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  1. An empty stretch of the sandy beach at Redcar looking to the sea which is slighty frothed up by the waves. There is water pooled on the sand further inland.

  2. Offshore oil and gas platform marked “JACKDAW 30/2a” standing on yellow support legs above the sea, with industrial equipment, pipework and a crane visible under a partly cloudy sky.

  3. A close-up of flying ants

  4. An impressive art deco hydro building in white with long thin windows on the banks of a river

  5. Mark Birdsall taking a selfie outside with his red kite, Rusty. He has short, brown hair and short, greying stubble. He is wearing a blue polo shirt and black-rimmed glasses. Rusty has golden feathers and a yellow beak.

  6. A female medical worker wearing scrubs walks in front of two ambulances. A sign between her and the vehicles reads "emergency vehicles only beyond this point". She has a face mask under her chin and her hair is tied into a ponytail.

  7. A mink on the back of a large grey and white bird, biting the back of its neck

  8. Two men, one wearing a black balaclava, spray water from a hose onto a black smouldering hillside

  9. Aerial view of homes and buildings submerged in brown flood waters in Hengzhou, Nanning, China with a green mountain range and clody skies in the background

  10. Justin Rowlatt wearing a white coat and a blue net on his head holding a octopus.

  11. An aerial view of a long flat peninsula surrounded by dark blue sea. The coastline is rocky and the sky is blue. The island is brown and sparsely populated by several industrial buildings and a tall launch pad.

  12. Andrew Muir has short grey hair and is wearing rounded glasses with a blue shirt and bow tie.

  13. A woman with scraped-back blond hair wearing a cream blouse and sitting in a radio studio with a purple background

  14. There are huge broken concrete blocks with wire sticking out of them lying on piles of rubble, with smaller pieces of debris visible underneath. A block of flats in the background is still standing but appears to be leaning slightly. to the right of the picture a rescue worker wearing an orange high visibility top appears dwarfed by the broken buildings around them.

  15. A crane chick is spreading its wings while standing in high grass. Its mother is standing behind it.

  16. Two badger cubs eating from white metal plates. They are eating meat and carrots. The badger at the front of the image appears to be looking at the camera.

  17. There is a slug. It is brown and has dark spots on its body. It is looking to the left of the screen.

  18. A man with short grey hair, a white goatee and black-rimmed glasses standing on a patch of grassland on a sunny day. Many trees are in the distance. He is wearing a black Motorhead t-shirt and has a pair of binoculars hanging around his neck.

    19. Robots performing a routine

    • Woman in stripy top and sunglasses carrying a fan

    • Trees are blown in strong wind and rain behind a full car park

    • Two pylons in a field, with rolling green hills in the background. Cables run across the field, over a hedgerow, to the second pylon in the background.

    • Map of northern Venezuela showing a large red concentric-circle marker indicating an earthquake epicentre near the north coast, west of Caracas. The capital city Caracas is labelled with a black dot to the east, and the label “Venezuela” appears across the map.

    • Two people hiding under an umbrella during hot weather. They are stood next to a beach with people on it.