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Druids and antivenom: Thursday’s news in pictures

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People take pictures as lanterns are lit to colour the sky and enliven the dusk with people’s wishes for luck, blessings, healthy and prosperity, during the annual Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, in Pingxi Area of New Taipei City. Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Japan competes in the Women’s Team Pursuit final during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China. Koji Aoki/AFLO/Shutterstock
Snake venom is collected at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research centre associated with the Thai Red Cross Society. Since 1923, the establishment also known as the Bangkok Snake Farm raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and the production of antivenom for Thailand and surrounding regions where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand. Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
Police Scotland’s PC Ross Hunter shows the media a naloxone nasal spray that all officers across Scotland will carry and to be instructed in the use. Naloxone is a drug that can reverse the effects of opioids, such as heroin, methadone, opium, codeine, morphine and buprenorphine. Jane Barlow/PA Wire
A sign made out of hay reads ‘Sack Boris’ on a field in Little Hay in north Birmingham, calling for the removal of Prime Minister Boris Johnson from office. Jacob King/PA Wire
A train heads along the west coast between Whitehaven and Carlisle after Storm Dudley hit the north of the country last night. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
General views from Coventry-born artist, designer and activist Daniel Lismore’s new exhibition – ‘Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken’, at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, as part of the Coventry City of Culture programme, ahead of London Fashion Week. Fabio De Paola/PA Wire
Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive the Ambassador of Jordan Manar Dabbas at Buckingham Palace, London. Aaron Chown/PA Wire
The tryzub (trident) that is the main element of Ukraine’s coat of arms and the Ukrainian flag are projected onto the facade of the Kyiv City State Administration building on 36 Khreshchatyk Street, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Ukrinform/Shutterstock
The Archdruid of Stonehenge and Britain poses in front of the sunrise exhibit after performing a blessing for The world of Stonehenge exhibition on its opening day to the public, at the British Museum, in central London. Aaron Chown/PA Wire