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  1. Boy smiling at the camera. Wearing a grey hoodie, moustache, brown hair and thick eyebrows.

  2. A person stands beside a wheelbarrow filled with rubble next to the fire-damaged remains of a building. Charred walls, burnt trees and ash-covered ground surround the site, while neighbouring homes can be seen in the background.

  3. A man in a black T shirt is stood in front of a tree lined fence and looking directly into the camera. He is wearing boxing gloves which are raised to his chin in a fighting pose.

  4. A woman with curly brown shoulder length hair and black glasses, wearing a navy top

  5. Chloe Cartwright takes a selfie while out walking in a thick brown North Face coat and a cap. She's smiling at the camera with a cobbled wall behind and a large open green field.

  6. An aerial image taken with a drone of fire damaged properties in Stourbridge, Britain, 14 August 2026.

  7. An aerial view of the devastation that wildfires have taken on an area of Stourbridge. Several houses are blackened or destroyed, with a field behind the houses completely black.

  8. The inside of a home wrecked by fire with rubble on the floor, trees and burnt metal scattered around on the ground.

  9. A woman with brown hair, glasses and a white patterned T-shirt next to a man with a green cap, blue shirt and sunglasses with one arm over her shoulder and the remains of their fire-damaged home behind them

  10. Flames and smoke are rising above a detached house.

  11. Man standing in front of a mic in a bus station. his hadns are out stretched, he's wearing black glasses, dark blue blazer and white shirt.

  12. Two men in dark suits, open-necked white shirts and glasses walk through a modern bus station while talking to each other. On the left, Richard Parker has greying fair hair. On the right, Andy Burnham has dark hair with his arm at Parker's back. In the background, a bus stop branded with a West Midlands Travel logo is visible.

  13. A photo of a dog in a pond, standing outside. The dog looks happy and has his tonge out. He is brown and has a white patch at the front of his body.

  14. A production image of Helen George on stage, wearing a white dress with her hands being held by cast members as she sings

  15. Zoe Farmer stood beside her black car which has scratches and dents along the front. She has brown hair and is wearing a brown top with black shorts.

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    Trevor is standing in his back garden, smiling into camera. He is wearing a blue patterned shirt.

  17. Flames tower above a large hedgerow on the right side of a railway line. A huge plume of smoke completely blocks the view up the line.

  18. She is smiling in the middle of the photo and looking away from the camera while wearing a tiara and the national flag. Dina-Asher Smith is on the right in the background.

  19. A woman with brown hair tied back with tattoos on her left arm. She is wearing a black tank top and is standing in front of a fire engine which is outside a house damaged by fire with no roof

  20. Smoke and flames are rising above a house with a white car parked on the drive.

  21. Abbie Harvey takes a selfie while standing next to a brown horse. She has tied back brown hair and is wearing a sleeveless purple top while stood with the horse in a field.

  22. Farmers in green tractors create firebreaks to stop the spread of flames in a field.

  23. A man, who is prominent in the image and looking at the camera, is wearing a black and white striped jacket, a light shirt and a tie. Much of the background features bushes.

  24. A woman with dark hair tied in a ponytail is wearing a black t-shirt and lanyard. her t-shirt says "fire control". next to her in angela rayner, who has bright ginger hair and is wearing a green dress