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  1. A young woman with dark hair with her head in her hands. her face is not visible, just her forearms and her hair

  2. John Swinney wearing a navy suit and white shirt with a purple tie. He is mid speech with his arms outstretched.

  3. A smiling man with greying dark hair and beard is wearing a grey suit jacket, blue shirt and blue striped tie

  4. A woman with long brown hair and a yellow top sitting in a restaurant. She is laughing and is covering her mouth with her hand.

  5. John Swinney

  6. A First Bus driving under the bridge at Glasgow Central station

  7. Split image showing MSPs applauding in the Scottish Parliament chamber above a presenter speaking to the camera

  8. A woman pushing a trolley past the vegetable section of a supermarket

  9. John Swinney wearing a navy suit, white shirt and purple tie standing at a bench in the Holyrood chamber.

  10. Stephen Flynn (left) and First Minister John Swinney attended Euro 2024 in Germany

  11. A grey-haired woman holds a sign saying 'Eyemouth deserves better' with people in the background

  12. A large black and white ship with red funnels and a red bulbous bow just poking above the water. The name Loch Indaal can be seen on its bow

  13. The front entrance to a prison with a Barlinnie sign and cars parked outside

  14. Person standing in front of shelves stocked with food and household products, holding a large mock receipt displaying the text “SNP” and “Total Price: Capped.” Rows of canned goods, sauces, packaged foods, and bottled water are visible in the background.

  15. Two men in business suits stand side by side smiling. Marra, on the left, is taller with thinning grey hair. Fagan, on the right, has short dark hair.

  16. First Minister John Swinney during a visit to officially open the new GP walk-in service at Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Leven, Fife - A person in a suit and tie stands beside an NHS Fife information board promoting a GP walk-in service for urgent, non-life-threatening health problems. The poster explains who can use the service and outlines suitable and unsuitable conditions for treatment.

  17. A SputnikNews.com bill board with an out-of-focus microphone in the extreme foreground. We can see the wooden chair of a radio studio. The billboard is a deep orange with black lettering saying "Telling the Untold", and sputniknews.com.

  18. A general view of the University of Edinburgh Old College, Edinburgh

  19. Yes and No campaigners on the Scottish independence campaign trail in September 2014 in Blantyre.

  20. Elizabeth in a purple jacket sits at a desk in an open-plan office. Red filing cabinets, shelves of books, computer monitors and office equipment are visible in the background, with papers and magazines on the desk in the foreground.

  21. Maeve Mackinnon, wearing a black and white polka-dot top, and her daughter Màili, aged 4, in a pink cardigan with bunches, waving at the camera

  22. Nicola Sturgeon, who has short, fair hair, speaks outside the Scottish Parliament. She is wearing a beige jacket with a red top underneath

  23. Close-up portrait of Neala with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a light-coloured sweatshirt, standing indoors. A wooden door and framed posters are visible in the softly blurred background.