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  1. An open green field. In the distance there is a row of trees. There are lots of clouds in the sky.

  2. A young boy wearing a blue and navy jacket and a high-vis jacket. He has glasses and brown hair and is standing in a field beside some people, in similar dress, who are digging with yellow buckets by their side.

  3. Large white birds, that look like seagulls, peck at the grown. Above them is a web of netting. Behind then are ponds of water and small green islands.

  4. A toucan flies from a tree trunk with lush greenery of the Brazilian Amazon in the background

  5. Firefighters use a hose to tackle a blazing home

  6. One of the Marineland beluga whales peers through the glass of Marineland's underwater viewing area.

  7. Sign outside of Yorkshire Wildlife Park with a note about leaving flowers and tributes.

  8. A tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park which attacked a man in the enclosure on Saturday.

  9. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who has short brown hair and is wearing a blazer with a black and white dogtooth pattern, a white top and gold jewellery, talks with reporters during votes in the US Capitol on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

  10. Two people stand together on a sandy riverbank, posing for a photo near the water’s edge. A man is wearing white clothing with a patterned shawl draped around his shoulders, while a woman is wearing a bright orange shawl over a light-coloured outfit. The river and a long walkway or bridge are visible in the background, with a hazy sky above and a few distant people near the shoreline.

  11. A woman with tied-back brown hair and a navy blue firefighters uniform standing front of a red fire engine

  12. A general view of the entrance to Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

  13. Splitscreen image with Zoe Kleinman (l) and a car in mid-air (r)

  14. A collapsed building by the River Teviot

  15. A group, intentionally blurred by the long exposure of the camera, is walking out of frame on the bottom left of the picture. They are walking through a green, hilly landscape in the dark. In the sky, hundreds, if not thousands, of stars shine, while a bright line shoots across frame from the right into the middle of the sky.

  16. Two rusty but ornate brooches and three bangles or bracelets - one of which is in fragments - dating back thousands of years are laid out on display on a black piece of felt.

  17. The team who recovered the cauldron out of the water smiling as they stand behind the object, which is wrapped in a green net and placed on a platform with rails. They are eight middle-aged men and a woman, wearing black trousers and tops and boots. Archaeologist Garry Bankhead is smiling, second from left to right. He has short grey hair.

  18. Dr Julian D. Richards standing outside of the Jorvik centre in York.

  19. Willow sits in a chair in hospital cuddling a soft toy. She has a tube in her nose and is smiling

  20. Rubbish being transported

  21. Woman drops bag of rubbish on pavement

  22. Dark orange floodwater running through a village. The water has covered the road and is sweeping through the street. There is a pub on the right and a bus stop, phone box and fish and chip shop. A fire engine is on the left.

  23. Split screen image. On the left, Ukraine President Zelensky. In the middle, Elon Musk. On the right, Donald Trump.

  24. A selfie of William Chapman outdoors, with rolling hills, woodland and patchwork fields stretching across the landscape behind him. He is wearing wireless earbuds and is standing in front of a panoramic countryside view under a bright, cloudy sky.