From birth, John Kennedy seemed to be surrounded by light.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | To Our Readers: A Legacy of Public Service

So there we are, the grotesque grabbing on to beauty, beauty embraced by the grotesque, the light surrounded by the shadow, our lives rounded by a little sleep.

NPR: Acting the Swan to Overcome the Duck

New Green councillor Mr Whybrow described his Hythe ward as a "ray of green light" surrounded by Conservative and UKIP seats.

BBC: County Hall, Maidstone

His nanocrystals are not yet quite true lasers since these require that the light source be surrounded by mirrors.

ECONOMIST: Optoelectronics

The algae in the device lives in water surrounded by a gas-permeable membrane and helped by light from and LED.

FORBES: 30 Under 30: Energy

Smoking in many countries is not banned, but if you are surrounded by non-smokers, it is inconsiderate to light up.

ECONOMIST: Stop that laughing, please

Three years later, I found myself sitting in a room with very little natural light, on an uncomfortable chair, surrounded by lawyers, staring at TV screens for the day.

BBC: Stafford Hospital inquiry was 'a harrowing time'

This incident brings to mind a lesser-known fact about the Hamptons: it's a place where conservative Wall Street tycoons have long co-existed with artists, many of whom love the delicate, ever-changing light that results from the region being almost entirely surrounded by sea.

BBC: Escape from New York

Exhibited in a converted chapel flooded with light, it is the first of approximately 20 renditions Murillo made of the Virgin Mary surrounded by angelic cherubs.

BBC: A second chance for Sevillian art