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  1. An aerial view of the Sudirman mountain range in Papua - a small patch of snow is visible on one of the mountains

  2. A man with a bald head in a green zip-up top sits with his fingers interlocked on his knee on a brown chair with a rubber plant in the background

  3. Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman cuts a red ribbon at the John Dulcamara Space Flight Museum at Grizedale Observatory. Helen is stood in a line with a number of young school children, John Dulcamara who donated the exhibition, and Gary Fildes, the Observatory director.

  4. Tim Peake smiles to camera. He is cut out of a picture with a white outline, Earth in space is visible in the background.

  5. A general view picture of large solar panels.

  6. A small grey plastic bin with Liverpool City Council written on it stands next to taller blue and purple bins

  7. Two men in orange hi-vis jackets observe a waste treatment site from a footpath leading up to it. A small fence with red-and-white chains runs round the perimeter of the footpath.

  8. A porbeagle shark on the sand. The shark is a blue-grey colour with flashes of white on the fin and tail. The sand is textured and there is a spotlight lighting up the back of shark against the dark

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

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

  11. James Winslade is standing in a field and is wearing a green jumper. He is wearing glasses and is looking at the camera.

  12. A wolfdog with dark fur walks through long grass with trees in the background

  13. A close-up of Betty, a loggerhead turtle currently in the care of Hunstanton Sea Life centre.

  14. Dr John Ferguson is wearing a white lab coat over a checked shirt. He has brown hair and a beard.

  15. A group of people and dogs are standing surrounded by fields. They are holding a large banner opposing a solar farm

  16. A young hazel dormouse, a small brown rodent with very large eyes, peering out through the leaves of a beech tree.

  17. The Herstmonceux Castle estate. The castle can be seen from a bird's eye view. To the left of the castle is a river, and all around the castle are trees and shrubs.

  18. Promotional image to show the hot, dry summer. A young woman with dark hair and a white top is holding a phone in one hand and a fan in the other. The fan is coloured in the Union Jack flag. In the background is dried, cracked, brown ground, depicting drought.

  19. Consultant neurosurgeon Mr Stuart Smith is in the operating theatre doing surgery on Steve

  20. Afterburners on the X-59

  21. 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

  22. An aerial view of a roundabout with cars driving round it. The roofs of buildings and a car park dot the landscape along with a few areas of trees and grass.

  23. A dug out hole with a big dark patch of soil, where old pieces of wood are protruding in various places, revealing the rough shape of a Middle Bronze Age well. Beside it is a person in a high visibility jacket and wearing a white helmet.