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  1. A purple sky with a long line of forked lightning. The street below is dark with street lights glowing

  2. A beer garden is flooded in water with a sign advertising for drinks

  3. A red double-decker bus with words on the outside including 1 in 2 of us will be affected by cancer. Some people, a chair and signs are outside the bus.

  4. Woman looking straight at camera wearing a burgundy and blue jumper. She has red hair and a nose piercing.

  5. A family of three smiling, a mum with blonde hair, dad with grey and a little boy with ginger hiar cuddling his dad

  6. A woman with blonde hair on the left has an arm around the left shoulder of the woman on the right who is wearing glasses. They are both wearing black tops and smiling at the camera.

  7. A row of burnt-out semi-detached homes in Wennington in East London in 2022. The brown brickwork is charred, with no roof or windows. There are metal barriers in front.

  8. A grey metal shutter with orange graffiti is pulled over the entrance to Luna Springs. Murals are painted on the red brick wall around its entrance. Signs either side of the entrance say 'Stay Wild' in blue, with a white 'Luna Springs' sign above.

  9. Union jack and St George's Flags hang from each of 12 lamp posts along a suburban road with a hedge along the side, with a white car and bike being ridden along the carrirageway.

  10. Ismail Younis, 24, wearing a dark coloured Nike hoodie

  11. Burnt out homes near a railway line. Three gardens are a charred black mess with shell houses next to them

  12. Suzan Holder wearing black on the right is smiling at the camera. Noddy Holder, who has a cap and scarf on, is on the left and they are both in front of a mainly purple background.

  13. Mounted police officers wearing high-vis jackets over uniform stand outside Aston Villa Football ground. Behind them many other officers wearing bright yellow jackets can be seen

  14. Crimestoppers/West Midlands Police credited screenshot of CCTV footage

  15. General view of Foundry Lane in Smethwick. On the left-hand side there are industrial units and on the right-hand side there is a wall. In the background there is a row of trees

  16. Natalie is sitting upright in a hospital bed, cradling a newborn baby wrapped in a patterned blanket and cream-coloured knitted hat. The hospital room contains medical equipment and bedside supplies, with pillows propped behind the patient and bedding covering most of the bed. A blue cooling eye mask rests on the person's forehead, while the baby is held close against their chest.

  17. A photo of a group of teenagers standing and smiling into the camera they are all wearing a school uniform.

  18. A woman with a red/brown bob wearing a white top with red and green flowers on it

  19. A mugshot of a man with dark grey hair. He wears a light pink shirt.

  20. A grey metal shutter with orange graffiti is pulled over the entrance to Luna Springs. Murals are painted on the red brick wall around its entrance. Signs either side of the entrance say 'Stay Wild' in blue, with a white 'Luna Springs' sign above.

  21. A garden fence on fire in a back garden

  22. A woman is stood against a white wall looking directly at the camera. She is wearing black glasses and a navy blue shirt.

  23. A small tabby kitten lies underneath a fluffy green and yellow dinosaur teddy. The kitten lies on a soft red blanket.

  24. Balvinder is wearing a blue and white patterned top and she is sat in a chair in an officer. She has sort bobbed hair.