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  1. Aerial footage of heathland on fire on the Isle of Wight.

    • UK
    An aerial view taken with a drone shows smoke rising from wildfires near Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. A fire engine can be seen on the road next to a large area of blackened tree stumps

  3. Red brick semi detached homes sit on a street that is completely underwater, with water reaching doorways but below ground floor windows.

    • BBC Radio 4

  5. A road where there are dark patches of tarmac that have been melting in extreme heat.

    • BBC World Service

    • BBC World Service

  8. A Gatekeeper butterfly species perched on a leaf. It y is a small brown butterfly with bright orange patches on its upperwings, which likes to bask in the sunshine along hedgerows

  9. An aerial view of the Sudirman mountain range in Papua - a small patch of snow is visible on one of the mountains

  10. Promotional image to show the hot, dry summer. A young woman with dark hair and a white top is holding a phone in one hand and a fan in the other. The fan is coloured in the Union Jack flag. In the background is dried, cracked, brown ground, depicting drought.

  11. Simon Tetlow stands on a sunny lawn in an orchard, holding fruit picked from a tree. He is wearing a dark cap, glasses and a green fleece vest. Large leafy branches hang overhead, casting dappled shadows across the grass. Additional fruit trees and garden buildings can be seen in the background beneath a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

  12. A group of people stood together outside. They are holding an orange banner with pink and black writing on which says: 'It's hotting up climate crisis'. Another banner reads 'climate breakdown floods and fire'.

  13. Man wearing a blue suit and checked shirt looks at the camera. He is wearing black glasses and has black hair and a beard.

  14. A brightly coloured spider, which has a wasp-like pattern of black and yellow stripes, is on a web weaved among pieces of grass.

  15. a gas power station with three tall flues. White vapour is seen coming out of some of these.

  17. An aerial image of two large green fields spilt up by an avenue of trees. It is bordered by more trees, and in the distance is the town of Shrewsbury. In the foreground there is a river

  18. Aerial view of the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament

  19. A drone view shows agricultural fields split by a line of trees, with long shadows being thrown across the field in the foreground by a beautiful sunset. Browner ploughed fields run alongside the back of the trees.

  20. A man sat in a council chamber wearing a blue shirt and tie with a white shirt. The seats are green leather with wooden panels in the background.

  21. Two firefighters in bright orange uniform and helmets, standing outdoors in thick white haze, spray water from a hose

    • BBC World Service

  23. A monk touches solar panels at the Shachukul Monastery in the Ladakh region

  24. Two firefighters spray water from a hose on to smouldering crops and trees, with smoke filling the air.