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  1. West Northants Council leader Mark Arnull wearing a navy suit, white shirt and turquoise tie

  2. Sunset over a beach with a choppy sea and the silhouettes of a person and four dogs on the sand. There are patchy clouds in the sky and the setting orange sun is reflected on the wet sand.

  3. Man wearing a white shirt in a kitchen

  4. A hand holding the end of a hosepipe which is dripping with water. A garden which is blurred can be seen in the background.

  5. 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.

  7. Dried up reservoir bed with only a narrow stream of water flowing through. There is a bridge in the background with a blue lorry on it.

  8. Pabai Pabai, right, and Paul Kabai, both elders from the Torres Strait Islands, wearing suits and hats. Pabai is wearing a traditional necklace, made of shells.

  9. A group of cows stood on yellow grass with a blue sky in the background.

  10. A worker wearing a colourful saree carries coal on her head at a mine in the outskirts of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India, on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. The Indian state of Jharkhand has passed a bill imposing mining taxes, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that's set to inflate the prices of minerals - from coal to bauxite.

  11. A man in a hi-viz vest works on a heat pump

  12. Low water level at Langsett reservoir near Penistone in South Yorkshire.

  13. Pigs in a pen. There is one pig facing the camera and its ears are down. There are other pigs around it. There is a green pole in front of them.

  14. Two people walk under an umbrella on a hot summers day with Parliament in the background, on Westminster Bridge on 1 July

  15. A large branch that has snapped off the tree lies on the ground

  16. A red and blue parasol on a beach next to the sea. Beachgoers are resting in the shade under the parasols

  17. Two people on a stone bridge set amongst the steep sides of a semi-empty reservoir. The bridge is normally submerged but falling levels have made it passable.

  18. People lounging in the sun on the grass in St James Park in London

  19. A glossy ibis, with a long beak, leaning forward on a nature reserve, by water, with green foliage around.

  20. Darcy, Ailee and Hannah are standing side by side in a well-lit room with shelves filled with various items in the background. Darcy is on the left and has curly hair and is wearing a black blazer over a red top. Ailee is in the middle and has long straight hair and is wearing a black blazer over a light-colored top. Hannah is on the right and has blonde hair tied back and is wearing a white cardigan over a light-colored top

  21. A person raises a fan to their face while wearing a sunhat on a hot, sunny day at Wimbledon on 10 July

  22. Nottinghamshire County Councillor Bert Bingham is pictured wearing a white shirt with yellow and grey-striped tie

  23. Sunlight coming through a crane.