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  1. A woman wearing a red jacket is helped along a railway track by a man who is wearing a blue and grey jumper and grey trousers. Their faces are blurred out.

  2. An old, sandstone-block church with a slate roof covered in mosses and lichens. There are gravestones in the foreground and trees surround the church.

  3. A red tractor crossing a green and brown field. The driver is a man wearing a hat. There's a hill in the background and clouds in the sky.

  4. The lynx is walking through long grass. The cat has brown, stripy fur and black tufts on its ears. It has bright yellow eyes and has its mouth open, showing its tongue and front teeth. There is dappled sunlight on an area of grass behind it.

  5. Cars are seen lining the road as tourists visit the Fairy Pools in July 2021 in Glenbrittle.

  6. Mr Mitchell has neatly cut grey hair. He has stubble around his mouth and chin and is smiling. He is wearing a light blue running top and is taking a selfie while next to a stone wall.

  7. Flames burn brightly among moorland and pine trees in darkness.

  8. A triangle-shaped sign showing a simple silhouette of a girl holding hands with a smaller boy as they walk. The figures are on a white background with a red border. Underneath the triangle is a rectangle-shaped sign with the word "school".

  9. A view across hills and countryside towards smoke rising from wildfires.

  10. A metal sign on the brick wall of the High Court in Edinburgh. The sign has a royal crest and the words: "High Court of Justiciary".

  11. The Isle of Arran is a large ship. It is painted black and white with a red, black-topped funnel with the red and yellow lion rampant logo of CalMac.

  12. flames engulf trees and send plumes of smoke into the air

  13. A small primary school in the Highlands, a low white building with a couple of cars parked in front

  14. Two gulls are perched on a metal railing. They have grey wings, black tail feathers and bright yellow beaks. The birds are looking in opposite directions and pictured against a dark blue sea and light blue sky.

  15. A red deer stag with impressive antlers has been fitted with a GPS collar around its neck. The deer is in sharp focus with the surrounding hillside landscape blurred.

  16. A close up of a wind turbine's hub and three large blades. The machine is white in colour and pictured against a grey sky.

  17. A close up image of a fluorescent yellow jacket with a large blue and white police logo on it.

  18. A small yacht sails through the entrance to Nairn Harbour. A white structure with a light to guide boats in is at the end of long wall at the entrance.

  19. A black-faced sheep stares into the camera. It's fleece has been shorn and it has impressive curling horns.

  20. The inn is a white-walled, slate roof building. There is a sign above a narrow window that reads: "Clachaig Inn" and has a silhouette of a mountain. There are three old beer barrels advertising the Boots Bar.

  21. Alfie, wearing a midnight blue jacket, and Ruairidh, who is wearing a Highland dress jacket, are smiling as they stand in front of a red background with the words "28 Years Later" on it.

  22. A view up a grassy embankment to some of the towers of sandstone-built Inverness Castle. The sky above is grey and cloudy.

  23. A9 with a queue of moving lorries and cars. There are traffic cones along the side of the road and new tracks can be seen for construction vehicles. There is a give way triangular sign next to the road.

  24. The beach and houses at Tangasdale, Barra, on a fine day. There is a curving bay with a sand beach and turquoise colour sea.