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  1. Water runs out of a kitchen tap

  2. Eilin Casey. A head and shoulders shot of a woman with shoulder-length silver hair and pink lipstick

  3. A promotional image for the Wolf Hall series. To the right is Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in period costume with a black hat and top and a claret fur cloak. To the left is Damian Lewis dressed as King Henry VIII with a feathered hat, white cape and purple tunic.

  4. A river with a bush in the foreground and a bank with some trees and a field on the far side and a quay.

  5. Of the 450 swimming sites that were tested this summer, 413 met the minimum standards for bathing.

  6. Rhys Evans, director of the Nature Friendly Farming Network in Wales, standing in a rural area, with his arms folded and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a green jumper with black on the arms. He has dark brown hair and a brown beard and moustache.

  7. A white plastic box with "leech babies" written on the side in black pen

  8. A sand dune completely covered in plant life at Bamburgh. Ivy and other green plants completely cover the dunes to the point no sand can be seen. At stone wall runs along the top of the dunes. A circular stone fort sits atop the hill.

  9. Three men lift a stone on to a wall. They are all wearing fleeces, wooly hats and gloves. A number of trees can be seen behind the wall.

  10. Two members of the Tadcrafters are sat at a table with two students, teaching them sewing skills. Sewing equipment including thread and pairs of scissors is spread across the table.

  11. Aerial photo of a sinkhole dropping away in the middle of the forest in China's Guangxi province

  12. A placard saying "Stop climate change" in front of chimneys

  13. A man standing with his hands in his pocket on some land. The land slopes downwards and into the distance, with long grass in the foreground and green fields and trees in the background.

  14. A street view of Angus Fire in Bentham. The two-storey building is painted in vanilla with a sign at the front that reads "Welcome to the home of Angus Fire".

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  16. Row of five trees, without leaves, reflected in the waters of Lough Neagh

  17. An Asian hornet sits on some brown comb. It has large black eyes, a yellow face, yellow feet and brown antennae

  18. Climate activists at COP29 in Baku holding up hands with 'pay up' written on them.

  19. A group of nine people smiling for the camera. They are standing in the climate hub, which has sage green walls and a yellow round logo that reads Climate Hub.

  20. Jane Burns photographed wearing a light blue top with a floral pattern. She has short ginger hair.

  21. A photograph taken from the bank of the River Cam, where King's College Chapel can be seen in the distance. A number of punts are on the River Cam with people steering them.

  22. Grassland in the foreground, with cliff and sea in the background. The sky is blue with some white clouds visible.

  23. A beaver partly submerged in water and chewing on a twig.

  24. A hippo in the water. The head of the hippo can be seen poking up out of murky water with only the top of its head visible.