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

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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

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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

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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

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Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray found fame when he crashed multiple live TV news reports

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