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  1. Campaigners dressed as chickens and river creatures outside the Cardiff Justice Centre. The large puppet, goddess of the wye, is in the background. They are holding up signs saying 'choked by chicken'

  2. A stock photo showing the bottom half of a pair of legs in blue trousers and smart black shoes. The person is lifting up their right foot - they have stepped in gum, which is now stuck to the bottom of their shoe.

  3. Two harbour seals sitting next to each other on a spot of land

  4. A stretch of the chalkstream river Itchen near Twyford, Hampshire, popular for trout fishing - stock photo

  5. Correspondent Kevin Keane in hi-vis and gloves, rolls a green wheelie bin towards the bin truck behind him

  6. The River Ness flows through Inverness. There are two spires on the bank.

  7. An aerial photograph of a group of small, forested islands in turquoise blue seas. This is a view of a small section of hundreds of islands that make up the The Raja Ampat archipelago - a group of small islands in the country's Southwest Papua Province is sometimes referred to as the "Amazon of the Seas".

  8. A dandelion looking plant with a long tough looing stem and green buds from top branches and one bloomed into a yellow flower

  9. A man stands on a riverside pathway, there are trees behind him. He is wearing a black waterproof jacket which is wet from rain.

  10. General view of Springwell Gardens Community Centre, a red-brick building with its name on a sign.

  11. A pair of puffins on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire

  12. A tree shortly after it has been cut down at a location in Blindley Heath in Surrey. The tree stump in the foreground, with the rest of the tree in the background.

  13. A smart phone held in the hand shows the first tweet by Laura Young about vapes, with pictures of her holding the devices she found

  14. A woman wearing a white tank top, green shirt and glasses standing in front of a woodland with saplings protected by plastic tubes

  15. A large group of mainly children holding placards saying stop the stink. They are standing in front of an inflatable globe.

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  17. Construction work on part of the Chilmington Green housing development in Ashford, Kent. The picture shows half-built houses with scaffolding on, with completed three-storey buildings behind

  18. The crescent of a wave is seen crashing over. The wave is dark blue and lighter towards the tip of the wave and there is white spray coming away from the wave. The sky is cloudy.

  19. Canada geese gather on a jetty jutting out into Windermere's dark waters. Green mountains are visible in the background and there are a few sail boats with their sails bound up. In the foreground a thick black post carries a warning poster saying in big red letters CAUTION TOXIC ALGAE, then in smaller black letter it says: Take car when bathing in this water. This water may contain toxic algae which can cause upset stomach and skin irritation. Animals can also be seriously affected.

  20. A large pool with rushes in the foreground

  21. An aerial shot of Mussenden Temple, a small, circular building with a brown dome roof, sitting on a cliff's edge. Beyond that is another cliff and a small town beide some long white beaches. The sea, which is a bright blue, is on the left hand side of the image.

  22. Recycling bin filled with single-use disposable vapes in different shapes and colours

  23. A baby stork is being fed by a person wearing white gloves and holding red tweezers. The baby is wrapped in towels and there is a light behind it.

  24. Ella Hibbert wearing all black and stood on the dock in front of her boat