Images Dated 18th January 2016

Willow and cottonwoods in mornings light, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow. Populus trichocarpa, the black cottonwood, western balsam-popla or California poplar, is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western North America. It is used for timber, and is notable as a model organism in plant biology. Its full genome sequence was published in 2006. It is the first tree species to be sequenced

© Darrell Gulin / Danita Delimont

Royal Yacht Alberta IC076/001

A reconstruction drawing of the Royal Yacht Alberta, a 370 ton wooden paddle steamer owned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, used largely to cross the Solent whilst the Queen and family were in residence at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Illustration by Frank Gardiner, c.1980 - c.1995

© Historic England

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The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch in Brussels

The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch, erected in 1905 to replace a temporary monument built to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence, in Brussels, Belgium, January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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