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  1. A smooth snake, which is brown with red eyes, curled up on some leaves and twigs.

  2. An Asian man with glasses, smiling at the camera. He has a blue top on with a grey pull string jumper. His glasses are circular and large on his face, he's stood in front of a series of stacked up recycled PCs and looks excited to be talking on the matter

  3. Solar panels on a roof with the sun shining in the sky on the right

  4. A general view of the Windermere Villas area. There are large houses on the shores of the lake, some with boathouses.

  5. Five wheelie bins are full of crutches, with their handles sticking out the top. The bins are lined up on a concrete floor with a blue shipping container seen in the background

  6. An image of a hand hovering over a laptop key board preparing to type.

    7. A New Zealand falcon perched on a tree branch with green foliage in the background

    • A close-up of a brown coloured dove chick which is perched on a piece of rope.

    • A culicoides midge is feeding on what looks like human skin. It has a red body and black head and pale brown legs.

    • Lindsey Cole sitting on the edge of a lake, wearing a black wetsuit with grey detail on the arms and chest, holding a monofin with blue, black and dark green detail on the fin. There is a blue snorkel on the entry platform beside her and she is wearing a swimming hat and goggles which are on the top of her head. The water is in front and to the side of her, with trees in the background, surrounding the water.

    • Close up image of baby binturong

    • A swift in flight

    • A woman in a blue T-shirt stands against a blue rack of items including sanders, slow cookers and camping supplies. She is arranging items on the rack.

    • A woman wearing jeans and a grey t-shirts leans over a green rice plant growing in a paddy field. Next to her are a handful of other rice plants.

    • A person in a blue cap looks at blueberry bushes on a farm in Zimbabwe

    • A bird wading across the mud. It has a speckled grey-brown back and a pale, mottled belly, while its red-orange legs are largely covered with mud. It's long orange bill is also caked in mud.

    • A lake with rocks and blue-green algae in the foreground. In the background there are blue skies and a few white clouds.

    • A turquoise- and copper-coloured brooch with some ornamentation.

    • Lindsey Cole sitting on the edge of a lake, wearing a black wetsuit with grey detail on the arms and chest, holding a monofin with blue, black and dark green detail on the fin. There is a blue snorkel on the entry platform beside her and she is wearing a swimming hat and goggles which are on the top of her head. The water is in front and to the side of her, with trees in the background, surrounding the water.

    • Pile of beach toys

    • Portstewart Strand. A large sign reads: 'Danger – Do Not Swim Near Rocks.' It is positioned beside a wide area of jagged black rocks, with the shoreline visible in the background.

    • Four seagulls fight over some chips. One of the seagulls has a chip in its beak and its foot in a chip box.

    • A stock image of a close-up of female hand putting organic food scraps into the compost bin

    • The River Great Ouse in Bedford town centre, with the promenade on the left. There are barriers up as it is the summer River Festival. Pedestrians walk along the promenade, and many canoes and kayaks are on the river. Children and adults wearing helmets paddle around, and there are weeping willows and other trees along the banks.