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  1. About 20 cyclists wearing mainly black outfits stand with bikes and hold up a large mainly white banner including the words Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven. Everybody knows somebody are among other words printed on the banner.

  2. A huge tawny owl figure has been attached above a small spring well set in a stone wall. The owl has large yellow eye and its wings are spread as if in flight

  3. Manny Singh Kang has a grey beard is wearing a black T-shirt including the word Manny in yellow and other words is holding out both fists and looking at the camera. Other people are behind him and the union jack flags are also visible. The middle image is of Roo on the carpet at Buckingham Palace - it's a teddy bear on that looks like the baby kangaroo character from Winnie-the-Pooh. It has scruffy grey and white fur with big ears and a long tail. He has a white underside. In the third image: Elaine Hipkins with long blonde hair smiles holding a massive bouquet of flowers. Behind her is black and pink bunting that reads "happy retirement" with several cards hanging up.

  4. A black and white image of two women driving a steam train. They are both wearing overalls as well as caps. One is in the driver's seat and the other just behind.

  5. A young boy with a long blonde curly mullet, wearing a red and yellow top. Someone has their arm around Harry. It is a close-up from a group photo and there are other people in the team kit around him.

  6. A young boy dressed in a blue and red Spider-Man costume with a matching mask over his face. Next to him is a person dressed as a large bear with a red t-short. Text on it in white reads "Birmingham Children's Hospital". The bear has red shoes with white laces

  7. A street with cars parked down one side and a number of shop fronts on either side, with one building painted white and another painted pink

  8. A close-up of the front of a duck which has an orange beak and grey feathers

  9. A red fire engine on tarmac with Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service written on the side

  10. A man with grey hair is facing the camera and is shouting into a microphone on a stage, with his one arm raised in the air. Behind him is a huge crowd of people, and beyond them are lit-up tents, trees and rolling hills

  11. Andy Reiss and Katie Leeming. Andy wears black-rimmed glasses, has short blonde hair and wears a white T-shirt. Katie has a pink baseball cap on and wears a beige jacketed over a white top. They sit in a room with blinds on the windows.

  12. A man with brown hair and facial stubble. He is wearing black glasses and a blue and white top. On a white table behind him are two small paintings on small brown easels in front of a window. One has a blue lake next to grass, trees and a blue sky. The other is blue and orange water below a starry night sky.

  13. Penkridge fast bowler Myles Davis is in his club training kit standing on a cricket field

  14. The back of a police officer in front of some blue police tape with a path behind the tape. The path goes between two fences with trees overhead.

  15. A clean-shaven man with partially receding hairline, which is dark grey and white. He is wearing a white shirt and a navy jacket while stood in front of a red brick wall.

  16. The side of a white police car with yellow and blue squares on the side

  17. An artist's impression showing a large new building with the word 'boathouse' on it, as well as a food trick, and several pedestrians or cyclists.

  18. About 20 cyclists all wearing black cycling outfits stand with their bikes and hold up a large white banner for the Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven. The tag line "everybody knows somebody" is also printed on the banner with a phone number and website for the service.

  19. A large group of residents wearing coats and holding umbrellas are gathered by a brown field on a rainy day. One woman at the front of the group is holding a sign that reads: "A33 Chaos. Bypass needed. Aldi not wanted here."

  20. A woman with short, curly, blonde hair wears large square glasses whilst also wearing a floral patterned top. She is stood in front of a Union Flag and a Ukrainian flag.

  21. Deago Martin, Keelan Brookes and Kaine Simmonds. The three men each have a straight face in front of a grey background. Martin has black hair and a patchy black beard. Brookes has short light brown hair and stubble. Simmonds has short dark hair and a thick dark beard.

  22. Police tape across the open gateway to a single-storey building with corrugated iron roof. Two large doors are open. Parked cars and other buildings can be sen beyond.

  23. Four boys teenagers who are blind or vision impaired next to a college crossing. Three of them have dark tops and the fourth has a white polo shirt

  24. A woman with long blonde hair smiles holding a massive bouquet of flowers. Behind her is black and pink bunting that reads "happy retirement" with several cards hanging up.