Follow BBC Gloucestershire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. VJ Day commemorations, a visit from a vice president and a lightning strike are just some of the topics covered in this week's Gloucestershire in Pictures.

In May, the royals, including William, Kate, and their kids— Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7—commemorated the end of the war in Europe (named Victory in Europe Day) at a parade held outside of Buckingham Palace.

Prince William and Kate Middleton issued an emotional message while marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, aka Victory Over Japan Day. On Friday, Aug. 15, the Prince and Princess of Wales took to X with a post remembering the official end of World War II in Japan.

The last surviving Burma Star recipient living on the Isle of Man, Mr Fenton will be joining other veterans at a service at the UK's National Memorial Arboretum to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day. The Burma Campaign was a series of battles fought between December 1941 and September 1945, concluding after Japan's surrender.

The Prince and Princess of Wales posted a personal message on social media remembering the “courage, sacrifice and resilience” of all who served.

Ted to his friends and family – is spending the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marked the end of the Second World War, at a street party in his home town of Gateshead. In his mind, though, he will be running through memories of the conflict in the Far East theatre of war,

With that selection, the Sixers went with Baylor star VJ Edgecombe. The expectation is that he will step in and produce at a high level right away and give Philadelphia the athleticism and production it needs on both ends of the floor.

The Guardian leads with Trump's comments that Putin is ready to "make a deal" at their Alaska meeting, but concerns linger over his suggestion that Moscow and Kyiv could "divvy things up". The front page also features public remarks from the family of a Southport victim urging ministers against plans to disclose the ethnicity of serious crime suspects.