2025’s weirdest and quirkiest political images – machine gun Kemi Badenoch to snappy ostrich

It’s been an eventful 2025, with plenty of opportunities for our politicians to do strange and wonderful things in front of a camera. Here The Mirror takes a look back at some of the best moments

There’s been a lot going on in 2025.

And thankfully there have been photographers around to record it all. From Donald Trump shamelessly celebrating with Chelsea players to a sparkly Dame Andrea Jenkyns making a bizarre appearance at Reform’s conference, it’s been eventful.

Here we look at some of our favourite quirky photos from the past 12 months.