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  1. Grey and white clouds hide glimpses of blue sky above an open area of grazing marsh with water in the foreground and a gravel path disappearing into the distance

  2. A silver coloured Hyundai electric car kept on display at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai

  3. The head and shoulders of Michael Hadwen wearing a navy suit jacket over a white shirt, and wearing a striped tie and glasses. He is looking away from the camera, to the left of the frame, and appears to be talking.

  4. Justin Rowlatt speaks to the camera with both his hands out. He is wearing a grey shirt.

    • BBC World Service

  6. Ram Chandra

  7. A woman cools herself with a yellow paper fan during a spell of hot weather

    • BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Richard Clothier looks at the camera with the Bath and West show behind him.

  10. People using a water fountain to top up their water bottles in the Spring heat to keep cool and hydrated during the first heatwave of the year

  11. A woman shades her head with a fan in front of Jeronimos Monastery in Belem, Portugal

  12. Performer Wyn Wylie, in drag as Pattie Gonia, wearing a yellow weatherproof dress with heavy face make up and long ginger hair.

  13. Jonathan Gullis in a dark suit and blue patterned tie, with trees and a red brick building behind him

    14. A graphical composite image showing the BBC Verify logo and a temperature map of the UK.

    • An aerial shot of a white outline of a club-wielding naked man on a green grass hill. People are seen dotted around the white figure, some are crouching on the ground and others are walking and carrying some kits in their hands.

    • People walk around a fountain, with blue sky and bright sunshine in the background. One woman is holding an umbrella for shade; other people are wearing sunhats and carrying bottles of water.

    • A statue including a shiny metal tree without leaves and a person leaning up against it on a scenic base with a white brick wall behind it

    • Aerial view of Holes Bay Road, a dual carriageway alongside coastal rock defences. Behind it are houses and commercial buildings.

    • Wind turbines on top of a hill

    • Split-screen showing packed river cruise in Paris on the left, and woman wearing sunglasses on the right being interviewed

    • Paris 'punishingly hot' as Western Europe hit by heatwave

    • A triangular pink and yellow ice lolly against a bright blue sky.

    • A White-tailed Eagle is flying above heathland in Mull Island, Scotland in 2017. It has brown body with a pale head, a grey neck and white tail feathers. Its broad wings are open wide. Its chunky beak is yellow.

    • A Bournemouth beach full of people sitting under brightly-coloured sun umbrellas.