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  1. Fireworks being thrown at a line of police in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh.

  2. Giraffes in Uganda's Kidepo Valley

  3. A picture of the upper half of a dolphin and its fin above the water, with some white foam in its wake as it swims. 6 lacerations are visible on the dolphin's skin where it has had a run-in with a boats propeller, according to experts.

  4. A red panda cub looks to the left, its fur is orange and white and it has a black nose.

  5. Three blue bins line up outside terraced houses.

  6. James Winslade is leaning against a tractor in front of a farm building. He is wearing a green and black top and glasses. He is smiling.

  7. Drone shot looking down on a construction site. A number of diggers are on site on an area already dug up, surrounded by fields and trees

  8. Leanne Clarke looking directly at the camera and smiling. She is wearing a black jumper and is holding a duck in her arm. She has short blonde and brunette hair and is standing outside in her garden in front of a duck enclosure called The Quack Shack.

  9. A white and brown goat that is looking at the camera with vegetation around it.

  10. Two brown bears cubs cautiously approach concrete pool in a zoo enclosure, surrounded by grass and wildflowers, as well as tree branches on the ground.

  11. Simon Hinchliffe, in a branded "Hinchliffe Farming" vest, holding a handful of grain, with a harvested field behind him.

  12. Red "No Swimming" flags are seen in Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York City, amid Hurricane Erin on 20 August 2025

  13. A petrol pump worker, in a saffron dress, putting fuel in a bike. The pumping machine can be seen in the background.

  14. A Yangtze finless river porpoise underwater looks into the camera

  15. Exposed reservoir bed, where grass is beginning to grow. There is only a narrow stream of water. In the background are green trees on either side, and a part blue, part cloudy sky.

  16. Parents are talking to a committee.

  17. Martin Carter wearing a black polo shirt stood by the dried up River Thames in Ashton Keynes. A cream-coloured labrador dog is close by him, with a small stone wall separating them

  18. John Hume looks into the camera, wearing rimless sunglasses and a blue denim shirt

  19. An overhead drone shot of a deep, circular concrete hole which is the tank. Two workers in orange high-vis clothes are standing at the bottom of it. Around the top is a construction site with large metal fencing, branches of a tree and a large yellow crane arm.

  20. A close-up photograph of a honeybee with fur, wings, eyes and antennas visible

  21. A female beaver photographed in a stream with a branch in its mouth.

  22. Two men in a kayak. The man closest to the camera is taking a selfie with another man holding a paddle horizontally in the background. Both are smiling and wearing sunglasses and green life vests. In the background the sea, shore and trees on the hillside can be seen.

  23. Hurricane Erin seen from the International Space Station.

  24. Waves are crashing against some rocks and there are houses also in the background.