The Natural History Museum's touring exhibition, T Rex: The Killer Question at Peterborough Cathedral. Jacob King/PA Wire
Our picture editors bring you the best News images from around the World on July 18. Monday’s news in pictures.
People preparing to enter the water in Penzance, Cornwall. Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Horticulture student Muhammed Ismail Moosa waters the plants in the Palm House at the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, west London, where temperatures inside the greenhouses are cooler than outside. Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
A polar bear at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster keeps cool in a lake, as the park is temporarily closed due to the hot weather as record temperatures hit the UK. Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Water from a fountain runs down in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo by AP Photo/Michael Probst
Bethan Lewis, 30, with her 18 month old child, Ellis Forsyth, from Gosforth by the colourful beach huts in Blyth, Northumberland. Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
A devotee worships Lord Shiva by presenting offerings during the first Monday of the holy month of Shrawan in Lalitpur, Nepal. The holy month of Shrawan is considered auspicious by Hindus for praying to Lord Shiva for happiness and prosperity. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock
Aerial photo shows a view of the Zishui super major bridge along Changde-Yiyang-Changsha railway, in central China’s Hunan Province. The 157-kilometer high-speed railway line, connecting the cities of Changde, Yiyang and Changsha in Hunan Province with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, is an important part in China’s high-speed railway network. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock
Firefighters extinguish a forest fire in Mespelbrunn, Germany. Photo by Ralf Hettler/dpa via AP
Queen’s Swan Marker David Barber checks over a rescued cygnet near Chertsey in Surrey, during the ancient tradition of Swan Upping, the annual census of the swan population on the River Thames. Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Wire