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  1. Two firefighters in bright orange uniform and helmets, standing outdoors in thick white haze, spray water from a hose

  2. A monk touches solar panels at the Shachukul Monastery in the Ladakh region

  3. Two firefighters spray water from a hose on to smouldering crops and trees, with smoke filling the air.

  4. Spanish farmer Juan Ángel Izquierdo stands in a field in front of some of his cows. He is wearing a hat and a light brown t-shirt

    5. Woman looks inside a storage area containing various food items

    • Stephanie James is wearing a green polo shirt with the nursery's logo on. She has brown hair tied loosely back and brown eyes. She is smiling. Behind her are rows of trees in pots, they are cercis eternal flame, the leaves are a vibrant green, yellow and red.

    • Large blue-green agave plants with pointed leaves growing among other plants at Kew Gardens.

    • The exterior of a building as viewed from the ground, showing concrete walls and large windows. A dark green sign on the building reads "Welcome to Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall".

    • A hummingbird hawk-moth with large orange wings which shutter rapidly feeds from a red valerian flower.

    • A group of teenage girls standing in a line smiling at the camera. All wear jeans and tops with lanyards for the conference.

    • Prince of Wales, speaks at the Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly at the Guildhall in central London. He stands in a navy suit and blue tie at a lectern with a microphone

    • Ed Gemmell, Climate Party leader, stands in a community venue during the party's conference, attended by members of the public. There are roughly 30 people sat behind him.

    • Residents stand on a hillside lookout overlooking a town heavily damaged by flooding. A muddy river cuts through the valley, with debris and sediment covering large parts of the settlement and surrounding riverbanks. Forested mountains rise on both sides under low clouds, while people gather along a railing in the foreground to view the destruction below.

    • A man stands in front of a body of water, holding two plant pots with blooming green leaves

    • Three British Airways aircraft at Heathrow Airport, one is taking off in the distance with London skyline in the background

    • A sunrise over fanella beach

    • A man in the distance walks up a road covered in snow in a red coat with his hood up.

    • Protestors with placards and banners outside the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

    • A black-and-yellow wasp spider hangs in the centre of its web. Its long orange-and-black legs stretch across the web. Tall grass fills the blurred background.

    • Smoke billows from power plant chimneys.

    • An aerial view of destroyed homes after the Stourbridge wildfire on August 21,

    • Man wearing a baseball cap is bending over picking kale from rows of vegetables. Some of the lines are covered in a mesh to keep butterflies and caterpillars off the greens. There is a polytunnel in the background

    • Kupup Lake, also known as Bitan Cho or Elephant Lake, is a high-altitude glacial lake near Jelep La Pass in East Sikkim, India, on April 17, 2026. The lake, situated at approximately 13,066 feet, is part of the Old Silk Route loop near the India-China border and is often frozen from winter through mid-May. I

    • The remains of three homes destroyed by the wildfires, with charred gardens and near a railway line.