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  1. An aerial view of a river winding through a parched grass field, on both sides are green trees and the left hand side there is a walking path winding through the trees

  2. graveyard

  3. A woman with black rimmed glasses and a brown fleece standing in a field

  4. Patrick Hurley, wearing glasses and a blue jacket

  5. A man, whose long wavy blond hair obscures his face, empties waste in a white plastic carrier bag into a grey wheelie bin.

    6. Two men sit at a wooden dining table. There is a document on the table and a phone. There is a window in the background showing greenery and trees.

    • Green fields bordered by trees at the proposed development site with the south coast visible in the distance.

    • Head and shoulders image of David Brain looking into camera. David is wearing tinted glasses and a pinstriped shirt.

    • The Sheppey Crossing and Kingsferry Bridge, as seen from above. The landscape on both sides of the water appears yellow and dry.

    • A black-crowned night heron is pictured sitting on a tree branch, looking to the left. It has a black head, red eye, beige face and stomach, and yellow legs and feet. It has a dark beak, and grey and black plumage.

    • About 10 appliances, with around half of them white, are near each other outside. Railings are in the background on the left.

    • A pile of old fridges, freezers, and other household appliances

    • Generic image of fireworks - starbursts of orange and yellow fireworks against a dark sky, with red smoke and lights rising to the right.

    • Stone bridge at the Llwyn-Onn Reservoir in Merthyr Tydfil in 2026. The bridge is visible above the water. A boy is standing on it

    • Man stood next to huge white foam pile

    • A split screen of a flooding river on the left and a car half submerged in muddy flood water on the right.

    • A person adjusts uses a hosepipe sprinkler to water pink flowers in a garden. In the background are blurred bushes and other tall flowers.

    • Drone footage shows lava being ejected from a crater during an eruption of Mount Etna at dusk, in Sicily, Italy, on 13 August 2026.

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      A close-up of a hedgehog in grass.

    • Dr Murrison smiles at the camera - he is wearing glasses and a blue shirt. The background is blurred, but it is a sunny day in front of a church

    • Protestors in fire fighting uniforms hold banners, including one saying 'Miatta Stop Rosebank'.

    • A drone shot of St Aubin's Bay. It shows the sand covered in sea lettuce. Elizabeth Castle is visible in the background and Victoria Marine Lake is also visible.

    • John McLenaghan, a man with shaved head, wearing a navy jacket, white shirt and striped claret tie. He appears to be in a livestock shed.

    • A large tree with many branches, covered with green leaves and surrounded by leafy bushes.