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  1. Split screen of BBC journalist Helen Livingston and Neil the seal

  2. Murdoch wearing dark green jumper stands in front of camera while questioned by two officers in front of him

  3. British-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham wearing a suit stands beside a grand piano.

  4. A man with a tattoo on his arm looks at a white mobile phone screen

  5. A treated image of a modern apartment building with glass-fronted balconies.

  6. Split-screen showing a close-up of Kylie Minogue smiling on the left and Anthony Albanese on the right

  7. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) shakes hands with Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (R)

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

  9. A composite image shows on the left a head and shoulders crop of an image of Albanese looking to the right of frame while wearing glasses and a suit, and on the right a head and shoulders crop of an image of Minogue looking at the camera against a white background.

  10. Split screen of a woman with long dark hair and a man with glasses.

  11. File photo of someone holding a cross in their palm while seated at a table

    • BBC World Service

  13. Australian man sitting at a table in a police station in Thailand.

  14. Australian man sitting at a table in a police station in Thailand

  15. Simon Peter Carman, a man with short light brown hair wearing a sleeveless black too, is escorted by a Thai police officer.

  16. A young man with brown hair with a straight fringe looking straight into the camera

  17. The app symbols for Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and X are displayed on a smartphone screen, under the label Social Media.

  18. A large cream-coloured plane flies upwards against a cloudy blue sky.

  19. BBC Presenter Jane Wilkinson to the right of screen wearing sunglasses and a large summer hat.

  20. Two women standing outside federal parliament house in Canberra. One is a brunette wearing a black top and with her hands folded. The other has a short blonde bob and wearing a white blazer.

  21. Ahmed al Ahmed wears a pink shirt and a black sling on his arm.

  22. A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white top and red skirt lying on a cream couch, with a baby sleeping on her chest.

    • BBC World Service

  24. A close-up image of the 'ballista' spider weaving a cone-shaped trap of silk lines