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  1. Canadian Armed Forces official assists residents onto a transport aircraft during a wildfire evacuation

  2. A close up of a silver-coloured tap with clear water pouring out of it.

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    Long-tailed shrike captured with it's back to the camera.

  4. Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian education reformer, who has been on hunger strike, gestures as he sits on stage during a sit-in protest called by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, July 17, 2026. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

  5. A Hull College staff member gestures towards a solar panel as a group of older teenagers watch

  6. Dr. Hugh O'Connor is a man in his mid to late 20s. He has brown hair which is styled into a messy quiff on top of his head. He is wearing a white lab coat over a grey t-shirt and is sitting in front of of some lab equipment.

  7. A stuffed fish, which looks lifelike, against a marine background.

  8. A woman wearing a life jacket is standing in a stream, she has blonde hair.

  9. The cattle ring at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd. Brown cows stand in the ring in a row, each managed by their handler in a white lab coat. Spectators stand at white fencing lining the ring.

  10. Image of a dried and pressed plant specimen, mounted in a book with hand written labels and information

  11. There is a big red agricultural machinery where potatoes are falling off the end of a conveyor belt and landing into a pallet box

  12. Eustreptospondylus on display at the Museum of Natural History.

  13. A grey wolf is stood in some long grass and looking in the general direction of the camera.

  14. A pair of hands holds a shoot which contains three pale seeds in contrast to the dark green of the seagrass.

  15. A woman wearing a white shirt and a black gilet is standing next to a hedgerow which includes damson trees. She has brown hair and is smiling for the photograph.

  16. Chris Rao, colorectal consultant and surgeon at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. Rao is sat in front of a hospital bed with the robot arms simulating an operation on a prop. Rao is wearing a white fabric scrub cap with his name stitched on it in yellow and purple. He is wearing burgundy scrubs and is smiling at the camera. The robot has four arms with metal long and thin rods manoeuvring the prop.

  17. Car partially submerged in water.

  18. The sun on he horizon behind an oil and gas platform in the North Sea. The sea is calm and the whole scene is a vivid orange colour.

  19. Runners set off from the snowy starting line in full thermal gear and goggles

  20. A man wearing a hat and scarf is walking in front of a very large painting depicting trees

  21. A large area with trees planted in it, and plastic around the tree stumps. There is a field in the distance. Fence posts are also in the distance. The trees are surrounded by foliage. A large number of people are walking through the area.

  22. Steph Robinson is a white British woman with bleached blonde and grey hair. She wears green framed glasses, an orange t-shirt and orange working trousers with black patches over the knee and lower legs. ffin Jordao is Portuguese with short brown hair and light olive skin. They wear an orange and black peaked cap, the same orange work t-shirt as Steph and light beige working trousers. Both sit on a bench in front of metal fencing and greenery and smile at the camera.

  23. A blue shark is suspended in crystal clear water. It has a long angle snout and a large round black eye. Its underside is white and its back is blue grey.

  24. Red panda Esha is pictured looking at the camera. The red panda is a dark brown/orange colour with white ears and nose.