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Joshua Kelly

Nigel Farage (left) checks his watch during the first EU Summit in Brussels after the Brexit vote. Boris Johnson (right) leave his home in London. June 28, 2016.
Global Politics
Nigel and Boris: The blokes who made this Brexit happen
Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage holds his passport as he speaks at pro Brexit event in London, Britain June 3, 2016.
Global Politics
People in Northern Ireland are applying for Irish passports to keep their EU rights
The UK will decide tomorrow whether to remain within the EU or to leave.
Global Politics
What will happen on the Irish border if Britain votes to leave the EU?
The London Pollinator Project has fitted hundreds of bees with tiny "license plates"
Environment
Did you catch that bee’s license number? Unusual research project begins in London.
Iraqi soldiers help civilians, who fled from Fallujah because of Islamic State violence, during a dust storm on the outskirts of the town. Iraq, June 18, 2016.
Conflict
‘From one hell to another’: Humanitarian disaster looms as thousands escape Fallujah
Women wearing Mickey Mouse ears watch the opening ceremony at Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, June 16, 2016.
Culture
Disneyland has arrived in China and the government is ‘calling the shots’
A Brexit supporter holds a Union Flag at a ‘Vote Leave’ rally in London
Economics
‘Should I stay or should I go now?’ Brits mull the fate of their European experiment
A group of British children wearing their school uniforms greet the Queen at a ceremonial opening near London
Education
British schools may make their uniforms gender neutral
Gianfranco Rosi's 'Fire at Sea' won the highest honor at this year's Berlin Film Festival
Arts
Award-winning documentary shows the contrasting worlds of refugees, locals on an Italian island
A group of Mbuti Pygmies listen to playback of their own music in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1952. The recording was made by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey.
Music
DJs worldwide give new life to an archive of 35,000 African songs
Hermione Granger, played by Noma Dumezweni in the new play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.
Arts
Casting of a black actress in new Harry Potter play causes controversy among ‘idiots’
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' by Roald Dahl, featuring illustrations from Quentin Blake
Books
Roald Dahl’s ‘gobblefunk’ words get their own dictionary
Former Chad President Hissene Habre makes declarations to media as he leaves a court in Dakar, 2005.
Justice
Chad’s former dictator is convicted of crimes against humanity in landmark trial
Refugees carry their belongings in front of riot policemen during a police operation at a refugee camp at the border between Greece and Macedonia, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, 24 May 2016.
Global Politics
Greek police are moving thousands of refugees out of the Idomeni camp
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) chats with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, May 23, 2016.
Economics
International leaders are meeting in Istanbul for the first World Humanitarian Summit
Phil Mickelson at the British Open golf championship at Muirfield in 2013, the last time the tournament was held on the course.
Sports
This men-only golf club was just banned from hosting the British Open
Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, a Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after over two years of captivity with Boko Haram militants, presents her child to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria May 19, 2016.
Global Politics
Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president
Graffiti on the walls of Richmond Castle in England. This inscription is by a socialist conscientious objector called Richard Lewis Barry. He describes the futility of fighting.
Arts
This 100-year-old antiwar graffiti is going to be saved
Youngs migrants holding white flowers face French riot police officers who secure the area near makeshift shelters during the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the "Jungle" in Calais, France, March 7, 2016.
Education
Half of all refugee children worldwide are not getting an education, says charity
Clouds of tear gas surround people near the Invalides monument during clashes between protesters and French police during a demonstration against French labor law reform in Paris. May 12, 2016.
Global Politics
France wants to make it easier to fire workers so employers will stop harassing them into quitting
Lights are projected onto the Trevi Fountain to make it look rainbow coloured to celebrate the civil unions bill in Rome May 11, 2016.
Global Politics
Italy, in an historic vote, has approved same-sex civil unions
A still from one of 'Street Children's' YouTube videos
Global Politics
A group of young political satirists in Egypt have been arrested for mocking the president
A red squirrel sits in a tree as it holds a walnut. April 19, 2013.
Environment
The already troubled British red squirrel has a new problem – leprosy
David Henty
Arts
This convicted forger went from prison to having his own art exhibition