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  1. A family of swans in the water. There are four cygnets. The female is seen trying to take the hook off the wing of the injured male.

  2. Two people in red overalls - with very big wellies - are creating a barrier between the water of the river and the shoreline. They are placing thick sticks vertically in the water and will fill in the gaps between them with bundles of sticks. The aim is to allow mud to build up along the shoreline, without it being washed away by the current and waves.

  3. A firefighting plane drops fire retardant as it flies over a wildfire in Ille-sur-Tet near Perpignan in southern France.

  4. Austen Moore is wearing a light blue jacket and white shirt, with the collar undone. He has very short hair and stubble. Behind him are multi-storey buildings and a bridge, out of focus.

  5. A grey cat with large green eyes, wearing a diamante collar and lying on a window sill.

  6. A flamingo chick looking up. It is sat with its face poking out of the parent flamingos feather.

  7. Two people in a room. A man on the left is looking at a power box. He is sitting down by a sewing machine and a fan. A woman is next to him, working at another sewing machine.

  8. Collection of coins on table, some gold-coloured and others worn and dark with engravings and a combination lock

  9. An American mink on a river bank

  10. An aerial view of the golf course at Les Mielles. The sea is visible in the background.

  11. A woman is walking along a street in Bristol using a small, handheld fan to cool down. She is wearing sunglasses and a white top with a bag over each shoulder.

  12. Image shows two children smiling at the camera holding crabs. The girl on the right is wearing a pink waterproof jacket. Her hair is blowing in the wind and she is smiling at the camera. She is holding a big crab. Her brother on the left is wearing a blue waterproof jacket and a blue striped quaterzip. He has blond hair, is smiling and holding a small crab. Behind them, you can see water and Portsmouth.

  13. A white football net on a pitch with large patches of bald and dry grass. A fence runs along the edge of the pitch in the background with trees behind.

  14. Person walks in front of Big Ben in the heat, carrying an umbrella for shade

  15. A damaged multi-storey residential building leaning to one side, with broken windows, loose cladding and debris scattered around its base.

  16. One of the six mysterious large silver spheres washed up on Forrest Beach in Queensland.

  17. A large male silverback gorilla lies on its front and surrounded by flowers flowers in a zoo enclosure

  18. Yogita wears a blue shirt and speaks to the camera as she stands in front large piles of rubble, including what looks like a collapsed apartment block.

  19. Three people are on their knees and crouched over as they investigate the soil below them. They are knelt in a shallow hole that has been dug in the field. They are all wearing blue waterproof jackets and gloves while archaeology equipment like spades and spatulas are strewn around them.

  20. A brown adult pygmy hog pig with two baby pygmy hogs walking below and alongside it. They are walking through long grass and greenery.

  21. A computer-generated image showing many rows of white rectangular prisms taking up a field.

  22. Tessa stands inside a workshop, resting one hand on a large, old industrial machine with metal rollers and levers. She is wearing a black sleeveless vest and black, dust-marked jeans. The workshop has exposed red brick walls, wooden beams, and two small rectangular windows behind her which are letting in daylight. Around the machine are various tools and materials, including wooden planks, metal parts, and a saw mounted on the wall to the left.

  23. Pen Farthing holding a small dog with light brown fur inside a blue shelter. He is wearing a green T-shirt and smiling.

  24. A woman wearing a T-shirt, shorts, trainers and sunglasses lies on a patch of grass looking at her phone.