Southwold, England, United Kingdom – Pink sheep graze in a paddock during the Latitude festival in Henham Park. Gareth Fuller/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasthirteen122872
If there’s a spot on your music festival bucket list, make sure to put the Latitude Festival in the U.K., on it for sure. What’s better than jamming out, while taking in the rolling English hills — complete with bright pink sheep to help bring out the ambiance?
Newscom gets between 30-60,000 images a day from our partners around the world, and it’s easy to miss some truly amazing images if you aren’t specifically looking for them. So each week, we’ll go through our collections and present to you our favorites. Our job is to pick whatever catches our eye. Your job is to simply enjoy them. Find the entire lightbox of this week’s best pictures back at Newscom, and read on to see other news and stories from this past week.
Did you know the Milky Way has more than 200 billion stars? I mean, as far as galaxies go, ours is pretty middle class — some have more in the range of trillions of stars! Here is a great picture of our Milky Way galaxy, and if you want to see more, check out these 20 Stunning Pictures of the Milky Way! You’re welcome.
A photo made available 21 July 2015 of the glowing band of the so-called ‘Milky Way’ seen in the summer night sky over the vicinity of Salgotarjan, 109 kilometers northeast of Budapest, Hungary, late 20 July 2015. The ‘Milky Way’ is the galaxy that contains our own Solar system and appears as a disc shape bright band in the sky, although it can rarely been seen by the naked eye. PETER KOMKA/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive756682
Looks like Santa needs a beach vacation, just like the rest of us!
A costumed participant of the World Congress of Santa Clauses 2015 leaves the water during the annual swim at Bellevue beach, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, 21 July 2015. ‘Santas’ from different parts of the world took part in the event. ERIK REFNER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive756906
Who can’t be excited about the recent pictures of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft? Especially when it actually looks like Pluto’s face is etched in the dwarf planet …
Pluto nearly fills the frame in this black and white image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface. This is the last and most detailed image sent to Earth before the spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto on July 14. The spacecraft was launched nine years ago and traveled 3 billion miles. NASA/UPI/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: upiphotostwo393003
Nick Faldo of England reacts to a missed putt on the 17th hole during the Champion Golfers’ Challenge tournament ahead of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, July 15, 2015. Lee Smith/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasthirteen106066
Scroll down to see other great photos from this week. Also, be sure to check back next week, for more of your favorite Editors’ Picks photos.
Participants painted with rainbow colours walk together during the Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 18 July 2015. Several thousand people took part in the parade, which promotes equal rights for homosexuals. FRANK RUMPENHORST/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive754088
A diver swims near a giant Gorgonian sea fan in the Red Sea, near Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 18 July 2015. Gorgonians are soft corals that can be found in oceans around the world. SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive754298
A UK Army AH-64 Apache during a demo with explosions at The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) show at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Ian Schofield/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasthirteen132789
Schalk Burger (C) of the South African Springboks in action against the Australian Wallabies during their Rugby Championship match at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, 18 July 2015. DAN PELED/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive755174
Pigs in a shed. Igor Golovniov/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaglobal607380
A Cambodian mine detection rat handler trains a giant rat during a demining training at a mine action center in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, 20 July 2015. Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), and Belgian non-governmental organization (NGO) Apopo train fifteen African giant rats to detect landmines in Cambodia. MAK REMISSA/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive755728
Elin Larsson, singer of Swedish blues-rock band ‘Blues Pills’, performs at the Gurten music open air festival in Bern, Switzerland, 19 July 2015. PETER KLAUNZER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive755376
The peloton passing the ‘Gorge de Tarn during the 14th stage of the Tour de France. Panoramic/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasthirteen127675
