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  1. A computer-generated image showing many rows of white rectangular prisms taking up a field.

  2. A woman wearing a dark blue shirt is standing outside a Supreme Court. There are campaigners holding banners standing behind her.

  3. The back of a person's head looks at a TV screen with the word 'tsunami' written and a live feed of a coastal area of northeastern Japan, in an office setting in Tokyo on Monday.

  4. A stock image of a raccoon in a woodland area, with leaves visible on the ground

  5. A section of reed bed burns intensely, with red flames and black smoke billowing into the sky.

  6. A green space with grass and wildflowers with purple petals. In the distance is a blue metro tram at a tram stop

  7. It is night and Tanshi is wearing a headlight as she holds a bat and opens it wing to look at it

  8. A common toad is illuminated by torchlight as a volunteer from the Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group and Froglife assists it across a road during the annual migration to a nearby breeding lake.

  9. A man in a T-shirt frowning at the camera, with a fluffy microphone close to his face. A house, some trees and a green field are visible behind him.

  10. The remains of a medieval defensive tower, a round solid stone structure.

  11. The common toad half submerged in water

  12. Paddy Deady smiling into the camera. He is standing in a field in front of a stone wall. He is wearing a dark beanie and red hoodie. A black and white dog has jumped up and is standing on its hind legs with front paws on Paddy's waist.

  13. A woman holding up clothing, a red coat, that has been dumped in a desert in northern Chile

  14. Una smiling at the camera. She has long wavy brown hair and is wearing sunglasses on top of her head, a black top and jacket and hoop earrings.

  15. An adult female dead gray whale is seen floating in San Francisco Bay with birds perched all over it on 17 March 2026, prior to a necropsy, or animal autopsy at Angel Island State Park conducted by experts at The Marine Mammal Center and partners at the California Academy of Sciences. Photo by Kathi George © The Marine Mammal Center, NOAA Permit #26532

  16. A robot runs on a street in Beijing

  17. Grace Lloyd standing outdoors in Caerphilly county, in a sunny garden with trees and rolling hills in the background, wearing a brown top. The words “YOUR VOICE” appear on the right side of the image. Grace is shown from the waist up in a natural, outdoor setting.

  18. A man wearing warm closing stands on a platform in front of tall chalk cliffs overlooking a grey-blue sea under a cloudy blue sky. He is wearing a black woolen heat, a navy-blue scarf, a free coat and binoculars.

  19. The picture shows a small sea slug, the species Hermaea variopicta, photographed close up on a flat rocky seabed.

  20. A man stands in a field on a sunny day. He is holding a metal detector.

  21. Four views of a Saxon strap end. The first is a line drawing of its front, which shows a stylised animal head with a long snout and big eyes with S-shaped scrolls decorating its back, and the next three are photographs of the object from the front, side and back. It is made from copper alloy, parts of which have gone green and others are a rusty brown.

  22. The front of a plane parked at an airport, branded with the word easyJet, with a streak of orange paint over the body of the plane. A person in a high-vis vest is standing under the plane.

  23. Close up shot of a Eurasian blackcap perched on a tree branch. It is mostly light grey in colour with a patch of black on the top of its head. The background of the image is blurred out.

  24. Duckling in hands