Italian volcano Mount Etna erupts, spewing smoke and ash into the sky. Angela Platania/Shutterstock
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Ann in a Red Jumper (1957, estimate: £150,000-250,000) Head of a Boy (estimate £300,000-500,000) and Portrait of Ann (estimate £80,000-£120,000) are seen as preparations are made behind closed doors ahead of Christie’s live streamed Modern British Art Auction. Ian West/PA Wire
Thousands of cars parked at the Rockingham Logistics Hub in Corby, Northamptonshire. The 250-acre site was a race track for motorsport events until it was sold in 2018 and converted into a centre for automotive logistics. Joe Giddens/PA Wire
A puppy called Toffee has been saved by vets in London after he ingested a large face mask. Staff at the Blue Cross charity’s animal hospital in Victoria, London, removed the cloth facemask from the 11-month old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel’s stomach during emergency surgery. Blue Cross/PA Wire
Annalee Corcoran (6) receives ashes from her aunty Maria Corcoran outside their home in Meakstown, Dublin, on Ash Wednesday in Ireland. Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Lara Fawcett swims in the River Nidd in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, to raise money for the Archbishop of York Youth Trust. The 54-year-old sister of Bear Grylls is aiming to swim for five minutes, three times per week in freezing water and hopes to raise GBP 50,000 throughout the month for her very FrostyFeb fundraiser. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
Children practice skiing at a ski resort in Luquan District in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province. Xinhua/Shutterstock
Italian volcano Mount Etna erupts, spewing smoke and ash into the sky. Angela Platania/Shutterstock
A man wearing a mask walks past a graffiti with the message â€Stay alert, save lives in London’s Soho district as the coronavirus lockdown continues in the city. Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock
Canon Richard Frith sprinkles ash onto the head of the Very Reverend Nicola Sullivan, during an outdoor Ash Wednesday service at Southwell Minster in Nottingham. Jacob King/PA Wire
Protesters outside the Crowne Plaza London Heathrow hotel in West Drayton, London, which is being used as accommodation for asylum seekers. Yui Mok/PA Wire
Farmers work in the field in Wengqi Village of Dushan County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Xinhua/Shutterstock
A view of Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey prior to implosion. Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock
