Burnham Becomes New UK Prime Minister
July 20, 2026, London, England, United Kingdom: New UK Prime Minister ANDY BURNHAM, 56 and wife arrive at Number 10 Downing Street in London. British politician new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party since July 20, 2026. Member of Parliament for Makerfield, and was Mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017 to 2026. 2001 to 2017 was MP for Leigh and held several cabinet positions, the most recent being Secretary of State for Health from 2009 to 2010 in PM Brown's government. A member of both Labour and the Co-operative Party, Burnham identifies as a socialist and is associated with Labour's 'soft left' faction. His political ideology has been called 'Manchesterism'. Burnham grew up in Culcheth, between Liverpool and Manchester in Northern England, and joined Labour aged 15. (Credit Image: © Victoria Jones/POOL/ i-Images via ZUMA Press)
Yellowjackets And Rattlesnake in Oregon
July 21, 2026, Elkton, Oregon, USA: A yellowjacket wasp carries a piece of flesh from the carcass of a Northern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus) along a county road near Elkton in southwestern Oregon. The snake, likely struck by a vehicle, quickly became a food source for scavengers. While predators such as hawks, eagles, kingsnakes, coyotes and bobcats sometimes prey on rattlesnakes, insects are often among the first to recycle animals killed on the road. (Credit Image: © Robin Loznak/ZUMA Press Wire)
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