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  1. A scuba diver in a black wetsuit examines and handles an item on the seabed, which appears old and is covered in green sealife.

  2. A man in an orange hi vis jacket and a blue hard hat reaches up to a large solar panel in a field.

  3. A woman putting a yellow plastic container into a bin.

  4. An image from a scan of the ice mummy's body. It has a purple hue, and shows the arm of the woman. On the skin there is an inked pattern showing lines and dots. A cut mark in the skin from the burial is also seen.

  5. A man onlooking to a yellow building with the whole right side of the building collapsed and torn off

  6. View of a rocky shoreline with partially submerged reefs stretching into the distance under cloudy skies.

  7. The entrance to Catsfield Christmas Tree farm, with a new-style mini parked in the driveway, and a red and white sign saying "Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm" beside it.

  8. An aerial photo show an American flag on a pole with the ocean behind and a pier stretching over it on an overcast day

  9. A 4x4 truck is parked in a street with broken bricks and rubble all around it. To the left is a yellow wooden building with a grass verge. The sky appears overcast, and other buildings can be seen in the background. Telephone wires criss-cross behind the truck

  10. A kindergarten damaged by the earthquake is seen in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia, July 30, 2025.

  11. A captive bred water vole at the Wildwood Trust in Kent

  12. Sam the meerkat, perched on a log with a brown and yellow striped background, looking towards the camera.

  13. A brown otter on a salmon-coloured towel looking at the camera

  14. An artist's concept shared by Nasa on X of what the Nisar satellite will look like

  15. A general view of the Port of Nigg from above showing machinery on platforms in the water and a number of boats moored nearby.

  16. A woman stands in a fountain in New York City. She's being sprayed by water, as other people in Washington Square Park look on

  17. The new Aldi supermarket is under construction. The large warehouse is surrounded by scaffolding and fencing.

  18. Sandwich Terns rest on a bank at RSPB Minsmere. Chicks rest near their adults.

  19. A young woman with long hair is silhouetted against the sun as she pours water on her face from a green plastic bottle held above her head.

  20. This aerial picture shows storage tanks used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

  21. Russell Abbott looks at the camera while standing in a field. He has short hair and a shaved beard. He wears a black and grey coat with a blue and white chequered shirt underneath.

  22. A woman is holding a ferret into the lens. It is brown and white. The woman is smiling and is wearing a green shirt and a hat.

  23. Pippa Heylings looks directly at the camera, smiling slightly. She is standing on a riverbank with a body of water behind her. She is wearing a pale yellow jacket and white top, with a silver necklace. She has short blonde hair.

  24. Four people are working together to scythe grass in Green Meadow. In the foreground, a woman dressed in pink trousers and a black-and-white striped T-shirt is using a garden tool. Behind her, two men are standing and another woman is also at work scattered across the partially-cleared meadow. Piles of cut grass are visible on one side, while a rows of houses frames the background.