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  1. An aerial image of St Clements in Jersey. It features a seafront and multi-storey properties. In the background is the sea and green fields.

  2. A large medieval stone abbey stands in the centre of a wide, bright green lawn. The abbey is in ruins, with tall walls, large pointed Gothic arches, and rows of narrow windows. Behind the ruins are tall green trees, while above them is a bright blue sky with large white clouds.

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    An aerial photograph shows a small rocky island surrounded by clear blue-green sea, with a patchwork of grassland, rugged shoreline and a handful of buildings near the centre connected by narrow tracks.

  4. A man with brown hair is smiling at the camera. He is wearing a black puffer jacket and has one hand on a mossy tree beside him

  5. A man crouches in a mixed crop field beside a drooping sunflower, with rows of other plants stretching into the distance beneath a cloudy sky. The rural landscape is softly blurred, drawing attention to the foreground plants and agricultural setting.

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  7. Michael Sheen looks at the camera. He is wearing a green scarf and a plaid red shirt and a coat over the top. Behind him is a waste site which is fenced off.

  8. Lots of white tiny plastic pellets are on the surface of a beach. The sand is a brown colour and has a shoe print in it.

  9. Two teenage girls look directly at the camera. One is wearing a grey hoodie and the other is wearing purple jumper and a headscarf.

  10. The decomposed remains of an animal floating in weed at the edge of the canal, beneath an overhanging willow

  11. Several pinned beetle specimens in a museum-style display tray. Their oval wing cases shine metallic gold, green and bronze under bright light, with fine ridges running lengthways along their backs. The largest beetle, on the right, has six dark grey legs spread outward and curved, claw-like feet. Smaller beetles lie nearby, partly cropped by the frame. Each specimen is mounted on a thin pin above a small white identification label, some with tiny printed codes. The tray has white sides and a pale grey base. The bright reflections make the insects appear almost jewel-like, although they are preserved scientific specimens.

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    An aerial view taken with a drone shows smoke rising from wildfires near Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. A fire engine can be seen on the road next to a large area of blackened tree stumps

  13. A large farmland, with lots of trees in it, with bushes and hedges. There is also a road running through it and houses in a valley below.

  14. Nicola Irvine and Toby White stood by the River Avon with trees and houeses visible in the background.

  15. A man holds a young child among trees as the child reaches towards a group of red, white-spotted fly agaric mushrooms growing on the woodland floor.

  16. Two women kneeling on a patch of grass holding trowels. There is a pink bucket in front of them, with dirt stains. The women are both wearing waterproof jackets and trousers and woolly hats. They are in an open space with hills in the background. Both are looking to the ground.

  17. A wildlife area, with trees, bushes and small areas of water. Buildings are to the left of the picture and in the distance.

  18. Nel Byers, her fiancé Otis Proctor and their three month old daughter Wren in front of a green fence

  19. Michael Phillips, a middle aged man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a green fleece. A group of people can be seen behind him with a large metal gate in the background

  20. Simon Tetlow stands on a sunny lawn in an orchard, holding fruit picked from a tree. He is wearing a dark cap, glasses and a green fleece vest. Large leafy branches hang overhead, casting dappled shadows across the grass. Additional fruit trees and garden buildings can be seen in the background beneath a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

  21. A team of 16 divers, dressed in everyday clothes such as jeans and t-shirts standing in front of a large pile of fly-tipped waste. The pile includes a number of old car tyres, a shopping trolley, a large milk churn, many large full black bags, a Highways Agency barrier, planks of wood and what looks like a side table upside down. The team is smiling proudly with the River Nene just behind them, and the sky is blue with some white wispy clouds.

  22. A group of seven men and women smile at the camera as they walk across a field. There are trees and bushes in the background.

  23. Three volunteers wearing blue high-visibility jackets sit on a boat sailing on Bristol Harbour as they hold up litter pickers to the camera. They are all smiling.

  24. A hummingbird hawk-moth with large orange wings which shutter rapidly feeds from a red valerian flower.