes to allow retrial of suspected killer of three children snatched from Aboriginal community on NSW north coast in early 1990s
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National architecture awards celebrate diverse choice of winnersAustralia’s top architecture awards dominated by projects that provided community benefits, including a refurbished toilet block
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MH17: Abbott will speak to Putin 'one way or another'
‘We owe it to our dead to secure justice,’ Australian leader says in joint press conference with his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte
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Ferguson protest leaders seek 48 hours' notice of indictment decisionActivists request time to prepare for protests before grand jury decides whether to indict officer Darren Wilson in shooting death of teenager Michael Brown
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Missing: 3m News International emailsAll emails covering her period as editor removed after Rebekah Brooks changed company’s email deletion policy in 2010
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Three ex-marines charged over plot to rig US presidential helicopter contractsProsecutors accuse three men of scheming to defraud the government by fixing maintenance contracts for Marine Helicopter Squadron One
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Obama warned not to 'poison the well' after midtermsRepublican leader challenges president to compromise with Congress after Democrats’ bruising defeat while Obama concedes electorate sent clear message
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Amal Clooney calls on Egypt to release journalistAl-Jazeera journalist’s lawyer says he needs urgent treatment for Hepatitis C and a shoulder injury exacerbated by time in jail
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Icac abusing its power, lawyers saySupreme court told corruption watchdog risks becoming secret police force if it investigates allegations that Cuneen perverted the course of justice
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Iran’s dog walkers could face 74 lashes in criminalisation of pet ownershipProposed law to prevent Iranians from keeping animals deemed unclean is latest crackdown on ‘western cultural invasion’
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Coral row strains Japan-China tiesTokyo presses Beijing to act on poaching near Ogasawara islands, warning that Chinese boats will not be allowed to shelter there from coming typhoon
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Families of youths killed by Chicago police blame racial targeting for deathsRelatives and campaigners stage rally outside Chicago police department HQ to demand federal inquiry into the deaths of their loved ones
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Australia to share UK DNA databaseDeal will bypass Interpol and might be extended to include US and Canadian forces
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Asylum seekers on Manus enmeshed in marijuana trade, detainee saysGovernment refuses to comment on allegations that more than 10% of people held in Australian-government centre are smoking the drug every night and 30-40% on a regular basis
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Parties tussle for marginal Ballarat seatsLabor is pledging to redevelop the derelict train station precinct and bring the Western Bulldogs to the city; the Coalition is promising more hospital beds
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Nuclear waste: Muckaty Station owners propose new sitePlan comes months after bitter seven-year dispute about Australia’s first such facility appeared to have ended
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Man found clinging to icebox at seaColombian fisherman’s boat capsized in bad weather, leaving him adrift for days until he was spotted by navy
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Public servant spared jail over husband's fraudAndrea Lowe, 30, was assistant to state police minister when she deleted incriminating emails relating to elaborate scheme
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NZ mine owners rule out retrieving remainsTwenty-nine workers were entombed by a methane explosion in 2010, but company says it is too dangerous to retrieve bodies
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Palmer sells Victoria candidate-free PUPParty leader releases a slew of TV ads and spells out his Victoria heritage but dodges questions on the East West Link and mining
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Legal threat over gay cake refusalBakery owner in Northern Ireland told to pay compensation or face court action for refusing put gay marriage slogan on cake
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Victorian corruption claims are 'dirty tricks''Liberals accuse Labor of mudslinging after reports that candidates were interviewed by ombudman’s office about donations
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Environment group takes Victorian government to court over owl reservesEnvironment East Gippsland launches fourth legal action against government, this time over the provision of owl habitats
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Netanyahu rejects calls to let Jews pray at Jerusalem holy siteIsraeli PM says status quo will not change at site known as Noble Sanctuary to Muslims and Temple Mount to Jews
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Elephant ivory price ‘spiked as China VIPs snapped up thousands of kilos’Beijing dismisses scathing EIA report on wildlife trade which claims ivory haul of Xi Jinping delegates in Tanzania doubled price on illegal market
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Kony is hiding out on Sudan border - reportCampaign groups say fugitive LRA commander has sought refuge in Kafia Kingi enclave between Sudan and South Sudan
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Burkina Faso: military pressed to hand over powerPresidents of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal in Burkina Faso to mediate amid power struggle but cross-party meeting descends into chaos
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Celebrating the best buildings in AustraliaA Tasmanian surf club features among the projects small and large to be honoured by the Australian Institute of Architects at its annual awards ceremony
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Christine Kenneally: I was thrilled to find out I'm a convict princessAuthor who blends DNA research with personal stories to examine how people inherit their family’s experiences says understanding how history has shaped you is empowering, writes Johanna Leggatt
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Mentally ill found chained and left to die after typhoon Haiyan
Local organisations are shocked at the treatment of family members with mental illness, discovered in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan
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Listen to Guy Pearce's Broken Bones - exclusive
Album stream Listen to Guy Pearce's Broken Bones - exclusive
Curiosity may lure listeners to the table of this actor-cum-musician, but only genuine musical talent will keep them there -
Top five most scathing book reviewsFrom ‘half-baked nonsense’ to a ‘stink in the nostrils’, Alison Flood rounds up five of the most damning book reviews ever. But what’s your favourite hatchet job?
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The Imitation Game: watch Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing
Video exclusive The Imitation Game: watch Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing
Watch an exclusive clip from the acclaimed biopic of the Bletchley Park codebreaker
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Bookshops worth visiting, around the world – share your pictures and storiesThis weekend will see a big UK-wide campaign to support bookstores, independent or otherwise, and in-person book buying – and who couldn’t be on board. Writer and librarian Jen Campbell has put together The Bookshop Book, the official book of the Books Are My Bag campaign. Do you know of weird, wonderful or simply great bookshops worth visiting? Share your knowledge, stories and photos here and we will publish the best. Photograph: Charles Leakey
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Pink Floyd: The Endless River – 'a fitting footnote to their career'This “new” record based on 20-year-old outtakes sounds the most like Pink Floyd than any of album with their name in the past 25 years, writes Alexis Petridis
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - 'a new kind of urgency'Activision would have us believe that the latest title in the series is a bold re-imagining. It’s not, but it’s still blistering entertainment. By Simon Parkin
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Science quiz: test your knowledge of the latest discoveries and developments
It's been a month of technological firsts, from the unveiling of the flying car to the Queen joining Twitter, but have you kept up with all the science news?
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Miriam Margolyes: ‘I do say things possibly other people don’t say'She doesn’t like Tony Abbott’s swimwear or policies, thinks Nigel Farage is frightening, loves Australia – mostly – and thinks Israel can be blind to its own faults. Anything else to add to the list?
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My Mistress – BDSM coming of age story that plays it too safeA troubled kid meets a professional dominatrix in a film that trades a potentially challenging hypothesis for a much more familiar path
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Anzac and Gallipoli are the novelist's terrain as much as the historian'sFor too many authors the Anzac centenary is little more than a marketing opportunity, but Steve Sailah’s A Fatal Tide is a subtle challenge to mythologisers
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Sean McMahon wins Wallabies place for Wales TestSean McMahon’s rise continues after the flanker was named to make his Australia debut against Wales
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Josh Kennedy signs for Melbourne City as marquee playerDavid Villa may have gone for the time being but Melbourne City have signed another international striker: Josh Kennedy
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Why an Ashes victory could end Michael Clarke's Australia careerRonan O’Connell: The Australia captain has endured a lean spell and beating England on home turf would be an ideal way to bow out
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It will be love and hate with the fans, so just accept itIn an extract from his new book, The Secret Footballer explains why players are damned if they do … and damned if they don’t
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Melbourne Cup: cruelty claim deniedThe racing industry has rejected claims of cruelty after two horses died in the Melbourne Cup earlier this week
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Western Sydney Wanderers court Australia's Asian football fansJoe Gorman: Next year’s Asian Cup is a superb way for clubs to attract Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese and Malaysian supporters
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Sonny Bill Williams will play for All Blacks against EnglandSonny Bill Williams will face England at the weekend while Aaron Cruden has won the No10 jersey
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Stephen Milne rape charges droppedRape charges against former St Kilda player Stephen Milne have been dropped and he has pleaded guilty to sexual assault
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Pete Smith: The influence of Australian football’s greatest figure is still being felt 10 years after his deathJohnny Warren's legacy is still impossible to quantify
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Rilee Rossouw helps South Africa to T20 win over AustraliaAaron Finch was almost burned by a pitchside fire display as South Africa made short work of Australia
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Dear Bill Shorten: you're the opposition leader, not me. It's time to drop your soft bipartisanshipDavid Leyonhjelm: I can’t oppose the government alone. Shorten needs to realise that legislator’s remorse doesn’t make up for Labor’s weak opposition to national security creep
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Jess Zimmerman: If you want to get popular on the internet, don’t fake being cool – and definitely don’t slap your brand name on natural brillianceAlex from Target was a fake corporate meme? That's not viral – it's offensive
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If Gough Whitlam was a saint at home, he was often a sinner abroadAntony Loewenstein: Whitlam supported Suharto, challenged Israel and had a tense relationship with the US. His foreign policy legacy contains plenty to trouble myth-makers on both the left and right
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Yes there is misogyny among gay men – but our sexist world is the problemPatrick Strudwick: Rose McGowan is right that the gay rights movement has tended to ignore women. But sexism is everywhere – the bulk of the hate comes from heterosexuals
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Television isn't a bad influence on society after allToday’s audiences are less tolerant of racism and open-minded about modern dance – as a result of popular TV. Mark Lawson is reassured by a week of positive headlines
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Aboriginal people must not negotiate with politicians who assault their land rightsSol Bellear: The NSW government’s hurried assault on land rights – followed by a hasty retreat – is deeply unfortunate and has damaged any trust Aboriginal people can have in the Baird government
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We know how to eradicate tax abuse. So why aren’t businesses doing it?Richard Murphy: Executives claim they’re acting in shareholders’ interests, yet aggressive avoidance harms a company and all its stakeholders
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What's the environmental impact of modern war?Ban Ki-moon has called on nations to do more to protect the environment from the devastation of war, but even in times of peace our militaries have a huge impact on natural resources
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The fall of the Berlin Wall: what it meant to be thereThe long read: Twenty-five years on, Timothy Garton Ash asks what hindsight can’t reveal – and wonders where the 1989 generation might lead us
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William Klein: 'My pictures showed everything I resented about America'Klein’s photographs of 1950s New York caught the city’s energy and grit and made his name
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What do you tell your father when he's ready to die? Dignity shouldn't be illegalBrian Smith: Brittany Maynard’s heroic choice is exactly the kind my family should have had. And that’s exactly why we need assisted dying laws across the world – so our loved ones can truly rest in peace
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Ukraine’s rebel ‘people’s republics’ begin work of building new statesThe coming winter and the threat of renewed fighting hang over Donetsk and Luhansk after rushed elections
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Hadid's Tokyo Olympic stadium slammed as a 'monumental mistake'Oliver Wainwright: The 2020 Olympic stadium has faced two years of widespread criticism and budget cuts. Now prominent Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has launched a blistering attack on the designs
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How to behave in the big cityDon’t spit, don’t play loud music, don’t drive on the pavement … Farmers moving to the former ghost city of Kangbashi are getting lessons in how to be urbanites
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Big Four banks' profits soar but don’t expect any gratitude for taxpayer helpAustralia avoided the EU and US bank meltdowns thanks in part to government regulation and deposit guarantees, but now a recommendation to raise capital ratios is being fiercely resisted
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Will Interstellar inspire a new space race?Steve Rose: Like Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Christopher Nolan’s epic unashamedly celebrates travelling to the stars as the next logical step in our evolution. Perhaps, after years of cynicism, we’re ready to be inspired by space exploration again
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Researchers discover new genus of giant tortoiseTitanochelon was 2 metres long and roamed the ‘streets of Madrid’ between 20m and 2m years ago, study finds
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Great Barrier Reef: forget the fish, there are 20,000 birds on this island aloneAn unforgettable, overwhelming and pungent day spent on Michaelmas Cay during a tour of wildlife-rich Queensland
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Downton Abbey gets sixth seriesITV director of drama commissioning says the show continues to be ‘a phenomenon’
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If horses could talk
Cartoon If horses could talk
Croquembouche Lad has lost a couple of mates at the Melbourne Cup. He's not too happy about it< -
A Place to Call Home: not Australia's Downton Abbey – yetAll the ingredients are there in this fresh serving of the period drama but only time will tell if this course improves with age
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The daily quiz: old men and musicals
Today's questions cover suspected spies, delicious drinks, extinct animals, Harry Potter, WG Grace and famous musicals
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Quick test may halt overuse of antibioticsDanish researchers find that doctors using the C-reactive protein test are prescribing fewer antibiotics
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Birds in literature – quiz
In the week Helen Macdonald won the Samuel Johnson prize with her memoir, H is for Hawk, we take to the air with this quiz about our feathered friends in literature. But can you tell a hawk from a handsaw? Find out whether you're a turkey or a soaring success
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Rula Ghani, the woman making waves as Afghanistan’s new first ladyThe wife of president Ashraf Ghani has surprised many Afghans by speaking out on women and internally displaced people
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Israel Dagg: ‘We’re All Blacks 24/7 and everyone’s equal in this team’New Zealand remain the standard bearers in world rugby and Israel Dagg tells Michael Aylwin that collective responsibility helps to set the All Blacks apart
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Lea T, the transgender model who’s shifting our perception of beauty normsBeauty brands are catching up with the fashion world’s stance on diversity as Redken announces its surprise new face
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Amanda Knox working as a freelance reporterEditor employed the former creative writing student, convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, to give her ‘a normal life’
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Lena Dunham apologises after critics accuse her of sexually molesting sisterGirls creator says she is ‘dismayed’ by interpretation of childhood behaviour, described in her memoir, as abuse
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Jay Z buys Armand de Brignac ‘Ace of Spades’ champagne labelUltra-pricey luxury brand, popular as a status symbol for the rich, has been closely associated with the hip-hop star since 2006
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Weegee distorts the stars: rare shots of Streisand, Monroe and moreFor these unusual images, the notorious ambulance-chaser of New York City turned his lens on stars and high-society players, then doctored the pictures in his darkroom
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Clive Palmer makes his Victorian election pitch to voters
Clive Palmer launches the PUP campaign in Victoria ahead of the state election
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Fisherman survives days floating in sea - video
A man lost at sea when a fishing boat capsized has been found clinging to a foam cooler in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia
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Orphaned otter pup takes a bath at Chicago aquarium after rescueJust five weeks old and weighing less than 6lbs, the newest resident of Chicago's Shedd Aquarium takes a dip
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Astonishing snow art illustrates cold beauty of mathematicsAlex Bellos samples Simon Beck’s stunning mathematical drawings, created by running in snowshoes across freshly laid snow in the Alps
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Starling murmurations in the UK: annual wildlife spectaclePhotographer Owen Humphreys captures thousands of starlings starting their murmuration near Gretna Green
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Wildlife on your doorstep in your November - share your photos
GuardianWitness Wildlife on your doorstep in your November - share your photos
November is upon us and the northern hemisphere is preparing itself for winter clothes and limited daylight. The southern hemisphere on the other hand is getting ready for sunshine and heatwaves. We’d love to see your photos of the wildlife near you. -
Million Mask March: readers' picturesWe asked you to share your photos of the Anonymous Million Mask March via GuardianWitness. Here is a selection of our favourites
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Porcupine takes on a pride of lions
A porcupine at the Londolozi reserve in South Africa fights off a pride of 17 lions by shaking its tail and running backwards towards the predators
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Starling murmurations, fireworks celebrations and moreThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
I came out in a country town, and everything changed in an instant