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  1. A small group of protestors outside Bute House.

  2. A general view of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh with a saltire flag on a pole in the foreground.

  3. Nicola Sturgeon, who has short fair hair, in a close-up shot. She is wearing a white jacket and standing outside on a sunny day.

  4. Prime Minister Andy Burnham. He has dark hair and glasses, and is wearing a dark suit, black tie and poppy.

  5. A woman, Hannah Smith, holding a baby after giving birth in the back of an ambulance.

  6. A newborn baby lies in a hospital cot, wrapped in a white blanket and wearing a pale green knitted hat with yellow trim. The baby has its eyes closed and one tiny hand curled up beside its face.

  7. A large black and white ship with red funnels moored at a quayside

  8. A collection of broken furniture inside a prison hall at HMP Polmont

  9. Jenny Gilruth, who has blonde hair, in a close-up shot. She is wearing a business suit.

  10. Erin Bleakley with honey blonde hair sits at a table in a university setting, big windows and brown seats behind her.

  11. A person injecting a medication into their stomach - they are wearing a denim shirt and black trousers

  12. John Healey, who is bald, holds up a red ministerial box in front of a crowd on Downing Street

  13. Close up of a rectangular building with lots of windows and a sign saying 'BBC Scotland'

  14. A compilation picture showing Kate Nevens on the left, Lara Bird in the centre and Clive Lewis on the right.

  15. A bulldozer on a landfill site with a large area of mixed waste in the foreground.

  16. Several Police Scotland officers wearing high-visibility yellow vests stand close together. Body-worn cameras and radios are attached to the vests, and one officer is holding a baton.

  17. Gillian Mackay stands at a podium with Scottish Greens branding, addressing delegates on a conference stage illuminated with green lighting.

  18. Blair Jenkins, is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and purple tie. He is smiling and has his arm around actress Elaine C Smith who is laughing. Dennis Canavan stands to his right, and is smiling and clapping. They are standing in front of a cheering crowd of people with Yes campaign banners

  19. A girl with shoulder length dark hair and a stripy T-shirt sits next to two other children at a table with laptops.

  20. A woman holding a red sign reading "Andy, say no to Rosebank" at a protest