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  1. Large blue and orange sign saying 'Sizewell C temporary construction area'

  2. Entrance to Chelson Meadow Recycling centre. There is an entrance and exit gate for vehicles. A large sign says Welcome to Chelson Meadow Recycling Centre. There are several lampposts inside the site.

  3. A hand is holding the CR7 pear variety in the orchard. The small green pair, which is speckled with light brown marks, has a small part of the branch still attached.

  4. In the background: An aerial view of the Sizewell nuclear powerplant. In the foreground, on the right: BBC presenter Ros Atkins wearing a navy blue blazer.

  5. Girl Ellie sits on a sofa with golden retriever Louie next to her. She has brown hair and is wearing a dark hoodie with a brown blanket over her legs

  6. The St Fergus gas terminal in Aberdeenshire, photographed at night, with infrastructure lit up, and reflected in water.

  7. Trucks are seen driving on a road covered by snow in KwaZulu-Natal

  8. Torness nuclear power station stands in the middle distance beyond a grassy headland and the sea.

  9. Two female scientists looking at a large animal skull with horns

  10. An image of a large hole dug into a concrete road, exposing rubble and bricks below the surface. A red and white striped stick marks out a section of the exposed bricks. To the left, stood on the concrete a pair of legs can be seen, wearing black work boots and florescent orange trousers.

  11. A bus approaches a railway bridge with a low emission zone sign on a lamp post in the foreground

  12. An artist's impression of Sizewell C nuclear power station on the Suffolk coastline.

  13. A close-up of a spiny seahorse on a sandy seabed amongst the seagrass. Its tail is wrapped around a blade of grass. It is mostly brown and green in colour and has lots of spines over the top of its head and the top of its back.

  14. Two signs attached to a green wire fence. On the left is a white rectangular sign with a yellow warning sign above the words "Warning. Dangerous site" and a blue warning sign above the words "Keep out". On the right is a blue sign, about A4 size, with details of a diversion route.

  15. A close up of an offshore wind turbine hub and blades with other turbines in the background. The sea below is flat and calm.

  16. A library picture of a man measuring the depth of insulation in a house loft or roof space.

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    A net full of octopus on a boat, with some of their tentacles sticking out of the holes

  18. The Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Dozens of wind turbines can be seen in the sea. The view is taken from the top of one of the turbines.

  19. A small brown eel, about an inch and a half long, lying in the palm of a hand.

  20. Steve Luce in a navy blue suit and red tie. He is standing outside the environment department.

  21. A young girl with ginger hair sits in a pram and grins. She has blue glasses and a Zebra print top on. She is looking at a skunk, which is being held up to her by a nurse in blue scrubs.

  22. A woman bleeding from her head next to a stock image of a carrion crow

  23. Three smartly dressed women standing in a school playground with 10 primary school children holding up drawings.

  24. A brown and white baby goat, known as a kid, in the arms of the breeder.