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  1. A small boat with a blue bow sits in water that is bright green in colour.

  2. A woman with long brown hair, tied back. She is wearing a navy t-shirt. She's standing in front of a fence, with Lough Neagh visible in the background.

  3. Two brown chicks are held up for the camera. They are still fluffy and their necks are as wide as the fingers on the hand. Their feet are about twice the size of the fingernails.

  4. A woman with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a white top and a green cardigan, is talking into a red 'Scotcast' mic.

  5. Person holding a small fish with blue spot on its underside. The arm holding the fish is wearing an green sleeve.

  6. Close up shot of a small sea turtle pecks at sea grass on some bleached white coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

  7. A yellow bird perches on the top of a branch and opens its beak while looking up at the sky.

  8. The image is a close-up of a snail on a branch in the forest. The snail is strikingly colourful, with a bright, vibrant red shell with black and white coiling bands and a yellow centre.

  9. A sign behind a wire fence. The sign has a white background - red text reads "KEEP OUT" and below it in black text "Asbestos"

  10. A mallard duck swims on a pond.

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

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

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

    • BBC World Service

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Trucks and cars on a highway in the US

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

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

  21. 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.

  22. An artist's impression of Sizewell C.

    • BBC World Service

  24. 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