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  1. A boat sails on Lake Windermere while in the foreground a sign warns bathers of toxic algae in the water

  2. A woman, with blonde hair and wearing a grey top, tends to grape vines with a blue sky behind her

  3. Composite image showing on the left sun shining through leaves on tree and on the right man wiping his face with pink towel

  4. A woman with long light brown hair is wearing a green/brown t-shirt and white trousers. she is standing next to a wooden fence with an apple tree hanging over it

  5. Eight people stand in a line. They are a mix of ages and background. There are three women in the centre and five men either side of them. There is a brightly multi-coloured background behind them.

  6. A man with short grey hair smiles at the camera as he stands outside. He wears a yellow polo shirt. There are green bushes and trees behind him.

  7. A man who is mid-talking during a meeting. He has light brown hair and a thick beard. His mustache has been turned upwards at the ends. He wears a blue suit, white shirt and dark blue tie. Other men sit behind him listening. He ha

  8. Various food items, including broccoli, eggs and bread, sit on a supermarket till conveyor belt.

  9. Blackberries growing on a plant. The two in focus in the foreground are ripe and dark purple. There are red, unripe blackberries out of focus in the background.

  10. A woman in denim shorts and a top walking through a dry yellow and brown field with blue skies.

    • BBC World Service

  12. An aerial view as a cargo ship passes a huge exposed sandbar on the Rhine River

  13. John Gibson is wearing a blue top and is standing in front of a field with a green hedge in the background. It is a sunny day.

  14. A drought-stricken field in Surrey during the fourth summer heatwave.

  15. A potato field near Spalding, Lincolnshire, with neat lines of crops photographed in front of some large sheds and trees in the background.

  16. dead fish

  17. A person uses a fan on a hot summer day in Milan, Italy, 31 July 2026

  18. Purple clouds over Marsden Rock, a large rock surrounded by the sea. It is a short way away from a beach, where there is a restaurant at the bottom with a large concrete lift shaft leading to the top

  19. A photo across L’Ancresse with the land giving way to the sea under a blue sky. The land looks dry and there is a large house to the left which has a red roof.

  20. An air conditioning unit being installed on a wall.

    • BBC World Service

  22. The MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant

  23. An aerial photograph taken with a drone of a dry football pitch and cricket in Llay, Britain, 27 July 2026.

  24. many blackcurrants inside a large container