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  1. The image shows two individuals in white lab coats lowering the descent capsule of the Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 into a large, cylindrical metal structure to test the heat resistance. The capsule is spherical with a dark bottom half and a lighter top half, featuring several circular holes.

  2. A little boy with 99 animals drawn in front of him for David Attenborough

  3. A piece of green discarded fishing net on a beach being picked up by a litter-picker

  4. A bright green parakeet with a pinky red nose sits on a bird feeder filled with nuts.

  5. A lifelike animatronic dinosaur looks towards the camera whilst standing in a field at an outdoor event.

  6. Dead fish on pebbles in a river.

  7. A group of protesters on the pavement outside a building on a sunny day. They are holding signs that say 'stop the burn' and 'clean air for good'. One is dressed like a shark.

  8. A digital image of two giraffes, one in front of and one inside their building at the zoo.

  9. Artist impression of the site showing an aerial view of rows of solar panels in green fields surrounded by trees

  10. Colourful bird sitting on a branch with outstretched wings.

  11. Closed metal gates and a fence surround the incinerator site, with grass beyond and the grey incinerator itself and the tall chimney above it

  12. An excavator drops tyres from the claws of its bucket releasing more tyres on to a growing pile

  13. Councillor Jim Murray poses for a photograph with landscape and garden designer Peter Thurman. Councillor Murray is wear a white, short-sleeved shirt featuring a design of yellow lemons on branches. Mr Thurman is wearing a navy gilet over a light blue shirt with rolled-up sleeves. They are standing in from of Eastbourne Carpet Gardens, blooming with pink plants. The sky is clear blue and Eastbourne Pier is visible in the background.

  14. People wearing hi-vis yellow jackets, they are pulling tyres from the river mud at Ogmore.

  15. Gloved hands putting a large quantity of long grass and leaves into an open green bin

  16. A silver van parked on grass facing a pond with a swan boat in. The van has yellow and green marking on, reading 'Cleethorpes Wildlife Volunteer Rescue'. The sky is blue.

  17. Man - Cameron Anderson - dressed in black, kneeling down and holding a metal detector and an axe head.

  18. A generic image of rows of solar panels in a field

  19. A gull in flight. The bird is looking down towards the ground.

  20. A group of doctors in blue scrubs stand looking at the camera and smiling. They are all holding small white containers.

  21. A pale-coloured male lion lies on a rock against a blue and white sky.

  22. A black and white photo of Louis with his second wife Mary Leakey. He is close to the camera and has a small moustache, light coloured hair and is smiling with his mouth closed. His wife has short dark and curly hair. She further behind Louis and also looking at the camera.

  23. Sarah Sibug-Torres is in a lab, kneeling alongside a prototype smart toilet. It looks like an average white toilet but with a panel of buttons on the side. She is wearing glasses, a black top and blazer and is smiling at the camera. She is holding a 3D model of a bio-molecule.

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    A red squirrel leans against a narrow branch while sniffing a leave.