Images Dated 1st September 2014

Piece of a mortar projectile is pictured on a road near the airport in Donetsk

A piece of a mortar projectile is pictured on a road near the airport in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 1, 2014. Separatists claimed another victory with what they said was the withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers from the airport at Donetsk, the main city in the industrial southeast. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

A female Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) is sitting on a wire. It is a trim black and white bird with cocked tail as in Indian Robin. Black portions of male replaced by brown and slaty grey in female

© Dethan Punalur

510527911, Magpie Robin, Nature, Outdoor, Single Bird, Wildlife

Queen Victoria on her Coronation Day in 1838

The young Queen Victoria on her Coronation Day in 1838: she became Queen the previous year, aged 18. From "The Queen's Resolve ('I Will Be Good') With Royal Anecdotes and Incidents - A Jubilee Memorial" by the Rev. Charles Bullock B.D. Published in London by Home Words in 1887, the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. She reigned from 20 June 1837?- 22 January 1901

© Linda Steward