The iconic Sycamore Gap tree in northern England was cut down illegally overnight on Wednesday September 27. The Northumberland National Park Authority believe the tree was ‘deliberately felled’ and local police continue to investigate the act of vandalism. The tree, which was believed to be 300 years old, was located next to Hadrian's Wall built by the Romans in 122 A.D. It was one of the UK's most photographed trees and appeared in the 1991 Kevin Costner film "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves." | September 28, 2023 | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews 📷: @mitchelljeff and Ian Forsyth 🎥: Jeff J Mitchell 🎶: ‘Jupiter Aurora’ by David Celeste @epidemicsound 🖥️🎬: @lucianaghilino

Titicaca Lake Dries Out as Bolivia Suffers Record Winter Heat Water levels of Titicaca Lake, the highest navigable lake in the world, are dropping drastically due to an unprecedented winter heat wave in Bolivia. By December 2023, there is a "high probability" that the lake will be 64 centimeters (approximately 2 feet) below the drought alert level, breaking the historic record set in 1996. Local communities in the Bolivian highlands who rely on the lake to survive are particularly vulnerable. | #GettyImages 🎥📷: @soyelgas 🎶: Imaginary Answer by Anna Lindgren @epidemicsound 💻🎬: @sarahleemorris

Mall Shooting in Bangkok, Thailand A gunman opened fire at Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok on October 3, 2023. The prime suspect, a 14-year-old boy, has been arrested. At least two people were killed, and five others were injured. The tragedy happened days before the country was planning to mark the first anniversary of a gun and knife attack at a rural daycare where 26 people were killed. | #GettyImagesNews 📷 : @shinalodon l @deciccaphoto 🎥 : @shinalodon l pixelpro_1 🎬💻 : @jorge_valero27 🎵 : Midnight Textures by Silver Maple @epidemicsound

🏊🏽‍♂️🚴🏃 IRONMAN 70.3 New York Ironman 70.3 is a long-distance triathlon organized by World Triathlon Corporation. The race consists of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride, and a 13.1-mile run (70.3 miles in total). Evelyne Papillon and Ross Baldwin finished first in the Women’s and Men’s category respectively. | #GettySport 📷 🎥 : @allbello55 🎬💻 : @jorge_valero27 🎵 : Sky Walk by Molife @epidemicsound

The second-highest peak in Africa, Mount Kenya, holds some 11 shrinking glaciers that are said to be rapidly melting due to the burning of fossil fuels, fires, deforestation, land use changes, and industrial and agricultural developments. Mount Kenya National Park and the forest reserve are inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.⁠ 1. Mountain guide David Wangari looks on as water from melting ice flows around the bottom tip of the Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya's largest glacier in Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya. ⁠ 2. Water from melting ice flows is seen around the bottom of the Lewis Glacier.⁠ 3. Charles Mwangi, weather station operator, teaches children from Lenana Ebenezer Junior School about weather monitoring equipment at the Meteorological Station on Mount Kenya.⁠ 4. Mount Kenya is lit by the early morning sun as a ranger walks across the grass near the Sirimon Gate.⁠ 5. Porters carry food and equipment up Mount Kenya with Lake Michaelson in the distance as tourists embark on a multi-day hike.⁠ 6. Porters carry provisions and camping equipment for tourists as they start a multi-day hike up Mount Kenya from the Chogoria Gate. ⁠ 7. Near dried-up tarns are seen in Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya.⁠ 8. Porters walk near the Percival Waterfall near Mount Kenya.⁠ 9. A farmer tends to potatoes around a pine tree plantation in Mount Kenya National Park.⁠ 10. Porter and chef Joseph Kimani arrives home in Gitinga Village, where 60% of the men work as mountain porters accounting to locals, in Mount Kenya National Park. l September 26-30, 2023 l 📷️: @edr4m l #GettyImagesNews⁠

With UK Black History Month now underway, follow the bio link @gettyarchive to explore images and footage documenting Black British heritage from the 19th century through to the present day. In a series of curations, we highlight the impact and legacy of the Windrush Generation in this 75th anniversary year, pioneering Black footballers, the archive of photographer Charlie Phillips, and much more.⁠ ⁠Swipe through here to see:⁠ ⁠ 1. The first ever Notting Hill Carnival, 30th January 1959; organised by Claudia Jones, it was known as the Caribbean carnival or the West Indian Gazette Carnival & was held indoors at St. Pancras Town Hall. It would not be until 1964 that the carnival would move outside onto the streets of Notting Hill | Monty Fresco/Mirrorpix | @mirrorpix_archive⁠ 2. Sara Forbes Bonetta, god-daughter of Queen Victoria, with her husband James Davies, 15th September 1862 | Camille Silvy/Hulton Archive⁠ 3. A soldier of a British colonial regiment at Chelsea Barracks in London, prior to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, June 1897 | London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive⁠ 4. A crowd of children prepare to greet Queen Mary, wife of King George V, in Brixton, 14th October 1938 | Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive⁠ 5. A doctor in London, 1948 | Keystone Features/Hulton Archive⁠ 6. A wedding reception in South London, 1952 | Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Hulton Archive⁠ 7. A cleaner passes a vacuum to another, both employees of British Rail, at the Willesden Depot, London, 1955 | John Pratt/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive⁠ 8. Three unidentified women arrive from the West Indies at Southampton docks in 1962 | Popperfoto via Getty Images | @popperfoto⁠ 9. A group of children on a Morris Oxford VI, which has been converted into a pick-up truck to advertise a vehicle business, London, circa 1985 | Leon Morris⁠ 10. Jen Reid poses for a photograph in front of a sculpture of herself, by local artist Marc Quinn, on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand on July 15, 2020 in Bristol, England. A statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into Bristol Harbour during Black Lives Matter protests | Matthew Horwood

Trade and diplomatic issues between Ukraine and Poland surrounding honey, raspberries, wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds produced in Ukraine have sparked discord. As both countries are discussing a proposal to resume the exports of Ukranian grain to the Polish market on a restricted basis, these goods are allowed to transit through Poland to the rest of the EU. | #GettyImages 📷 🎥: @omarmarquesphoto 🎬💻: @xavier_mostacero 🎶: Syntropy by Lotus Pond @epidemicsound

Former President Jimmy Carter is celebrating his 99th birthday on October 1. Carter served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977-1981. Upon leaving office he founded The Carter Center and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” ⁠ ⁠ In this image, President Carter is photographed during an interview for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center in 2011. I 📷️: @davidhumekennerly I #GettyImages⁠ ⁠

Tributes are left at the scene of Elianne Andam's murder in Croydon, England. ⁠ ⁠ 15-year-old Elianne Andam was stabbed to death on Wednesday, September 27 morning in Croydon, south London, on her way to Old Palace of John Whitgift girls' school. The suspect, a 17-year-old boy, appeared in court on Friday. | September 29, 2023 | 📷️: Carl Court | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Croydon #ElianneAndam #London

Remotely-operated jockeys are used on the back of the camels during the annual Jordanian camel race in Wadi Rum, Jordan. ⁠ ⁠ Camel racing is an ancient and valued traditional sport of the Bedouin from the Arabian peninsula. The Camel Race Competition was held for the first time in Jordan, in which 38 camels participated. The organizers of the competition hope that it will be the nucleus of camel farms in the future, similar to the countries of the Arabian Gulf, with which the Bedouins of Jordan share the same cultural heritage. ⁠ ⁠ The Camel Race takes place over two days with 1, 2, 3 and 4 kilometer races in which more than 500 camels participate. | September 27, 2023 | 📷️: Jordan Pix | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #CamelRaces #Jordan #WadiRum

National Hispanic Heritage Month: America Ferrera America Ferrera, born to Honduran parents in Los Angeles on April 18, 1984, is an award-winning actress, activist, producer and director. She’s known for her films, “Real Women Have Curves,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Barbie,” and “Cesar Chavez.” She’s also known for her roles in television including, “Ugly Betty,” “WeCrashed,” as an executive producer, director and actress on “Gentefied” and “Superstore.” In 2007, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world and she became the first Latina woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for “Ugly Betty” for which she also won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and more. Ferrera has been a longtime outspoken advocate for human and civil rights. She’s worked with organizations empowering Latinos in the United States to vote, including Voto Latino and her digital platform “She Se Puede.” In 2014, she joined HFF in working with the Refugee Enrichment and Development Project. In 2016, she cofounded Harness, an organization connecting storytellers and activists to amplify the cultural narrative around social justice. With Harness, she visited asylum seekers in Tijuana. Ferrera gave a TED Talk in 2019 and spoke at the DNC in 2016 and the Women’s March on Washington in 2017. She participated in the #MeToo movement and was a founding member of the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund. 📷🎥: @unicornfightclub l @garethcattermole l Ethan Miller l @dimitrioskphotol @mattwinkelmeyer l @kevincwinter l @hannalassen l @acefotopro l @tommaso_boddi_photography l @stevegranitz l @davebenett l @ben_pruchnie l @altaimages l Michael Tran/ AFP l @sullyfoto l Bob Riha Jr. l Dan MacMedan l @jeffkravitz l @jemalcountessphotography l @joescarnici l Thomas Cooper l Jonathan Leibson l @aaronpbernstein l @alexdwong l @noamgalai l @running_up_matt_hill l J. Vespa l Andrew Eccles + Patrick Harbron/ABC l John Leyba/ Denver Post l @polkimaging l @livingpix l Vince Bucci l Trae Patton/NBC l WireImage + Getty Images Video 🎬💻: @chelsea_guglielmino 🎵: @epidemicsound

🏓 Major League Pickleball Atlanta 2023 MLP Atlanta was the first event of the second season of the Major League Pickleball. The event lasted four days with two levels (Premier & Challenger) and 12 teams per level. Orlando Squeeze and SoCal Hard Eights were crowned MLP Atlanta Premier Level Champions and MLP Atlanta Challenger Level Champions respectively. 📷 : @coxionary 🎥 : @coxionary 🎬💻 : @jorge_valero27 🎵 : Colorplast (Instrumental Version) by Ooyy @epidemicsound