The skeleton of a tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur was smuggled out of Mongolia by Eric Prokopi, of Florida. Photograph: ReutersThe skeleton of a tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur was smuggled out of Mongolia by Eric Prokopi, of Florida. Photograph: ReutersThe ObserverDinosaurs This article is more than 4 years oldDinosaur fossil collectors ‘price museums out of the market’This article is more than 4 years oldScientists demand controls on private sales as celebrities help push cost of relics into the millionsLeading US palaeontologists are calling for a worldwide halt to the sale of vertebrate dinosaur fossils.

Face your fears: extreme creepy-crawly close-ups – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Wildlife photographer Yudy Sauw has captured close-ups of insects revealing their colourful and alien-like faces. In these images the insects have bulging eyes and sharp pincers and appear more grotesque than usual. Yudy photographed the bugs at his home studio in Banten, Indonesia, from 2-10cm away

Israel-Gaza warNitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid shared flyers online that have been plastered and torn down globally amid the war in Gaza The visual poet and the graffiti artist never expected to set off a global phenomenon and then a furious backlash. Walkouts, rallies, clashes: Israel-Gaza ‘war of words’ roils Columbia UniversityRead moreNitzan Mintz and her partner, Dede Bandaid, launched the now ubiquitous red and white posters of Israelis abducted by Hamas – each one with a photograph and the age of the disappeared under the banner “KIDNAPPED” – a couple of days after the 7 October attack in an attempt to ensure that the 200-plus hostages were not forgotten in the looming war in Gaza.

‘Mine has been a good life measured out in dogs,’ wrote Libby Hall. Photograph: Kuba Nowak‘Mine has been a good life measured out in dogs,’ wrote Libby Hall. Photograph: Kuba NowakOther livesPhotographyObituaryLibby Hall obituaryMy friend Libby Hall, who has died aged 81, was a talented street and press photographer, writer and collector. Her collection of thousands ofvintage dog photographs was published as four books by Bloomsbury between 2000 and 2007, then acquired by the Bishopsgate Institute, which called it “possibly the largest number of canine pictures ever gathered by any single person”.

Women in TV specialTV comedyInterviewMindy Kaling: 'I wasn't considered attractive or funny enough to play myself'Rebecca NicholsonAs a woman of colour who writes, directs and stars in her own sitcom, Mindy Kaling is unique. She's also hilarious. Rebecca Nicholson talks to The Mindy Project's creator about role models, romance and a TV revolutionMindy Kaling rushes into the restaurant loaded with so many bags it looks as if she's playing the part of a frantic shopper.