In pictures: Druids descend on Stonehenge to mark winter solstice
Reuters
Thousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Sunday morning to welcome the sunrise on the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year.
Wearing Celtic clothing and elaborate, nature-inspired headdresses, druids and pagans danced around the Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire thought to have been built by distant ancestors to align with the movements of the Sun.
Druids and pagans danced near the Neolithic stone circle to mark the winter solsticeEPA
There was also singing before sunrise on the shortest day of the yearEPA
Several pagans wore elaborate, nature-inspired headdressesPA Media
Traditional morris dancers also welcomed the sunrisePA Media
As did a collection of drummersEPA
People also gathered on Glastonbury Tor to see in the shortest dayGetty Images
Things can only get brighter from here: people celebrate the winter solstice as it marks the start of daylight hours getting longer instead of shorterGetty Images