• Students watch a firework display at the Trinity May Ball at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College On Monday evening. The ball celebrates the end of the academic year. PA
    Students watch a firework display at the Trinity May Ball at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College On Monday evening. The ball celebrates the end of the academic year. PA
  • Revellers celebrate the Summer Solstice as the sun rises at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21, 2022, in a festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrating the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. - The stone monument -- carved and constructed at a time when there were no metal tools -- symbolises Britain's semi-mythical pre-historic period, and has spawned countless legends. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)
    Revellers celebrate the Summer Solstice as the sun rises at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21, 2022, in a festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrating the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. - The stone monument -- carved and constructed at a time when there were no metal tools -- symbolises Britain's semi-mythical pre-historic period, and has spawned countless legends. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)
  • A passenger surveys departure boards at an empty Euston station in London. On Tuesday, the UK ground to a halt as the most extensive rail strikes in 30 years took place. PA
    A passenger surveys departure boards at an empty Euston station in London. On Tuesday, the UK ground to a halt as the most extensive rail strikes in 30 years took place. PA
  • National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers general secretary Mick Lynch on a picket line outside Euston station on Tuesday. PA
    National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers general secretary Mick Lynch on a picket line outside Euston station on Tuesday. PA
  • Queen Elizabeth II receives the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. He presented her with a special Canterbury Cross for service to the Church of England over 70 years. AFP
    Queen Elizabeth II receives the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. He presented her with a special Canterbury Cross for service to the Church of England over 70 years. AFP
  • A wingwalker on a 1941 biplane at the AeroSuperBatics WingWalkers team base in Gloucestershire on Tuesday, during a charity event ahead of the airshow season. PA
    A wingwalker on a 1941 biplane at the AeroSuperBatics WingWalkers team base in Gloucestershire on Tuesday, during a charity event ahead of the airshow season. PA
  • The setting sun illuminates the Glastonbury sign on Tuesday on day one of the festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset. Glastonbury is going ahead for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Getty Images
    The setting sun illuminates the Glastonbury sign on Tuesday on day one of the festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset. Glastonbury is going ahead for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Getty Images
  • On Wednesday, Prince William and his wife Kate, accompanied by Baroness Floella Benjamin, 'Windrush' passengers Alford Gardner and John Richards and children, pose next to the newly unveiled National Windrush Monument at Waterloo station in London. Getty Images
    On Wednesday, Prince William and his wife Kate, accompanied by Baroness Floella Benjamin, 'Windrush' passengers Alford Gardner and John Richards and children, pose next to the newly unveiled National Windrush Monument at Waterloo station in London. Getty Images
  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confers with advisers before departing from London Stansted Airport on Wednesday, to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda. Getty Images
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confers with advisers before departing from London Stansted Airport on Wednesday, to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda. Getty Images
  • A Clydesdale Horse is prepared on Wednesday ahead of the Royal Highland show at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The show runs until June 26. Getty Images
    A Clydesdale Horse is prepared on Wednesday ahead of the Royal Highland show at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The show runs until June 26. Getty Images
  • A second day of strike action on the railways took place on Thursday. Here passengers disembark a train that was running, after arriving at Waterloo station in London. Reuters
    A second day of strike action on the railways took place on Thursday. Here passengers disembark a train that was running, after arriving at Waterloo station in London. Reuters
  • Ai-DA, the world's first robot artist, paints portraits of the headline acts, including Kendrick Lamar, at the Shangri-La area of the Glastonbury Festival on Thursday. Getty Images
    Ai-DA, the world's first robot artist, paints portraits of the headline acts, including Kendrick Lamar, at the Shangri-La area of the Glastonbury Festival on Thursday. Getty Images
  • Kate, Duchess of Cambridge shows her football skills during a visit to Cambridgeshire County Day, at Newmarket racecourse, on Thursday. AFP
    Kate, Duchess of Cambridge shows her football skills during a visit to Cambridgeshire County Day, at Newmarket racecourse, on Thursday. AFP
  • Opposition Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meets with new Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood, left, and other party members on Friday morning, after the party reclaimed the West Yorkshire seat from the Conservatives in a by-election. PA
    Opposition Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meets with new Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood, left, and other party members on Friday morning, after the party reclaimed the West Yorkshire seat from the Conservatives in a by-election. PA

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The UK week in pictures: Rail strikes, Glastonbury Festival begins, and summer solstice

'The National' selects the most striking photos from across Britain over the past week

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June 24, 2022

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