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  1. A person uses a fan on a hot summer day in Milan, Italy, 31 July 2026

  2. Blackened vegetation from a burnt-out heathland. Four burnt trees can be seen, and wisps of white smoke rise from the ground.

  3. A large grey warehouse with the word "Amazon" in black on its side. Behind it are more grey multi-storey buildings. There is a lawn in front of it with a kerb. The sky is cloudy and grey and there is a sign in front of the building which says: "Amazon"

  4. Iestyn Morgan in a wet suit with a snorkel

  5. A collection of large uppright standing stones

  6. An African lion, with no mane, licking a cub that has its mouth wide open. They are pictured lying on the grass, leaning up against the trunk of a tree.

  7. Photograph of Rock Hall in the Moses Gate Country Park in Farnworth. The image shows boarded-up windows and the building is surrounded by trees.

  8. A Essex Skipper butterfly on a white flower at the former Nature's World site in Acklam. The butterfly is brown with a black colouring on the top of the antennas.

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    A pod of dolphins swimming in choppy grey-blue water.

  10. A man with short curly dark hair and silver-rimmed glasses smiles at the camera. He wears a black polo shirt and a blue rucksack. Behind him, a dense green forest vegetation can be seen.

  11. Jacqueline holding her tortoise in her left hand. She is smiling at the tortoise.

  12. Two men in wetsuits are walking into the sea at Bude, Cornwall. they are both holding surf boards and

  13. Jon Watt sitting in the cab of a tractor. He has mid-brown short hair, curling on top, and is wearing a checked shirt. Behind him through the rear window is a red trailer and beyond that there are fields.

  14. A group of brown feathered ducks in Hempton village pond. While it is not completely full, there is enough water for the ducks to swim and shade under the nearby bushes.

  15. A photograph of a tiny seaweed with pink stripes and pincer tips looks as if it's reaching up.

  16. A brown and cream pine marten looking directly at the camera within a field

  17. A man with short grey hair, a navy jacket and a white shirt.

  18. Purple clouds over Marsden Rock, a large rock surrounded by the sea. It is a short way away from a beach, where there is a restaurant at the bottom with a large concrete lift shaft leading to the top

  19. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a person with hair tied back, wearing pearl stud earrings and a light-coloured top, facing the camera indoors.

  20. Portrait shot of woman with dark hair against a wall.

  21. A burned patch of ground at a nature reserve with a tower block in the background

  22. A photo across L’Ancresse with the land giving way to the sea under a blue sky. The land looks dry and there is a large house to the left which has a red roof.

  23. White tailed sea eagle in flight preparing to catch a fish on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.

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    A view of the shelter on fire. Smoke and flames are billowing from the structure.