The first Monday in May was as spectacular as ever.
Stars from the worlds of fashion, music, film and sport stepped out on to the red (well, pink) carpet at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for the year's most stylish event.
The annual Met Gala took place on Monday, with the of "Camp: Notes on Fashion".
Scroll through the gallery above to see all the best looks from this year's Met Gala.
(The dress code is typically informed by the opening of the venue's annual fashion exhibition, which this year is centred on Susan Sontag's seminal 1964 essay Notes on 'Camp').
Stars such as Cardi B and Jennifer Lopez donned their theatrical best for the gala, joined by this year's co-chairs Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Serena Williams and Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele.
The night typically produces several moments that go down in fashion history. This year's contenders included Lady Gaga, who made a number of outfit changes on the red carpet, Katy Perry, who came dressed as a human chandelier, and Jared Leto, who carried a model of his own head as an accessory.
The Met Gala, which was first held in 1948, raises funds for the New York museum's Costume Institute, with tickets becoming a coveted item for A-list celebrities.
Since 1995, Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has been chairwoman of the gala and reportedly has the final say on the guest list. She has been known to stop people from attending – and it's not only people who are banned. There are strict rules once you do make it inside the museum, including no selfies (although many celebrities have broken this rule) and no social media posting.
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
The National's picks
4.35pm: Tilal Al Khalediah
5.10pm: Continous
5.45pm: Raging Torrent
6.20pm: West Acre
7pm: Flood Zone
7.40pm: Straight No Chaser
8.15pm: Romantic Warrior
8.50pm: Calandogan
9.30pm: Forever Young
Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021
Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.
The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.
These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.
“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.
“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.
“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.
“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”
Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.
There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.
“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.
“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.
“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”
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