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  1. A view of Arthur's seat on fire with an emergency crew member in a green jacket in the foreground.

  2. A man and a woman watch a water bomber try to extinguish a wildfire near Bayers Lake at the edge of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Industrial buildings are seen in the background, along with clouds of smoke and the plane.

  3. A front view of the new quantum computer Quartet. It has Oxford Ionics written in front. One of its buttons is light up in green.

  4. A close up of the centre of a wind turbine. Three white blades are attached to the dome shaped centre which stands on top of a large mast.

  5. Brown flood waters with an overturned car in the middle of it. There are a couple of green trees and some white coloured buildings on the side.

  6. A white goat with a brown face and medium-length horns stands in a pen at an agricultural show

  7. A large number of wind turbines located in the sea at sunset.

  8. Alaska glacier is pictured.

  9. Flooded road with sign that says "road closed"

  10. An artist impression of a small satellite being carried into the earth's orbit on a white rocket.

  11. Up close photograph of the rare Wood White butterfly. It has creamy coloured, furry wings and black stripe antennae. The butterfly is stood on a yellow flower.

  12. There is a large green bin as well as two metal cages with a black bin bag in one of them filled with empty crushed cans. There is also a can crusher with recycling branding next to the man. It's all located outside Exeter City Football Club.

  13. Tim Carson smiles at the camera on a sunny day, a blurred field and blue sky behind. He is wearing an old blue rugby world cup T-shirt.

  14. Amy Symington has brown hair which is tied back off her face. She is wearing a green t-shirt. Her face is towards the camera, looking over her right shoulder. In front of her slightly out of focus is the edge of an upright piano.

  15. A baby hedgehog being held aloft in the medical room of Prickles Hedgehog Rescue Centre in Cheddar.

  16. A scuba diver is inspecting a large cauldron embedded into the seabed in the sea. The diver is using a small but powerful light to examine the wreck, and the sea around them is a dark green

  17. A small iridescent blue butterfly is resting on a seed head. It has a small white margin around its wings, with a thin black line between the white edge and the blue wing.

  18. A black and white cat laying in a bed. It has a red coat on and a gold bandage round one of its front paws.

  19. Two men shake hands, standing on a large empty field. Both wear blue blazers, the one on the right wears a pink shirt and has a grey beard. Behind them is an old green and brown concrete building, the former nuclear reactor.

  20. Four people sat at the top of the hill overlooking lots of green fields

  21. Aerial view of a quarry site and where a proposed solar farm could be built. The image shows green and brown areas, a greenish lake, woodland and roads.

  22. A picture of two men installing solar panels. They are both wearing yellow high visibility jackets and there is a wind turbine behind them and it is a sunny day with blue skies.

  23. Two girls stand in front of a 18 metre long inflatable sperm wale in a park. The tallest girl has long hair tied back, a white t-shirt which says ARIZONA in pink and denim shorts. The shorter girl has long light hair and a white lace top. The whale is surrounded by black netting acting as a barrier and a woman in a green top, dark dungarees and a dark cap is stood close beside it. Fairground rides, crowds of people queuing, an A-board and a church can be seen in the background.

  24. Gillian Smart stands by a weather map showing fairly clear skies over Scotland on Wednesday at 05:00