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Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

People arrive on Salisbury plain at sunset Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk People wait for the midsummer sun to rise over Stonehenge Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk A druid meditates during a solstice sunset service as people gather at the megalithic monument of Stonehenge Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk Druid King Arthur Pendragon conducts a solstice sunset service Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk People in costume gather at sunset to spend the night at Stonehenge Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk A druid looks to the sky at a solstice sunset service Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk A bubble floats past the stone circle at dawn Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk The sun rises at Stonehenge Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Photograph: Chris Ison/guardian.co.uk People raise their hands meditating during the summer solstice shortly after 4.52am at Stonehenge Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/guardian.co.uk A woman touches one of the standing stones at Stonehenge Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/guardian.co.uk People dance at sunrise Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/guardian.co.uk A reveller is ejected by security as the midsummer sun rises Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk Revellers dance in front of the stones as the midsummer sun rises Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk Revellers dance at sunrise Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/guardian.co.uk A visitor to Stonehenge yawns after watching the sunrise Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Photograph: Chris Ison/guardian.co.uk People celebrate as the sun rises Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl Court/guardian.co.uk Revellers at Stonehenge in Wiltshire Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Photograph: Chris Ison/guardian.co.uk Two people embrace as the midsummer sun rises Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk

Source: The Guardian ↗

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