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  1. A soaking wet puffin's head being cradled by a person wearing a dark blue raincoat.

  3. Guizer Jarl Lynden Nicolson wearing Viking armour, standing in front of ship on fire and smiling

  4. Man in maroon jumper with his head in his hands, sat by his window. He has dark hair and dark facial hair.

  5. Amy Beck, pictured outside the High Court in Aberdeen

  6. The family are standing in a row in leisure wear in front of the ruins of a castle. They are smiling for the camera and dad Alex has his arms around his wife and two oldest children while the youngest stands in front of them.

  7. Participants carry fire sticks while wearing masks andf hats and colourful suits during the procession at night.

  8. A group of men, wearing hooded jackets, walk along a street dragging suitcases after disembarking from a white coach.

  9. A Brewdog pub with people walking past in the foreground

  10. Stonehaven derailment - image of a train on tracks in woodland, and also a burned carriage down a slope.

  11. Backs of men dressed in Viking helmets and red cloaks going up stairs. One is holding an axe.

  12. Jamie Forbes leaning against a white wall, smiling at the camera. He is wearing a grey hooded jumper.

  13. A white football with black panels on grass, with a goal net in the background

  14. A white football with black panels on grass, with a goal net in the background

  15. Aerial shot of the Ness Energy from Waste facility in Aberdeen. It is a big silver building with a tall chimney and lots of buildings around it. The sea is in the background where you can see a large ship and cranes.

  16. Lynden Nicolson the Guizer Jarl, and his Squad appear in full regalia at Up Helly Aa, Europe's largest fire festival marking the end of the yule season, in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Britain, January 27, 2026

  17. The tanker is a large ship with rusty marks on its hull. The upper part of its hull is painted blue and it has a white bridge and a single blue funnel. In the foreground is a white US Coast Guard vessel. There are snow-covered hills in the background.

  18. Young participants take part in the youth Up Helly Aa night parade on January 28, 2025 in Lerwick, Scotland

  19. Deep snow surrounding a street of bungalows

  20. Christopher Stuchbury, Donald Dinnie and Brett McCullough - three men smiling at the camera in individual images.

  21. Five men in red and green kilts, photographed from the waist down. They are wearing full traditional outfit, with sporrans and shoes laced around their calves.

  22. Per Kristian Bratveit of Djurgardens IF gestures during the Allsvenskan match between Djurgardens IF and BK Hacken at Tele2 Arena on August 1, 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden.

  23. A young soldier in a Black Watch uniform and cap with red, white and black trim. He has medals and a flower on his uniform.

  24. Janette Binnie looking at camera, she is wearing a black and beige top and a necklace.

  25. Houston Dynamo's Toyosi Olusanya