Training has started for hundreds of husky dogs in Blairgowrie, Scotland, ahead of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally.

A coffin containing the body of Rabbi Refoel Shmuel Birnbaum is carried from the Mir Yeshiva Rabbinacal School in Brooklyn, New York – the school that he directed.

A man shows off his bionic hand – the first commercially available model. The firm behind the hand is opening new headquarters in Livingston, Scotland.

Ukrainian women enjoy a shot of vodka and an appetiser of pork fat and pickle to celebrate Orthodox Christmas, according to the old Julian calendar.