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  1. Left to right - A man wearing a yellow and black top stands in a charred field with his hands in his pockets; in the middle, an older woman with white/grey hair and a blue floral dress is smiling and holding a small brown tortoise; right, A scattered arrangement of Panini football stickers, all of which feature Robbie Williams, a man wearing a black football top with brand logos and the letters RW in gold type on the front.

  3. A firefighter in full brown gear with yellow reflective strips is spraying water from a hose at charred and blackened trees and bushes.

  4. woman in white shirt and curly hair

  5. Flames tower above a large hedgerow on the right side of a railway line. A huge plume of smoke completely blocks the view up the line.

  6. A man wearing white glasses and a yellow coat and a woman wearing a grey jumper with a brown coat are pictured from the shoulders up, stood in front of a grassy area with houses in the background.

  7. Ryan and Adam stand together leaning on a wooden railing by a lake. Ryan has a blue shirt on and dark trousers. He has short brown hair. Adam has a green shirt on with a camera over his shoulder. He has red hair and a beard.

  8. A woman with brown curly hair is looking at the camera smiling. She is wearing a white v-neck shirt. Next to her is a man with short grey hair who is also smiling at the camera. He is wearing a blue t-shirt with "Spirit of Birmingham" on it. Behind them is a white garage door and white bags of barley.

  9. A man with grey hair and a dark grey fleece standing on a golf course with dry yellow grass and a couple of trees

  10. A woman wearing a yellow dress, with her long blonde hair styled half-up, and a man with grey hair, wearing a black blazer and black shirt, sit in front of a brick wall with the MasterChef logo in the centre, an M surrounded by black, white, yellow and blue circles, eating a large plate of spaghetti and meatballs.

  11. A man wearing a light-coloured jumper is looking at a dog who is sat to the side of him. They are outdoors, in what appears to be a garden with a fence nearby behind them.

  12. A brown horse wlking down the road. A woman is leading horse along wearing a blue shirt, blonde hair and sunglasses are perched on top of her head.

  13. A long row of about 16 brown, blue and black suitcases are lined up with plastic bags dumped on the top of them containing white packets. The bags have been placed in an area of the airport with marble flooring and white walls with green arrows pointing towards a set of two large doors.

  14. Boy smiling at the camera. Wearing a grey hoodie, moustache, brown hair and thick eyebrows.

  15. A person stands beside a wheelbarrow filled with rubble next to the fire-damaged remains of a building. Charred walls, burnt trees and ash-covered ground surround the site, while neighbouring homes can be seen in the background.

  16. A man in a black T shirt is stood in front of a tree lined fence and looking directly into the camera. He is wearing boxing gloves which are raised to his chin in a fighting pose.

  17. A woman with curly brown shoulder length hair and black glasses, wearing a navy top

  18. Chloe Cartwright takes a selfie while out walking in a thick brown North Face coat and a cap. She's smiling at the camera with a cobbled wall behind and a large open green field.

  19. An aerial image taken with a drone of fire damaged properties in Stourbridge, Britain, 14 August 2026.

  20. An aerial view of the devastation that wildfires have taken on an area of Stourbridge. Several houses are blackened or destroyed, with a field behind the houses completely black.

  21. The inside of a home wrecked by fire with rubble on the floor, trees and burnt metal scattered around on the ground.

  22. A woman with brown hair, glasses and a white patterned T-shirt next to a man with a green cap, blue shirt and sunglasses with one arm over her shoulder and the remains of their fire-damaged home behind them

  23. Flames and smoke are rising above a detached house.

  24. Man standing in front of a mic in a bus station. his hadns are out stretched, he's wearing black glasses, dark blue blazer and white shirt.

  25. Two men in dark suits, open-necked white shirts and glasses walk through a modern bus station while talking to each other. On the left, Richard Parker has greying fair hair. On the right, Andy Burnham has dark hair with his arm at Parker's back. In the background, a bus stop branded with a West Midlands Travel logo is visible.