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Shug the zebra captured after gallivanting around US state days

Authorities corral an escaped zebra almost a week after it and three others ran out of a trailer on its way from Seattle, Washington to Montana.
A zebra with black and white stripes, looking sideways with an eye that looks teary, standing inside a trailer

150th Kentucky Derby decided by three-way photo finish, with Mystik Dan winning

Mystik Dan wins the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, beating Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a photo finish at Churchill Downs. 
Three racehorses hit the finish line in a photo finish, with the horse furthest from picture winning.

Tractor Boys end 22-year hiatus with Premier League promotion

Ipswich needed a point to confirm promotion going to the final day of the season as it became the first club since Southampton in 2012 to gain back-to-back promotions from third-tier League One to the Premier League. 
A woman, on the shoulders of another, takes a selfie in a crowd of cheering fans on a football pitch

Cher's naked dress, Princess Diana in a slip and Alexander McQueen's tartan ensemble: Why the Met Gala is regarded as the 'Superbowl of Fashion'

Once upon a time, the Met Gala was a simple midnight supper held to raise money for the then-struggling Costume Institute. So how did a dinner with a $50 entry fee morph into the celebrity circus that takes over every first Monday in May?
A composite image of Jake Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, Princess Diana, Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney

German government denounces rising political violence after MEP bashed while putting up posters

Matthias Ecke, 41, a member of the Social Democrats (SPD), was hospitalised after being hit and kicked by a group of four people while putting up posters in Dresden, police said.
A smiling middle-aged man with glasses and a blue jacket stands outside.

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