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It was the Manchester Evening News, even has my watermark on it (@DenGlanzig) . I don't know if it's because I've allowed them to share my Instagram photos before (if you tag them in posts they will re-post the ones they like) so maybe they think I'm cool with them doing it.
Though it's more likely someone is just being cheeky as this was taken from Facebook.
Edit: looking at it again I've just realised that they've credited Dominika who was the person who organised the event, so maybe she linked them to a bunch of photos, because I'm fairly certain the rest of the images on that page aren't hers either.
And it's actually 2 images but they've cropped the watermark off one of them.
DenGlanzig
You should mind; it's your work therefore you own the copyright whether implied or not. News sites are notorious for shitting on IP since they think that most folk will be happy to see their image published, but this sidesteps your legal rights as author. From what I've seen of your work you're a great photographer so deserve a) acknowledgement of your work, copyright, IP etc and b) appropriate recompense from the site for usage of your image. Many, many papers have been routinely shedding their newsdesk photographers since the rise of digital and social media, figuring that staffers on regular wages can be easily usurped by anyone with a camera who happens to be on the scene; this is just how rolling news works. As for metadata (not sure if you routinely attach this to your files but it's a good habit to get into and does afford you a modicum of proof that the image is yours and yours alone) it's depressing that this can be stripped relatively easily. Unless you granted explicit permission through a CC license they need to either pay and credit you or remove the image from whatever platform it's on. Sorry for the long post but ownership of any photographer's work must be respected, credited and paid for appropriately. Out of interest, who was it? Not the Daily Hell, I hope, or you'll be waiting years for a well-thumbed £35 cheque to slither through your letterbox..