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  1. A new house being built. It's covered in scaffolding and there's a man working on the roof. Part of the roof is covered and there are lots of exposed wooden beams. The man is wearing a high-vis jacket and there are trees in the background.

  3. An aerial view of the red sandstone lodge with its ornate turrets and battlement-like rooftops. The lodge is set in an grounds with large areas of grass and trees. In the background is the sea, with a few boats dotted around a bay, and mountains in the distance.

  4. A view across Castlebay on Barra. Houses and other buildings dot a coastal landscape of rocky terrain and blue sea.

  5. An artist's impression of the new hospital. It is a long, bronze-coloured building on three floors and with rows of windows along its wall. In front of the hospital is a large car park.

  6. A close-up of a middle-aged man who is holding an Irish coffee in a glass. He is wearing a dark top.

  7. The roundabout is a large grassy feature with shrubs and road signs with black and white chevrons. There is a tall street light standing in the middle of the roundabout.

  8. An aerial view of Portree in Skye showing some of its brightly coloured shoreside houses. In the distance are hills and mountains.

  9. Karl Stevens, director KMS Railtech, who will install the railway, with Depute Provost Jackie Hendry and Graeme Swanson, chairman of Inverness & District Model Railway Club. They are standing inside the food hall and have a scale-model diesel locomotive in front of them.

  10. New Century House in Inverness' Stadium Road is a large, three-storey, white building. There are empty car parking spaces around it and the whole site is behind high, wire security fences.

  11. An athlete wearing a white vest top and a kilt throws a weight. Behind her is a large net to prevent the weight from accidentally being thrown into the crowd sitting on benches around the events arena.

  12. Mock exercise by Assynt Mountain Rescue Team at Inchnadamph

  13. A family photo of the Bastion-Strong family showing Chris and Katie with their three daughters. The family are all close together and smiling as they pose for the picture.

  14. A single carriageway road snakes round a low cliff. The words "slow" are written on either side of the road.

  15. A grey rectangular building in Inverness city centre. There are two levels and long thing windows. The entrance to the building is glass. There are bikes, bins and pedestrians on the pavement outside. It's a cloudy sky.

  16. A semi-submerged beaver swimming through water

  17. A brown table, on which several white pills are scattered alongside a lighter, a syringe and a spoon full of white powder. There is more white powder on the table.

  18. A pyrotechnic omitting orange smoke onto a football pitch.

  19. Pictured at night-time, the footbridge is constructed of latticed metalwork and steel cables. The River Ness flows below the crossing. Trees line a bank of the river.

  20. An exterior view of the front entrance to Inverness Justice Centre. The building is a modern grey building with a row of concrete pillars with a large area of glass behind them. There is a sign on one wall with a royal crest and the words: "The Inverness Justice Centre".

  21. Side-on close-up of the bonnet of a white Police Scotland car with "POLICE" and POILEAS" written in blue.

  22. Three volunteers attempt to cut ropes from the whale after it stranded on a shoreline in Raasay. Hills on Skye are in the distance.

  23. The Co-op supermarket store on Inverness' Church Street

  24. The ridge is a jagged area of steep sided, rocky cliffs and gullies. Mist hangs over the ridge.

  25. Neil Gray is taking part in a debate in the Scottish Parliament. He is wearing a dark blue suit jacket and a blue, green and purple tartan tie.