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  1. A green wheelie bin - used for garden waste collections in York - in front of three of the plastic boxes the council uses to collect recycling

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    Crush the turtle in a black tank

  3. A person adjusts uses a hosepipe sprinkler to water pink flowers in a garden. In the background are blurred bushes and other tall flowers.

  4. A muddy flooded riverbank, surrounded by trees, with stone remnants of a bridge sticking out

  5. A gull sits on a wall in Inverness. The bird has a light grey back and wings and black and white tail feathers. It has an orange beak and one yellow eye is visible because it has been pictured in profile. Just out of focus behind the gull are buildings of Inverness.

  6. Cars parked outside a garage flooded due to surface water.

  7. A car boot loaded with mixed recycling and waste materials, including clothing, cardboard, garden trimmings, refuse bags, and light bulbs.

  8. An orange butterfly with small black dots on its wings sits on a shrub of purple flowers

  9. A large yellow and orange fire coming from behind large metal units. There is smoke billowing into the air

  10. A generic picture of a group of brown chickens standing on straw.

  11. Jit Bahadur Chaudhary, ei wraig a'u plentyn

  12. The cylindrical doughnut-shaped Diamond Light Source at night. A blue beam shoots up from its centre into the sky.

  13. CCTV footage shows people fleeing as a wall of mud and water destroys buildings at the Nepal-China border in Gyirong, Tibet, China, on August 26, 2026.

  14. A man with glasses, a beard and long dark hair is wearing a checked shirt and white t-shirt. He is holding a circular fossil up to the camera.

  15. An image of an outdoor, single-level car park that is set between blocks of flats and other multi-storey car parks. There is a yellow sign on a lamppost which reads: "Car park closure Notice. This car park will be closed all day Tuesday September 1st. This is in order for essential works to be carried out."

  16. Restaurant owner Ashutosh Lamichhane sat on a red sofa smiling and looking straight at the camera. Behind him is a glass window and a solid stone wall.

  17. A colony of erratic ants. The ants are dark brown-black and there are about 10 of them crawling over leaves and twigs. There are three masses of white eggs.

  18. A corncrake - a brown bird - is being held in a gloved hand in front of a table with people around it. There is a field in the background.

  19. There is a man in a dark blue polo shirt. On that shirt, it says 'organic' in pink letters and 'herd' in bigger white ones. Behind him is a sea of cows which are black, brown and white. There is also lots of tall green trees in the background.

  20. A black skull with many teeth missing is set against a white background

  21. A food waste bin with leftover salad, bread and other unwanted foodstuffs in it.

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

  23. 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.

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