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  1. A lake with rocks and blue-green algae in the foreground. In the background there are blue skies and a few white clouds.

  2. Portstewart Strand. A large sign reads: 'Danger – Do Not Swim Near Rocks.' It is positioned beside a wide area of jagged black rocks, with the shoreline visible in the background.

  3. A river through a forest, trees hang over it and the river carves through grey rock.

  4. Picture of the Shanks Bridge- with metal and wooden railings - over the River Nene with trees and greenery under the bridge.

  5. Two fish, out of water, seemingly dead. They are on a dusty patch of ground with rocks nearby.

  6. A man with medium length blonde hair, wearing a khaki linen overshirt and a black undershirt, stood against a railing overlooking a body of water in Belfast. Trees and several structures, including the yellow harland and wolff cranes, are visible in the far distance.

  7. Ian Glenndinning is a man in his 60s wearing a green cap and green coat. He has a closely cropped grey beard and moustache. He's standing on a snowy track with a large expanse of conifer forest behind him under a turquoise cloudy sky

  8. Laya the red panda is sitting on a tree branch, looking towards the camera. She has red-brown fur, a bushy tail and brown eyes in a slightly white face.

  9. A wet crab glistening while resting on a rock.

  10. Clouds of colourful smoke rise from a fireworks display over hills, with the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas in the distance

  11. A brown water vole, looking at the camera, by a riverbank, with vegetation in the image.

  12. Budle Bay. The brown shore has been covered in piles of green algae. A small boat used by researchers is sailing in the sea close to the beach. Large trees can be seen lining the shore past the beach.

  13. A view of the River Roding in east London, with green reeds and trees lining the banks. Red-brick houses are visible on the left, and a tall grey tower block rises on the right under a cloudy sky.

  14. A brown plastic food waste bin filled with vegetable peels

  15. Two Black-headed Gull chicks stand next to an adult bird on a stony mound at West Hayling.

  16. An aerial photograph of an urban area framed by trees and with more in gardens

  17. Generic image of a beaver swimming in water. Its head it just above the surface

    18. A split screen with one male teenager on the left and two female teenagers on the right all looking into the camera

    • A group of 18 litter pickers - of different ages and genders - stand joyfully with their arms in the air, with the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background. They are wearing gloves and there are black bin bags on the floor, filled with what appears to be rubbish.

    • A man with wavy blond hair wearing a blue and white striped shirt and dark blue overshirt standing on a stone harbour with the sea behind him

    • Kathy is standing in a flax field holding some flax stems. She is smiling. Kathy wears glasses and has a green scarf on with a blue coat. Someone off shot is holding a bunch of flax stems into the shot.

    • A view of the North West Shelf gas project in northern Western Australia

    • Rare monkey recovers from worrying illness

    • A curved piece of metal approaches a white coral on the top left of the picture, with a grey basket below.