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  1. A dug-out pond on a strip of grass, with white tarpaulin inside it.

  2. Three police officers stand in a field wearing black uniform and hat and black raincoats. Two are holding large police dogs on a lead.

  3. A pile of rubbish on Bromfield Close in Aston on Tuesday 8 April. There are black bin bags and plastic carrier bags full of rubbish, with litter scattered around the heap. A brick wall stands opposite a row of terraced houses.

  4. A gate on a road with green hedges on either side and a police car parked on the other side of the entrance. A police officer in a high-vis jacket and black hat can be seen at the entrance near a man with his back to us wearing a brown jacket and green trousers.

  5. A man sits in an empty warehouse, a TV panel card is held in front of him.

  6. A police mugshot of a man with a ginger beard and short dark hair, wearing a black hoodie, with a white, lined, background behind him.

  7. A young child with dark hair and a white T-shirt, holding a card which reads "today I am 11". He sits on some form of seating, in front of a white wall.

  8. Seven men standing in a line. They are all wearing orange high-visibility tabards and all but one are wearing blue baseball caps. In front of them is a large pile of blue bin bags. A street sign nearby reads "SHAKESPEARE ST".

  9. It is Ethan's graduation day and he is staring into the camera and smiling. He is wearing a black graduation cap with a matching gown that has red and yellow and hood. Underneath that, he has a black shirt on and the collar is peeking out over the gown. Ethan is wearing black round glasses and has dark brown eyes. He has dark brown hair and a matching goatee. The bacgkround is blurred but you can see the outline of other graduates taking pictures with their families.

  10. A man with short brown hair, wearing glasses and a suit, looks to the left of the camera, talking, standing next to a canal on a sunny day.

  11. Two mugshots side by side - one man has dark hair and a dark beard, and is wearing a black top, while the other has long black hair and a goatee and is wearing a blue shirt.

  12. A close up of a hi-vis yellow jacket with a blue and white logo on it which reads 'police'

  13. A man and woman dressed in a suit and wedding dress and scuba gear, with a dozen other people dressed as wedding guests and equipped with scuba masks and air tanks

  14. A fence surrounds the derelict land which has some cars parked on it and is set back from the road.

  15. Tyran Jones in a family photo. He is smiling. He has a beard. He is wearing a white t-shirt with a converse logo and has a stone island hat on.

  16. A woman is holding her baby son in her arms. Both mother and son are dressed in red and smiling at the camera. The woman's hair is brown and cut in a bob, with a fringe, and pink bathroom tiles and a floral shower curtain can be seen behind.

  17. Bin bags piled on Birmingham street

  18. Rubbish is piled high at a drop off point at a community centre in Birmingham, Britain, on 3 April 2025.

  19. Steven Knight has short dark hair with flecks of grey, and a grey goatee. He is wearing a blue shirt, dark coat and a blue and white scarf. He is looking away from the camera to one side and smiling.

  20. A young person using a tool creates sparks as he works. He has goggles on and a red jumpsuit.

  21. Two British police officers guard the entrance to the arena of a summer fair, on a typically gloomy British summers day.

  22. Matt Purssell in a park. He has a beard and is wearing a blue polo shirt. He is looking into the camera.

  23. Penny is a Labrador and is a red brown colour. She is sitting between two people. On the left is Wendy who is sitting in a heelchair and holding a blue dog lead. She has glasses on and is wearing a navy blue sweater with light blue shirt and dark tie. She has black gloves on. On the left is a man with short brown and grey hair. He is wearing a navy blue jacket with light blue shirt and dark tie. He has his hand on Penny.

  24. Comedian Joe Lycett, a man with short brown hair and wearing a green snakeskin-patterned shirt under a bright yellow jacket. He is smiling at the camera and standing in front of a reflective surface.