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  1. A dark grey and white feathered peregrine falcon stands on a section of Worcester Cathedral.

  2. A hedgehog covered in colourful paint eating some food.

  3. A beach scene with several people sitting on the sand facing the sea. In the foreground, a prominent yellow warning sign from East Devon District Council advises against bathing due to recent sewage discharge and warns to keep pets out of the water.

  4. Poppies and other wild flowers in a protected arable field at Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve overlooking the River Medway.

  5. A black and white image shows a barn owl inside a bird box next to its unhatched eggs. It is raising a wing. The bird box is made of wood.

  6. A single track dinosaur footprint. The large print is full of greyish water with a trowel in one of the three toes. The print is in a grey stone. There is a black glove in one corner of the photo.

  7. A woman cooling her face with a battery powered fan

  8. A tiger cub with its mother lying next to it on a field of grass.

  9. Two men stand in front of a black electric car, with other models to either side, in a car park. The man on the left has brown hair and a beard and is wearing a blue suit and blue and white striped tie. The man on the right has short grey hair and wears glasses, a grey blazer and blue jeans.

  10. Photo of David looking into the camera and smiling. He is wearing a blue and white striped rugby shirt with a dark khaki gilet over the top. He is stood on the edge of a meadow with wild grasses - the sky is bright blue and there is plenty of sunshine.

  11. A pair of hands drops carrot and potato peelings into a green food waste caddy lined with a compostable bag. Whole carrots and a courgette sit on a wooden chopping board beside the caddy.

  12. A photograph of a woman wearing glasses looking directly at the camera. She has blonde hair.

  13. A young man in a navy hoodie, beige t-shirt and glasses sits on a red quilted sofa. He is smiling and looking slightly to the right of camera. He has short brown hair swept to the side and a slight moustache.

  14. A moss covered pipe on a beach.

  15. A woman in a red blazer jacket and blue polo shirt smiles at the camera. She is shoulder length hair. She is in a coffee shop surrounded by tables and chairs.

  16. A woman with brown hair and glasses smiling at the camera. She is wearing a green coat and is holding sea plastic and waste up either side of her face. The sea is behind her

  17. western reef heron

  18. NASA astronaut commander Randy Bresnik, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA astronaut mission specialist Frank Rubio, and NASA astronaut mission specialist Andre Douglas speak during a press conference announcing the crew for the Artemis III mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on June 9, 2026.

  19. NASA astronaut commander Randy Bresnik, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA astronaut mission specialist Frank Rubio, and NASA astronaut mission specialist Andre Douglas speak during a press conference announcing the crew for the Artemis III mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on June 9, 2026.

  20. Artemis II and an American flag

  21. A man with short cropped grey hair, wearing a bright blue outdoors jacket, stands on the top of a tall, chalk cliff with fields and the sea in the background.

  22. A large island rock with a lighthouse to the front, covered in white birds.

  23. Two firefighters tackle a fire, with smoke and flames in the background. One man is dressed in a blue top; the other is in green camouflage kit. The man in blue is holding a water hose. Both are wearing masks.

  24. A squacco heron standing in shallow water among reeds and lily pads. The bird has pale buff plumage, a grey-streaked head and a long pointed beak. It is wading near vegetation and a white water flower.