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World Cup, weather and royal wedding: England's images of 2018

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About 100,000 people flocked to Windsor for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May

Sporting success, a heatwave and a royal wedding means you probably will not forget 2018 easily.

Here are some standout images from around England.

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A fire broke out in the Echo Arena car park in Liverpool in January
News imageGetty Images A man stands beneath a huge snow drift on a road in the Pennines on March 20, 2018 in Allenheads, EnglandGetty Images
It was officially the first day of spring but "the Beast from the East" led to this snow drift in Northumberland in March
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Officers in protective suits inspect a site in Salisbury, where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent in March
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The moon rises over fires that raged in the Pennines in June and July
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England's unexpected World Cup success lifted spirits with thousands attending screenings, including this one in London's Hyde Park
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The heatwave led to reservoirs drying up as the Met Office warned of significant temperature rises ahead
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A giant blimp of Donald Trump was floated above a protest in central London during the president's trip to England in July
News imageGetty Images A Buddhist monk lay tributes by a photograph of Leicester City Football Club's Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha outside the club's stadiumGetty Images
A Buddhist monk brings flowers after a helicopter crash that killed Leicester City's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others in October
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A street show featuring giant puppets drew 1.3m spectators to Liverpool in the autumn
News imageGetty Images Archaeologists work on the excavation in LondonGetty Images
Work to remove 45,000 skeletons from a London burial site started in the autumn to make way for the HS2 high-speed railway line
News imageGetty Images Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray crashed multiple BBC news reportsGetty Images
Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray found fame when he crashed multiple live TV news reports

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