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  1. A woman with blonde hair tied up in a bun, wearing a green fleece and red lifejacket, holds up a laboratory storage bottle containing water. She is wearing blue latex gloves and examining the water, the background is blurred but shows a river landscape and city surrounding.

  2. A brown and white-coloured grayling butterfly resting on purple bell heather flowers and leaves.

  3. A man is smiling and stood in front of a black system with pipes surrounding it. He is wearing a black fleece over a white shirt.

  4. A partially built steel pylon standing in a rural landscape surrounded by uncultivated dark green fields, trees and low hills rolling into the horizon.

  5. A group of people dressed in raincoats standing in a garden. They are standing behind a small tree. They are smiling at the camera.

  6. The Stonehenge monument on a bright sunny day. Some of the stones appear to have orange paint on them. Two of the protestors, Ms Lynch and Mr Naidu are sat in protest in front of the stones.

  7. A spider with a large mouth is walking across the top of some blades of grass. It is black with fangs taking up almost a third of its overall body length.

  8. A man with short grey hair wears a navy suit, white shirt and navy tie. He has three badges on his left lapel and one on his right. Over his right shoulder is a large red building which is out of focus. It is day time, the sky is blue, partially cloudy.

  9. A woman in an orange dress stands in the doorway of her flooded house on the outskirts of the city of Gonaives in Haiti. The water level is at waist height. The walls of the house are substantially damaged.

  10. A woodland scene with piles of waste and a skip in the forefront

  11. An aerial view of Portstewart Strand, a large beach with waves in the ocean. There is a blue sky above with some clouds.

  12. A car exhaust can be seen emitting smoke in a queue of traffic.

  13. Adam Root is wearing a beige jacket over a white shirt. He is standing in front of a brick building and smiling. He has short dark hair.

  14. A young woman with long blond hair tied up smiles looking at the camera a she stands in a workshop. She is wearing blue coveralls and safety glasses. Two men are at a work table in the background behind her.

  15. The OpenAI Sora logo is seen in this illustration taken October 21, 2025.

  16. A man with glasses stands outside. He is wearing a navy suit, blue shirt and green dickie bow He is standing in front of a bush. It's a bright day, the sky can be seen with a couple of faint clouds.

  18. A bathroom tap with flowing water

  19. The picture shows a seaside promenade running alongside a sandy beach. On the left, there’s a paved walkway with parked cars and a few people walking. A low stone wall separates the walkway from the beach below. The beach itself has golden sand with some scattered rocks near the waterline, and a few people can be seen relaxing on the sand or swimming in the sea. The water is calm, and the horizon stretches out under a bright blue sky with light, wispy clouds. In the background, there are buildings and greenery along the coastline.

    • BBC World Service

  21. Blue-green algae infested water is pictured in Battery Harbour on the shores of Lough Neagh, in Northern Ireland, on August 22, 2025.

  22. A mosquito is pictured in front of a green background. The photo was taken in Sri Lanka.

  23. An overflow pipe discharges a brown liquid into a stream or river.

  24. A broken pipe covered in seaweed and rust lays across an open beach with lots of small rocks and pepples in front of it. Water from the sea is almost reaching the pipe, broken only with a small line of sand. Another boulder is poking out of the water, again covered in seaweed and barnacles. A large sea wall and a couple walking in dark clothing are out of focus in the background.