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  1. A bit of mosaic showing eels, fish, crabs and a dolphin and mythological figures including swimming cupids and a sea-leopard.

  2. A close up of a red kite's head in profile showing its grey and reddish-brown feathers. It has a curved, sharp beak and a bright, pale yellow eye. The sky behind it is blue.

  3. Two bush dog puppies sniff the air surrounded by leaves

  4. Digital facial reconstruction showing the front view of an older adult's face against a black background. He has grey receding hair, stubble, and hazel eyes.

  5. Six men and women stand outside the new premises. They stand below a sign of the recycling group. They are leaning against the building and are smiling at the camera.

  6. A brown long-eared bat sits on small rocks. It has large textured beige ears that are hairy and have ribbed

  7. An aerial view of a Tudor building in a wall-lined garden. The dry yellow grass in front of the house reveals outlines of where buildings once stood.

  8. Four people are smiling and standing behind two green wheelie bins. A man with short blond hair and wearing a white shirt and orange vest is holding a white baby bath. A woman with long brown hair and wearing a blue blouse is standing next to him. There are two women with shoulder-length brown hair holding a large wicker baby basket with a soft toy rabbit sitting on top. In the background is an orange-coloured wall with multi-coloured flowers on it.

  9. A European mantis rests on someone's hand while at the beach in Jersey.

  10. A burst water main on a zebra crossing on Lyde Road in Yeovil. There is water all over the road. Five men in orange high-vis coats and white hard hats are surveying the damage.

  11. Jerry Sanders-Carr is standing in front of some of his flock of sheep. The grass is parched and he is wearing a baseball cap and a white shirt with brown and blue checks. There is a dark cloud in the sky in this selfie.

  12. A woman and two children are pictured from behind as they sit in the sun looking out onto a lake.

  13. Rescue operation

  14. A car park where the white lines of the parking bay can only just be made out under a layer of water. Bubbles on the surface show how hard the rain isw coming down. The sky is grey.

  15. A composite image of the rocket blasting off on the left, and the view from the rocket against the backdrop of the Earth on the right

  16. A blurred image of a running otter running along the pavement

  17. A small fluffy bird with a bright orange beak. It sits on dirt with two large bird feet next to it.

  18. A man and a woman are sieving seed on a bright blue tarpaulin, beside a red tractor and trailer with a sweeping panoramic view of St Ives bay behind them

  19. A man's hands hold the peregrine falcon. It has a grey and yellow beak which is open and it has a yellow circle around its black eyes. The feathers on the wing are damaged. There are towels beneath it.

  20. A man with white hair and wearing a crumpled light blue shirt is standing in a potato field wearing a slightly battered cap. It is a sunny day.

  21. Peter Gould, a man with short grey hair and stubble. He is wearing a salmon coloured shirt underneath a light blue quarter zip jumper. He is also wearing an unzipped, black raincoat which features the Jersey prison service crest. Behind him, to the right of the image, are a series of wooden boxes on a shelf, and a mirror on the wall. To the left of the image is a palm tree, and a set of wooden shelves on which there are transparent plastic bags of kindling wood.

  22. The side of a white refuse truck with a large poster on the side that reads: "NEVER BIN BATTERIES". There is a red-brick building in the background.

  23. A beaver is in the water. It is dusk and an orange glow casts a shadow on the whole image. Branches from vegetation hang over the beaver.

  24. A landscape view of the River Stour with shrubbery on both sides and light glistening off of the water surface