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  1. A smiling Elena Piras in the woods with a guitar. She is wearing a leopard print coat and a pink top underneath.

  2. Two people sit closely together on a floral-patterned sofa indoors, wrapped in blankets and warm clothing, facing forward in a softly-lit room.

  3. High Court in Glasgow. It is a sandstone building with columns at the front forming a circular entrance.

  4. A sculpture of a black bird is perched on a mirrored table. It is apparent it is made of scrap metal with bolt holes visible. The bird is bent over looking down at the ground.

  5. The church is a single-storey building with white harled walls. In the foreground is a metal gate between two white pillars and a white and green sign explaining the Raasay Community Stores project.

  6. A red post box on a black metal pole in rural Highlands. Behind the post box is a single-track road as well as fields and a farm.

  7. A person wearing a yellow protective coat and a face covering uses a pick to break up burning peat and vegetation at Abernethy Nature Reserve.

  8. A girl with shoulder length dark hair and a stripy T-shirt sits next to two other children at a table with laptops.

  9. A man in a red jacket on a country track in front of a mountain

  10. A local Inverurie businessman Stephen Bruce, smiling at the camera, with his arms open wide.

  11. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  12. A concept image of the Tesco proposed for Portree on Skye. It is a rectangle-shaped building with a glass frontage. In front of the building is a car park with cars parked in spaces.

  13. An area of beach with orange sands and hills in the background

  14. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  15. Renate Reinsve, a young woman with long, brown hair in a grey suit jacket with a white blouse underneath. She is standing in front of a purple background.

  16. A firefighter in brown protective gear is holding a long hose and is hosing down a charred and blackened field of grass which has white smoke pouring out of it

  17. Man in a red flotation suit operates a small inflatable workboat in a harbour, with a floating marine device and waterfront buildings visible in the background.

  18. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  19. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  20. Ballachulish Primary School is a small a complex of different single-storey buildings, including a Victorian-era property.

  21. This is a generated image of what the new hospital building would look like. In the foreground there is a car park that has been laid out with a few trees. The building itself is long and three storeys high. The colour is a little like sandstone, which is a common building material in the HIghlands. Mountains can be seen in the background.

  22. Waves crash against a wall in a coastal town. It is a grey cloudy day and buildings can be seen in the distance

  23. Port of Ness on the north coast of Lewis. There is a small boat sheltering in a harbour. The sky is cloudy.

  24. A view along Ness Bridge over the River Ness towards the area of the junction. There are rows of buildings and a steeple with a clock. Cars are just visible on Bridge Street.