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  1. An stock image of the back of a police officer, whose yellow vest has a blue box with the word Metropolitan Police written on.

  2. A large crowd of people stand holding replica cheques above their heads, with a woman with blonde hair in the foreground holding a sign stating £389,846.

  3. The Duke of Lancaster Regiment at a military parade on a clear day. Trees above the parade and a church spire in the distance.

  4. A two people racing on a horse and cart in front of an audience on a sunny day

  5. Klaudia Zakrzewska looking sultry in a desert

  6. A speedboat helps move rubber ducks all congregated near the banks of the River Dee in Chester on a sunny day. Hundreds of people lined the banks of the river to watch.

  7. Three forensics officers in white suits and helmets walk into a house with black smoke damage on the inside. A red fire vehicle is parked outside.

  8. City Square in Leeds.

  9. Blockley seated indoors at a table, facing the camera directly. She has short, neatly cut white hair and light-colored eyes, with natural facial lines visible around the eyes, cheeks, and mouth. She is wearing a red knit sweater that features decorative metallic buttons along the shoulder seams, and the forearms are resting on a surface just out of frame, suggesting a seated, slightly leaning-forward posture.

  10. Child giving a high-five to a crouching man in a blue New Balance jacket during a race event finish line.

  11. A nine-year-old girl wearing an orange hard hat and a colourful purple hoodie with a dungaree pattern on smiles as she sits beside her mum in a large cardboard box. The cardboard box has been decorated for them to spend the night in. Her mum is also smiling, has long, straight, dirty blonde hair and glasses, and is wearing blue leggings and a grey T-shirt with white company logos on it.

  12. Burnt out disposable BBQs are on the floor, surrounded by fire-damaged grass. In the background is a lake and grassland.

  13. An ariel view of the former Sherwood Hotel. The roof is burnt.

  14. A view of Northam Bridge across the River Itchen in Southampton on a sunny day. Vehicles are driving both ways.

  15. Protesters at the front of a demonstration are holding a large yellow anti-war banner, with many people following behind them.

  16. Daphne Bishop stands beside her husband William outside a row of shops in Aldridge town centre. She wears a denim jacket over a pale grey top. He wears a dark blue jacket over a white striped polo shirt.

  17. Three forensics officers in white suits and helmets walk into a house with black smoke damage on the inside. A red fire vehicle is parked outside.

  18. A few cars getting ready to drive through a cross roads. There are fields all around the roads. It is an overcast and grey day.

  19. A selfie of Summer, a 17-year-old who died in a road crash

  20. HMS Prince of Wales returns home to Portsmouth, following an eight-month Indo-Pacific deployment as part of Operation Highmast, on 30 November 2025.

  21. A white sign with the words Kent Police written on it in blue, with the Kent Police logo to the left. Behind the sign are green trees

  22. Steve Swallow. He is bald and has blue eyes. He wears glasses with a blue frame, a white shirt and chequered beige and brown jacket. He is leaning on a wall with artworks in the background.

  23. Roughly two dozen yellow caterpillars with a dark brown stripe down each of their backs on the bark of a tree

  24. A pedigree cat is presented to the camera by its owner, it has tabby fur, green eyes and distinctive large, pointy ears.