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  1. A mallard duck swims on a pond.

  2. Dundreggan estate near Loch Ness. There are green trees in the foreground and hills in the distance. The sky is blue and cloudy.

  3. A woman is standing with a sport filed behind her. She has brown hair and is wearing a white top.

  4. A fenced-off area behind which lie a number of underground tanks.

  5. The entrance to Catsfield Christmas Tree farm, with a new-style mini parked in the driveway, and a red and white sign saying "Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm" beside it.

  6. A young woman with long hair is silhouetted against the sun as she pours water on her face from a green plastic bottle held above her head.

  7. Four people are working together to scythe grass in Green Meadow. In the foreground, a woman dressed in pink trousers and a black-and-white striped T-shirt is using a garden tool. Behind her, two men are standing and another woman is also at work scattered across the partially-cleared meadow. Piles of cut grass are visible on one side, while a rows of houses frames the background.

  8. Trucks and cars on a highway in the US

  9. A close-up of a small tortoiseshell butterfly, with black, yellow and orange wings, a furry body, on a green background.

  10. A group of people, two men and two women standing in woodland.

  11. Emmanuel Burns has a short white beard and is wearing a brown baseball cap and a blue t-shirt. He is sitting inside his apartment.

  12. An artist's impression of Sizewell C.

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  14. Sri Lankan Navy soldiers work to remove nurdles and other debris on a beach in Colombo after the X-Press Pearl disaster. Photo: 28 May 2021

  15. Land on Dartmoor on a cloudy day.

  16. A stock image of a small plant with four green leaves.

  17. A plate of vegan food, including corn on the cob, lettuce, grated carrots and tomatoes, viewed from above.

  18. Planters attached to railings along Washington Street in Workington. They are rectangular pots hanging over the top of black railings. A variety of flowers are blooming in them. The street can be seen trailing off into the distance.

  19. Stourport Basin covered in duckweed. There are canal boats docked and several buildings around the edge of the basin.

  20. A close-up picture of the beetle, which is brown with blue tints on its legs and yellow markings on its back.

  21. A middle aged white man is wearing a grey hoodie and a brown peaked cap. He has some white stubble on his face.

  22. A large piece of sand art on a long beach, lined by cliffs. The art depicts an octopus in front of the bubble-like biomes of the Eden Project, with a butterfly fluttering by.

  23. A young beaver kit reaches up to its much larger mother on a riverbank.

  24. A man with dark hair and a red coat with a green shirt, standing in a field with a footbridge behind him