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  1. 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.

  3. 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

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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

  8. Villagers rest in a tent in an open field in East Nusa Tenggara

  9. A penguin in a zoo pool surrounded by small waves.

  10. A black and white cow is pictured looking directly at the camera. It is standing in a green field and a few other cows and tree-covered hills can be seen in the background. The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds.

  11. A large oak tree surrounded by a wooden fence. The grass in the foreground in brown.

  12. Shot of a curving river with trees and green grass on the far side. In the background you can see a large cathedral - Durham Cathedral. The water is clear and reflecting the grey sky.

  13. A loggerhead turtle with a green shell, green-brown spots on its head and a yellow beak. He is swimming in a round, white pool with some rocks on the bottom.

  14. The dried up pond at Pond Farm on Wisley Common, adjacent to RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey. There a number if cows in the image, which visibly shows a very dry pond area.

  15. An aerial view of Brockwell Park in London which is brown and dry. It is surrounded by green trees and buildings in the distance.

  16. An elderly man clutching a box under his arm as he holds an umbrella over his head in very heavy rain outside of a supermarket

  17. Firefighters work next to charred trees

  18. A profile images of a sheep's head looking to the left of the frame. It is cream in colour with thick wool, yellow eyes and a yello tag in its left ear. Other sheep can be seen in the background.

  19. Dr Shahid Rasul (L) and Dr Jibran Khaliq (R) and of Northumbria University's School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics stand side-by-side in front of a building at the university. Rasul has short grey/black hair and a short, neat grey beard. He has a dark blue suit jacket over a light blue shirt unbuttoned at the collar. Khaliq has short jet black hair and black, round-rimmed spectacles. He has a dark grey suit jacket on over a black shirt also unbuttoned at the collar. The Northumbria University logo is on the grey brick wall behind them, along with the institution's name in white letters above the word Newcastle in capitals.

  20. A mobile phone with a text message warning for the government which said there is a "very high risk of wildfires! and asked people not start a fire by setting off fireworks or lighting barbecues, fire pits or incinerators at home.

  21. Police officers help move a patient to an open-area shelter at a hospital, following an earthquake felt in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province

  22. NECF Forest Manager Lloyd Jones crouches behind a sapling that has just been planted. He is wearing a dark t-shirt and shorts, baseball cap and sunglasses and is smiling. The sapling has a semi-translucent, green plastic tree guard around it and in the background there are several other newly-planted trees.

  23. The photo shows a woman looking at the camera. She has brown short hair, and is smiling. She's wearing a navy blue hoodie, and bright blue gloves. She's holding a hedgehog. Behind her are stacks of crates.

  24. A woman with a grey t-shirt and brown hair tied back into a low ponytail stands in front a seagull enclosure. In the background, groups of gulls gather around large feeding trays.