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  1. Ed Gemmell, Climate Party leader, stands in a community venue during the party's conference, attended by members of the public. There are roughly 30 people sat behind him.

  2. Residents stand on a hillside lookout overlooking a town heavily damaged by flooding. A muddy river cuts through the valley, with debris and sediment covering large parts of the settlement and surrounding riverbanks. Forested mountains rise on both sides under low clouds, while people gather along a railing in the foreground to view the destruction below.

  3. A man stands in front of a body of water, holding two plant pots with blooming green leaves

  4. Three British Airways aircraft at Heathrow Airport, one is taking off in the distance with London skyline in the background

  5. A sunrise over fanella beach

  6. A man in the distance walks up a road covered in snow in a red coat with his hood up.

  7. Protestors with placards and banners outside the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

  8. A black-and-yellow wasp spider hangs in the centre of its web. Its long orange-and-black legs stretch across the web. Tall grass fills the blurred background.

  9. Smoke billows from power plant chimneys.

  10. An aerial view of destroyed homes after the Stourbridge wildfire on August 21,

  11. Man wearing a baseball cap is bending over picking kale from rows of vegetables. Some of the lines are covered in a mesh to keep butterflies and caterpillars off the greens. There is a polytunnel in the background

  12. Kupup Lake, also known as Bitan Cho or Elephant Lake, is a high-altitude glacial lake near Jelep La Pass in East Sikkim, India, on April 17, 2026. The lake, situated at approximately 13,066 feet, is part of the Old Silk Route loop near the India-China border and is often frozen from winter through mid-May. I

  13. The remains of three homes destroyed by the wildfires, with charred gardens and near a railway line.

  14. A mountain fire in north Wales - there is green shrubbery in the foreground and large flames can be seen on the hillside, along with plumes of smoke

  15. Bottles of champagne

  16. Sarah smiles in the background are the rolling hills of the Isle of Man

  17. A glutinous snail in a tank in Dudley Zoo. The small, brown mollusc, flecked with spots of gold slithers across a surface covered in green algae.

  18. Aerial view of flooding from Storm Chandra in the hamlet of Weycroft on January 27, 2026 in Axminster, England

  19. A long shot of Corfe Castle from a drone

  20. A green valley in Eryri national park. It has steep sides and is dotted with trees, a winding stream and a small stone cottage

  21. A woman drinks a bottle of watcher with a hand fan in her left hand.

    22. A woman stands in the sun and holds a fan up to shade her face. She is wearing a short sleeve blue top with gold symbols. The background is blurred but the outlines of other people can be seen

    • View through tall trees in the foreground with Kielder Water in the background, surrounded by a dense green forest. Beyond the far bank there are rolling hills under an overcast sky with grey clouds.

    • Sir Tim Smit is wearing a short-sleeved blue and white shirt and Steve Backshall is in a navy T-shirt with a yellow square with a black image of a spider on it. There are blurred images of children sitting on the ground behind them. There are green trees in the background.