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  1. A terraced two-storey house shows fire damage on the groundfloor, first floor outer wall, window, part of the roof. Two people in a forensic outfit are at the front door whole a police woman is guarding the property from outside a waist-high brick wall.

  2. A huge pile of bin bags on a residential street. There are dozens of refuse sacks with terraced homes in the background.

  3. A man wearing a beige top and blue jeans with his sleeves rolled up as he is donates blood. he is holding a bag of blood with wires coming in and out of his arm.

  4. A close-up of a fluffy duckling scratching under its chin with its left foot

  5. Two women stand next to each other, smiling at the camera. The woman on the left has black hair, scraped back, and is wearing a black shirt with yellow and blue flowers on it, and black glasses. The woman on the right has long curly blonde hair and is wears a colourful patterned top.

  6. A young woman lies on a bed.. Her white clothes and pillow are in stark contrast to the dark background.

  7. A computer-generated image of what the aquarium would look like. It is a long cylinder shaped glass tank stretching from floor to ceiling, filled with lots of colourful fish. There are areas to sit around it, and large jellyfish models hanging from the ceiling.

  8. A generic image taken from inside a bus features a stop button. Houses visible through windows in the background are blurred.

  9. Kevin is bald and wearing black sunglasses, he is wearing a black t-shirt with a bin bag fashioned into a top, over the top of it. He is holding a calendar that says "rats as big as cats". In the background behind him there is a pile of black bin bag with rubbish scattered on the pavement

  10. A close up of a yellow average speed camera resting on a grey pole, against a blue sky

  11. A woman with long blonde hair and black-rimmed glasses stands in front of a railing with lights and bright decorations in the background. She is wearing a black top underneath what looks like a black leather jacket.

  12. A crowded street, filled with people protesting against the Birmingham bin strikes. They are holding flags and placards. The sky is bright blue in the background.

  13. Blue and pink lights of emergency services vehicles are flashing, with police cars and fire engines outside a row of white buildings

  14. A large blue tram travelling through Birmingham. It has the white West Midlands Metro logo on the side, and there are large yellow, blue and white tram signs nearby

  15. A huge metal circle is protruding out of a piece of land. The metal is bronze in colour. A man in an orange high-vis jacket and grey helmet is poking his head out with his thumb up in the air. He is holding a Donegal flag, which is green and orange.

  16. Residents hand rubbish to refuse workers at a Mobile Household Waste Centre in Senneleys Park on 8 April. One woman in a long beige cardigan is handing over two black bin bags and another in a pink coat is walking up with bags to deliver.

  17. The image shows a square at dusk with trees and walkways through it leading to several building with shops on lower floors and living space above.

  18. A group of 11 people, including police officers in uniform, stand and kneel on a stretch of grass, smiling at the camera. Three dogs are in the photo, with leads held by three police officers in uniform who kneel on the ground. An orange tent is behind them.

  19. A visualisation of a proposed design for Curzon Street station in Birmingham. It shows a building with a curved roof, a pedestrian area and people walking around.

  20. A man wearing black walks past black bin bags piled up on a residential street, with terraced houses on either side.

  21. A police car in the foreground of the image, which shows a road on the left and the right. A white car and other vehicles further away are behind police tape on the right.

  22. Betty Hollingbery wears a pair of sunglasses, a light blue jumper and a scarf. She has grey hair and is sitting in a wheelchair. Behind her is a VE Day banner with a Union Flag on it.

  23. Cody Fisher, a young man with blond hair, is wearing a light blue T-shirt with a dark tracksuit top over it. He is sitting at a table and smiling

  24. A red, grey and yellow Transport for Wales train on a track.