• Mack Rutherford, 17, celebrates after arriving at Biggin Hill Airport in Kent on Monday, as he continues his bid to set a Guinness World Record as the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane. PA
    Mack Rutherford, 17, celebrates after arriving at Biggin Hill Airport in Kent on Monday, as he continues his bid to set a Guinness World Record as the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane. PA
  • Bins overflow with rubbish along Princes Street in Edinburgh on Monday, as a strike by municipality cleaners entered its fourth day. PA
    Bins overflow with rubbish along Princes Street in Edinburgh on Monday, as a strike by municipality cleaners entered its fourth day. PA
  • On Tuesday a police officer lays flowers near the scene where Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, was fatally shot, on Kingsheath Avenue in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. PA
    On Tuesday a police officer lays flowers near the scene where Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, was fatally shot, on Kingsheath Avenue in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. PA
  • Florists decorate the entrance to 10 Downing Street with flowers in Ukraine's national colours, in London on Tuesday, a day before the besieged country's independence day. AP
    Florists decorate the entrance to 10 Downing Street with flowers in Ukraine's national colours, in London on Tuesday, a day before the besieged country's independence day. AP
  • A man rides a carriage drawn by shire horses as he harvests wildflower meadow at King's College Cambridge on Tuesday. PA
    A man rides a carriage drawn by shire horses as he harvests wildflower meadow at King's College Cambridge on Tuesday. PA
  • Hundreds of passengers wait in tunnels under the English Channel after a train broke down on Tuesday. PA
    Hundreds of passengers wait in tunnels under the English Channel after a train broke down on Tuesday. PA
  • People gather in Edinburgh on Wednesday to take part in a Ukraine independence march. AP
    People gather in Edinburgh on Wednesday to take part in a Ukraine independence march. AP
  • A port worker surfs at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain's biggest and busiest container terminal, on Wednesday after members of the Unite union went on strike. PA
    A port worker surfs at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain's biggest and busiest container terminal, on Wednesday after members of the Unite union went on strike. PA
  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with British soldiers in Wiltshire on Wednesday, where he saw Ukrainian soldiers being trained by the army as part of Operation Interflux. PA
    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with British soldiers in Wiltshire on Wednesday, where he saw Ukrainian soldiers being trained by the army as part of Operation Interflux. PA
  • Pupils congratulate each other after receiving their GCSE results at Roedean School in Brighton, on Thursday. PA
    Pupils congratulate each other after receiving their GCSE results at Roedean School in Brighton, on Thursday. PA
  • Samira, a golden-headed lion tamarin, stands on a scale during the London Zoo's annual weigh-in on Thursday. AFP
    Samira, a golden-headed lion tamarin, stands on a scale during the London Zoo's annual weigh-in on Thursday. AFP
  • Royal Mail staff join a Communication Workers Union strike outside a post office in London on Friday. More than 115,000 postal workers are on strike in a dispute over pay, the biggest walkout since 2009. EPA
    Royal Mail staff join a Communication Workers Union strike outside a post office in London on Friday. More than 115,000 postal workers are on strike in a dispute over pay, the biggest walkout since 2009. EPA
  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with members of staff at the South-West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom on Friday. AFP
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with members of staff at the South-West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom on Friday. AFP

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The UK week in pictures: GCSE results, Ukrainian Independence Day and a postal strike

'The National' selects the most striking photos from across Britain

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August 26, 2022

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