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  1. A conservationist holds a young manx shearwater. The bird is grey and fluffy.

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

  3. NLV Pharos is large ship with white and dark blue hull. It has a heli deck with a small helicopter on it.

  4. The sandstone castle has turrets and battlements. It is set among grassy grounds filled with flowers.

  5. A classroom with children sitting at desks and in the foreground plastic holders with rulers, pens and pencils.

  6. A view of Portree across the sea. There is a row of colorful, three-storey buildings along the harbour and boats, including an orange lifeboat, dot the harbour and the wider bay. Tree covered hills rise from behind the houses.

  7. A smiling Elena Piras in the woods with a guitar. She is wearing a leopard print coat and a pink top underneath.

  8. Two people sit closely together on a floral-patterned sofa indoors, wrapped in blankets and warm clothing, facing forward in a softly-lit room.

  9. High Court in Glasgow. It is a sandstone building with columns at the front forming a circular entrance.

  10. A sculpture of a black bird is perched on a mirrored table. It is apparent it is made of scrap metal with bolt holes visible. The bird is bent over looking down at the ground.

  11. The church is a single-storey building with white harled walls. In the foreground is a metal gate between two white pillars and a white and green sign explaining the Raasay Community Stores project.

  12. A red post box on a black metal pole in rural Highlands. Behind the post box is a single-track road as well as fields and a farm.

  13. A person wearing a yellow protective coat and a face covering uses a pick to break up burning peat and vegetation at Abernethy Nature Reserve.

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

  15. A man in a red jacket on a country track in front of a mountain

  16. A local Inverurie businessman Stephen Bruce, smiling at the camera, with his arms open wide.

  17. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  18. A concept image of the Tesco proposed for Portree on Skye. It is a rectangle-shaped building with a glass frontage. In front of the building is a car park with cars parked in spaces.

  19. An area of beach with orange sands and hills in the background

  20. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  21. Renate Reinsve, a young woman with long, brown hair in a grey suit jacket with a white blouse underneath. She is standing in front of a purple background.

  22. A firefighter in brown protective gear is holding a long hose and is hosing down a charred and blackened field of grass which has white smoke pouring out of it

  23. Man in a red flotation suit operates a small inflatable workboat in a harbour, with a floating marine device and waterfront buildings visible in the background.

  24. The men are pictured in a composite image.