A caravan of several thousand Central American migrants has been journeying northwards through Mexico to the United States border. Having travelled throughout October, November and December 2018, many are now attempting to cross the border illegally into the U.S. In this gallery, we explore their journey in the context of increasing desperation and growing political tension around the situation.
Space burger crashes at football club's training ground
A groundsman at Colchester United's training ground had an out-of-this world experience when he discovered a space burger had landed on the pitch. The frozen meaty treat was attached to a polystyrene box with a GoPro and sent up to space by Tom Stanniland, better known by his YouTube name Kill'em, who called the League Two club to explain. He said: "I sent a burger into space using a weather balloon. It had gone about 24 miles up and the weather balloon popped. It's come back down, travelled over 100 miles and landed right here.
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Navajo artist Vanessa Bowen wears her Make America Native Again hat at a printing shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bowen says she designed the hat after concluding Trump's Make America Great Again slogan spoke of a time when whites excluded minorities Source: Russell
Art is unique because it speaks to each individual on a personal level. Whatever a work of art might mean to you, it won’t necessarily mean the same thing. The scene has been featured in art a lot, and many greats have painted their own version, including Botticelli, Rembrandt, Leonardo, and Rubens.
(Pictured) Members of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan stand on a road after federal police briefly blocked their way outside the town of Arriaga, Mexico, on Oct. 27, 2018.