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  1. The side of a white police car with yellow and blue squares on the side.

  2. A police mugshot of a man wearing a black and white patterned jumper. He has black hair and a black beard. He is positioned against a light-coloured backdrop.

  3. A man with grey hair and a moustache is wearing a black suit with a blue shirt and a dark blue tie. He is looking at the camera and is smiling for the photograph. He is standing against a light-coloured backdrop.

  4. Jordan Adams wearing a blue t-shirt and black running shorts runs with a white fridge on his back surrounded by other runners. Mo Farah, wearing a white t-shirt and sunglasses, runs beside him.

  5. A woman wearing a black top and grey cardigan is smiling at the camera. She has shoulder length blond hair and a gold necklace. She is standing in a stone walled corridor.

  6. a man sat at a table painting. He had a dark top on, glasses and brown hair.

  7. A black dog is lying on a grey bed in a red basket. The dog is on its side and looking away from the camera. There are three puppies suckling.

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    A mugshot of a man with a close crop, a dark beard and two rings through his nose looks into the camera

  9. A street with cars parked down one side and a number of shop fronts on either side, with one building painted white and another painted pink

  10. A Googlemap snip of a road junction in a rural area. A roadsign can be seen pointing to the villages of Burghill. Hedges line the roads and properties can just be seen over the tops of hedges. The picture is taken on a grey day.

  11. A railway line with a white, three-carriage, train on it with red detailing and a number of low, metal roofed buildings to the right. There are a number of dark-roofed houses to the left and green hills in the distance

  12. The image shows the bandstand in the centre of Redditch, with the sun shining.

  13. About 20 cyclists wearing mainly black outfits stand with bikes and hold up a large mainly white banner including the words Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven. Everybody knows somebody are among other words printed on the banner.

  14. A huge tawny owl figure has been attached above a small spring well set in a stone wall. The owl has large yellow eye and its wings are spread as if in flight

  15. Manny Singh Kang has a grey beard is wearing a black T-shirt including the word Manny in yellow and other words is holding out both fists and looking at the camera. Other people are behind him and the union jack flags are also visible. The middle image is of Roo on the carpet at Buckingham Palace - it's a teddy bear on that looks like the baby kangaroo character from Winnie-the-Pooh. It has scruffy grey and white fur with big ears and a long tail. He has a white underside. In the third image: Elaine Hipkins with long blonde hair smiles holding a massive bouquet of flowers. Behind her is black and pink bunting that reads "happy retirement" with several cards hanging up.

  16. A black and white image of two women driving a steam train. They are both wearing overalls as well as caps. One is in the driver's seat and the other just behind.

  17. A young boy with a long blonde curly mullet, wearing a red and yellow top. Someone has their arm around Harry. It is a close-up from a group photo and there are other people in the team kit around him.

  18. A young boy dressed in a blue and red Spider-Man costume with a matching mask over his face. Next to him is a person dressed as a large bear with a red t-short. Text on it in white reads "Birmingham Children's Hospital". The bear has red shoes with white laces

  19. A street with cars parked down one side and a number of shop fronts on either side, with one building painted white and another painted pink

  20. A close-up of the front of a duck which has an orange beak and grey feathers

  21. A red fire engine on tarmac with Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service written on the side

  22. A man with grey hair is facing the camera and is shouting into a microphone on a stage, with his one arm raised in the air. Behind him is a huge crowd of people, and beyond them are lit-up tents, trees and rolling hills

  23. Andy Reiss and Katie Leeming. Andy wears black-rimmed glasses, has short blonde hair and wears a white T-shirt. Katie has a pink baseball cap on and wears a beige jacketed over a white top. They sit in a room with blinds on the windows.

  24. A man with brown hair and facial stubble. He is wearing black glasses and a blue and white top. On a white table behind him are two small paintings on small brown easels in front of a window. One has a blue lake next to grass, trees and a blue sky. The other is blue and orange water below a starry night sky.