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  1. Nigel Farage, who has short grey hair parted to the side speaks at a podium with the words Operation Restoring Justice on it. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and red spotted tie.

    2. Mary Lou McDonald. She has a brown bob, wearing a dark pink blazer and earrings.

    • A man with short grey hair, looking at the camera. He is pictured from the chest up. He is wearing a yellow shirt, a brown tie and a dark grey suit.

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      Nicola Sturgeon is sat on a brown leather sofa. She has a lip mic on. She is wearing a pale blue, white and red blouse and has short reddish hair.

    • Rebecca Brownlie, an author and photographer, standing at the entrance to the site of the former Maze prison near Lisburn

    • A still image of Councillor Lawrie Philpott from the shoulders up. He is an older man with short grey hair, and is wearing dark framed glasses, a white buttoned shirt and a plaid blazer jacket.

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    • A figure is seen from behind, silhouetted, standing in front of a raging fire. It's nighttime, on a street. The fire appears to be comprised of wheelie bins. The shot is from a riot that happened in Ballymena, County Antrim, in June 2025. The figure has their arms outstretched, as if beckoning someone on.

    • Colum Eastwood has short black hair, greying at the sides, and a short black beard with a white patch on the lower left part of his chin. He is wearing a light blue shirt, open at the collar, and a dark blue suit jacket.

    • Emma Little-Pengelly, Ravel Reeves and John O'Dowd outside Stormont where it's sunny. Emma has long dark brown hair and is wearing a white jacket and top with black trousers, Rachel has brown/red hair and is wearing a light blue suit and white top and John has short grey hair and a grey/white goatee beard and is wearing a navy suit with a white shirt and a black and white slant striped tie.

    • Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Emma-Little Pengelly is speaking during a press conference. We can see the tops of her shoulders and head. She has shoulder-length dark hair and is wearing a pearl necklace and pearl earrings. She is wearing a dark jacket. In the background is a blue board with the logo of the Northern Ireland Executive

    • Deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly has brunette hair and wears a navy blazer with a red blouse underneath.

    • A portrait image of Sorcha Eastwood smiling at the camera. She is stood in the park on a sunny day, but the background is blurred. She is wearing a pink dress and a silver necklace and has long, brown hair.

    • Jon Burrows is in a grey chequered suit and blue and white striped shirt. He is sitting on a grey arm chair with white blanket draped over it.

    • A close up of a female nurse in a navy uniform. She is holding a clipboard and wearing a wristwatch, a stethoscope and a small silver watch pinned to her chest.

    • A selection of Bank of England notes lying flat on a surface with coins on top of them

    • An uprooted tree in front of a house.

    • A file photo of Jon Burrows from 2017 in his Police Service of Northern Ireland uniform. The shell jacket is bottle green in colour and has the PSNI logo on its left breast. The shirt is white and tie is bottle green. Burrows is bald. Behind him the top of a white police Land Rover can be seen.

    • Pat Cullen looks at the camera with a neutral expression on her face as she stands in the car park in front of South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen but the background is blurred. She has shoulder-length blonde hair and is wearing red lipstick. She is wearing a white suit jacket coat and a black shirt and a pearl necklace and earring set.

    • A bald man wears a dark green jacket with shoulder straps. Under the jacket he has a white shirt and black tie.

    • Large balloon letters that say Pride in rainbow colours held above a large rainbow flag.

    • Mark Browne has receding grey/brown hair and brown eyes and glasses standing in front of a a school white board and pink billboard. He is wearing a navy suit, white tie and blue shirt and has a neutral expression.

    • People taking part in the Belfast Pride parade in the city centre in 2024 on the street, they are wearing white t-shirts are holding balloons that read PRIDE in red, orange, yellow, green and blue. They are walking down a Belfast street with crowds watching on.

    • Naomi Long has medium length ginger hair in a side parting with blue eyes. She is mid speech and her background is yellow and blurred out. She's wearing red lipstick, a silver choker necklace and a black and white patterned top.