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  1. A woman with a bandana holding a blue fan sitting on the London underground

  2. A person stands silhouetted in the shade at the side of Trafalgar Square, and holds misting spray up to their head to help cool themselves down, with Nelson's column in the background and people and a bus walking past.

  3. A wide aerial view of Wakefield's city centre surrounded by a dense residential and commercial area. At the centre of the scene stands a tall, pointed church spire made of dark stone, rising prominently above the surrounding buildings. The church beneath the spire is constructed from similar stone and includes a clock face that is visible on the tower.

  4. A ship is docked harbourside. It is mainly red-coloured with a white middle deck.

  5. People on The Long Walk in Windsor, Berkshire. Extreme heat across the UK is causing early harvests and forcing local authorities to introduce hosepipe bans as forecasters confirm that last month was western Europe's hottest June on record.

    6. A person adjusts uses a hosepipe sprinkler to water pink flowers in a garden. IN the background are blurred bushes and other tall flowers.

    • A woman walks with an umbrella to protect herself from the sun in Toronto, Ontario

    • A chestnut brown boxer type dog wearing sunglasses lying on grass beside a tarmacked road. The dog is panting.

    • A woman wearing a black top holding a black handheld electric fan.

    • A man, woman and child stand behind a cemented barricade with backs to the camera, looking at muddy waters in a coastal region. There is a rocky shore and a few buildings to the right. The woman's hair is tossed into the air and the child is holding on to the barricade.

      • A lady in a black vest top stands in front of a wooden fence with the sign to a preschool attached to it.

        • BBC World Service

      • 'Gus' the T. rex - an assembled skeleton of a T-Rex dinosaur standing on plinths - stands outside in the Badlands territory of South Dakota on a cloudy grey day against the backdrop of mountains and brown shrubland

        • UK
        Man wearing purple t shirt stood in a polytunnel filled with growing plants.

      • A busy beach on a summer day shows several blue and white sun-loungers and beach umbrellas. The tide is out, with many people in the shallow waves. There are also several sunbathers on the sand. In the background, green hills and trees rise above the bay.

      • A wide picture of Southend beach with multiple people sitting on the beach, many on deck chairs. In the background is a funfair with a big wheel. It is a hazy but sunny day.

        • UK
        A man, wearing a green t-shirt and beige shorts, holding metal poles which are placed inside a burning furnace. He is in a workshop, surrounded by lots of metal items on shelves. A red gas cylinder is visible to the left of the image, as is an electrical fan.

      • Residents observe huge waves brought by Typhoon Bavi in Hualien city, Taiwan

      • A bright orange High Brown Fritillary butterfly perches on a white flower, with buds visible beneath and a soft focus background of green leaves.

      • Underwater view of a seagrass meadow, with long green blades stretching across the seabed in hazy coastal waters.

        • An oil refinery at the Port of Rotterdam. In the foreground a small boat leaves a wake in the water.

        • A desert rain frog sits on the sand of a coastal desert landscape. The small, round-bodied frog has mottled brown and cream colouring and prominent eyes. Sparse dune vegetation surrounds the frog.

        • A woman sits on a deckchair the shade while eating an ice-cream at a park in London

        • A lady with long brown hair tied back in a ponytail wearing a navy coat with GSNI written on it. She is standing beside a 'CoastSnap' poster which is pinned to a wooden post.