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  1. A grey RAF Voyager seen flying through cloudy skies

  2. A young woman in a white shirt and grey suit jacket standing in the Lib Dem conference hall.

  3. Andy Burnham and Marie-France van Heel wave as they stand at the top of the steps to an aircraft. Burnham is wearing a black jacket and trousers, a white shirt and glasses. Van Heel is wearing a black top, a grey skirt and has a watch on her left wrist. The aircraft is white and the Union flag also features as part of its livery.

  4. Nigel Farage and Helen Jenner stand outside the Senedd

  5. Deputy Carina Alves is pictured outside of the Royal Square. She has black hair and is wearing a black cardigan and white top.

  6. A man with short dark hair, wearing a white long-sleeved top, sitting on a bed in a hotel room.

  7. A woman sitting on the floor in her bedroom, looking into the distance.

  8. The exterior of Manchester Central. It has a steel arch and is draped with a banner from the Conservative party conference, which reads 'build back better' and 'getting on with the job'.

  9. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

  10. Ed Davey bungee jumping in the sky

  11. A young man wearing a black hoodie with a white and red logo on it talks to the camera at the Lib Dem conference.

  12. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and the party's energy spokesperson Pippa Heylings in a speedboat during a visit to Rampion Windfarm during the Liberal Democrat Party conference in Brighton. Behind their orange speedboat is a windfarm, set against a blue sky.

  13. A Saltire flag flying over the Edinburgh skyline

  14. Nigel Farage and Helen Jenner

  15. A composite image of Robinson, Burrows and Allister. Each are wearing dark suits and ties. Robinson is wearing thin black glasses and has grey hair. Burrows and Allister are bald.

  16. A row of white cottages is strung along a road that is right at the edge of a loch. There is a sandy bay with hills behind it in the distance.

  17. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and shadow culture secretary Rebecca Paul visit a shop in Bicester Village. Behind them are shelves with toiletries and candles.

  18. Helen Morgan is in the centre of the picture, smiling and holding a baby on her lap. Morgan has a blonde bob and is wearing a berry-coloured jacket over a navy top. She is looking at a woman in a stripy top on the left and a man holding another baby is on the right.

  19. Peter Taylor wearing a grey suit jacket and white shirt stands in front of a large blue NHS sign displaying an artist's impression of a proposed hospital building. The sign reads: "Land acquired for the new Watford General Hospital" and includes NHS and Department of Health and Social Care logos. Tall grass is visible in the foreground, with a cloudy sky overhead.

  20. Twenty-two men and women, all members of the Lib Dems, smile for the camera. All are wearing orange rosettes. They include local MP Pippa Heylings and council leader Bridget Smith.

  21. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a statement after first exit polls of the Berlin and Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state elections, at the CDU headquarters in Berlin

  22. Julian Brazil, a bearded man in an open necked shirt and Lib Dem lanyard, speaks to the BBC in the exhibition hall at the Lib Dem conference

  23. Head and shoulders shot of Davey, who is wearing a navy suit jacket, a white shirt and a blue and green patterned tie.

  24. Head and shoulders shot of Cooper wearing a white suit over a white top. She has short blonde hair with a long, asymmetrical fringe.