Photography
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Corsets and chickens: the East End in the 1960s – in picturesFrom the 1960s onward, John Claridge has turned the soot and poverty of London’s East End into something luminously beautiful
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Best photographs of the day: Brexit flotilla and Oscar PistoriusThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a Brexit flotilla on the Thames and Oscar Pistorius in court
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Shrines, stalls and scripts: Siobhan Maher in Kyoto, Japan – in picturesOn a Japanese holiday in search of design inspiration Siobhan Maher captures daily life and ritual in Kyoto
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Sport picture of the day: hats and horses at Royal AscotRacegoers at Royal Ascot watch as the runners and riders in the Windsor Castle Stakes thunder past on day one of Royal Ascot 2016. The race was won by 20-1 shot Ardad with Robert Havlin on board
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What’s it like to be queer and Muslim? Let this photographer show youSamra Habib, a queer Muslim photographer, has been travelling through North America and Europe to take the portraits of LBGT Muslims willing to share their life stories and desire for connection
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Sands of time: ancient Egypt excavated in the 1910s – in picturesThe city of Meroë lay undiscovered for two millennia before British archaeologist John Garstang excavated it in the early 20th century – and created some of the first ever photographs of ancient Egypt’s treasures
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Sport picture of the day: the high-flying ChiefsThe Chiefs replacement Kayne Hammington flies though the air as he makes a pass as the Hamilton side overpowered and embarrassed the touring Welsh side with a historic 40-7 victory.
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Desolation row: New York skyscrapers in the desert – in picturesUsing digital editing, designer Anton Repponen places Manhattan buildings in desolate landscapes, ‘inviting viewers to see them as if for the first time’
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Back from the dead: the photographer turning forensics into portraitureArne Svenson spent years crossing America and Mexico photographing forensic reconstructions of anonymous victims’ faces
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Out of this world: why the most important art today is made in spaceForget the Turner prize. This is art that reflects the true grandeur of the universe – it is the Sistine Chapel of the scientific age
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Scenes from the Somme: surreal, sickening spectacleAs the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war approaches, this image of Welsh Guards huddled together reminds us of its horrors
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Foreigner: Migration Into Europe 2015-2016 by John Radcliffe Studio – reviewThese portraits of refugees at different stages of their journey reveal a calmer human spirit amid the chaos
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Readers' prize winning pictures of life in RussiaWith ten signed copies of Luke Harding’s book to giveaway we asked you to share your photos of your favourite photo of life in Russia. Here are the photos that were selected in our prize draw
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The 20 photographs of the weekMuhammad Ali’s memorial service, Banksy’s new mural in Bristol, Euro 2016 in France, the continuing fight against Isis – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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Photographer’s famous images from a pre-war Tour are among those celebrated in a new book that reminds us of the race’s rich visual literatureHow Robert Capa captured Tour de France’s essence and began a tradition
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Sport picture of the day: focus on the Ford at Rally Italia Sardegna shakedownPhotographers and spectators train their lenses on Mads Ostberg and his dust trail as he speeds in his Ford Fiesta WRC
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The Whitney launches major retrospective of Danny Lyon - in picturesDanny Lyon: : Message to the Future opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art on 17 June and runs until 25 September
World view Christo's Floating Piers: walking on water, Lake Iseo, Italy