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  1. An icy expanse of sea runs through a narrow passage between mountains. Much of the steep sides of the mountains are stripped of green vegetation revealing grey scarred rock. The tops of the mountains are scattered with snow and ice glitters in the fjord below.

  2. Orange smoke rising from the top of a mountain.

  3. An aerial image of a victim of ash dieback disease

  4. Nigel Hester is standing in the middle of the salt marsh wearing a black fleece. The are is quite bare with some grass and a bare tree.

  5. A small orange-coloured shore crab - Carcinus maenas - sat on a blade of seagrass in one of the research sites off the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

  6. An aerial photo of Pontypridd

  7. Aerial view of an area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil on August 20, 2024.

  8. James Crowhurst standing on the beach at Thorpeness. He has short light brown hair and is squinting slightly in the sun, wearing a maroon fleece over a maroon shirt. Behind him is a wooden barrier and behind that sheet metal piling, installed in a zig zag pattern. Rising up from it is a shallow leafy cliff.

    9. A large fishing vessel in Kiribati's Exclusive Economic Zone

    • The River Wye winds its way though through lush green countryside.

    • Two men with leaf blowers surrounded by smoke on the side of a hill

    • Concept image of Bristol Airport with a new mass transit system. The terminal can be seen behind a platform/stop for a green light rail link. There is a plane in the sky above the terminal and people are walking around the entrance of the building.

    • Jangbu Sherpa of the Chhukung Village with mountains in the Everest region on the background

    • A woman in Delhi covers her head with a cloth to protect herself from the sun

    • A line of women dress in red, each with a fist raised, protest in London against new oil and gas fields

    • Chris Packham, sitting outside in front of green foliage. He is looking at the camera and smiling and is wearing an orange T-shirt with a red coat and a brown coat over the top.

    • Image of Earth taken as part of Artemis II Moon mission

    • A man in a blue shirt, woman wearing grey and another woman in a white top stood outside a red brick building. They're all smiling.

    • Young woman wearing sunglasses against a golden background

    • A hand reaches to turn on a socket at the wall in a kitchen in a home, beside a metal kettle

    • A woman wearing a dark blue shirt is standing outside a Supreme Court. There are campaigners holding banners standing behind her.

    • Presenter Cecilia Reed with a graphic of the Earth

    • Presenter Cecilia Reed with a graphic of the Earth

    • The front of a plane parked at an airport, branded with the word easyJet, with a streak of orange paint over the body of the plane. A person in a high-vis vest is standing under the plane.