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  1. The Reverend Canon Shanthi Peiris stands over four brown caskets which are being buried in the ground outside a church. She is wearing white robes with a purple sash. Shanthi wears large black glasses and has her hair swept back with a purple headband.

  2. A red squirrel is sitting on a lichen covered tree branch, one paw raised. There are multiple branches in the foreground, and they all connect to a tree trunk on the left side of the image. The background greenery is blurred.

  3. A white car covered in splashes of slurry.

  4. A large white tiled bath is partially filled with light blue water with a highly decorated room above. Yellow and green painted stripes surround an arched doorway leading into the baths. Pillars and changing areas surround the edges of the large bath.

  5. A Google Streetview screengrab showing the outside of Ashbridge & Brown in Carlisle city centre. The shop is in a old red-brick building with two tall and narrow windows on the front, where items are on display. There is a black shop sign with white and gold lettering and three people are walking past. The shop gives onto a cobbled street.

  6. The early reconstruction of the face of The Kendal Woman. She is a middle-aged woman wearing a dark brown turban and she has blue eyes.

  7. Rhona Barton has grey hair and is looking at the camera. She is wearing a green sleeveless jacket and is standing by a river which is fenced off.

  8. The entrance to HMP Haverigg in Cumbria. There is a blue and white sign reading Welcome to HMP Haverigg. The area is fences off by a tall cream fence with wire along the top and warning signs on the gate. Two small hut-type buildings painted brown are outside the gates on one side of the entrance.

  9. Part of Grizedale Observatory. The building has a dome on its roof with shimmering stars seen in the night sky above - the Milky Way.

  10. An excited crowd of people at the Big Weekend - with their hands in the air and some people on each other's shoulders.

  11. Close-up of Himalayan balsam. It has large pink, bonnet-shaped flowers.

  12. Two cows standing by a stone wall, covered in ivy, in an empty field. One, which is black and white, has been captured with its tongue poking out. The other, which is brown, looks sullen and serious. Above their bright green landscape is an all-grey sky.

  13. Google Maps image of Coniston Visitor Information Centre. It has a slanted roof, like an upturned V, and glass frontage. Trees and hills can be seen in the background.

  14. Steve Ward (right) and pilot John Evans (left) in green and brown camouflage clothing. Between them is Judith Cantrell, who has brown hair and is wearing a red jacket over a blue top. She is sitting inside the door of a yellow helicopter. The two men are standing. All three are smiling and look a little windswept and wet.

  15. Aerial view of the derelict former police station and old courthouse site.

  16. A badger sniffing the ground on a forest floor.

  17. All three lanes on both sides of a motorway is packed with cars. A blue motorway safety sign is next to the left carriageway.

  18. The village of Coniston. There is a sign in the foreground signposting to various attractions in the village. There are shops and buildings lining the main street and the fells in the background.

  19. The entrance to the Cumberland Infirmary. It is a brick building with glass doors and a sign saying "welcome to the Cumbria Infirmary". It says "smoke free" underneath implying the area is a smoke free site.

  20. A stone barn on a rural farm with a red tractor parked outside, its front loader carrying a large pile of hay.

  21. Fei Gao and Chris Casey stand outside a small village shop displaying potted flowers and plants, with price signs visible. She has long black hair, dark gilet and blue top with blue jeans, with blue patterned trainers. He has short brown hair, glasses, a grey top, brown trousers and orange patterned trainers. They are both smiling. In the foreground are sacks of carrots for sale, while another person browses plants on the right. Rustic stone buildings and a sign reading “Eden Valley Produce Ltd” appear in the background under bright sunlight.

  22. A stock image of a depressed mature man sitting in armchair with a few sun reflections. He is holding his head with a hand.

  23. The entrance to Barrow Market Hall which has a black fence in front of it. The roof is pointed and there is a large circular sign towards the top with a coat of arms and old lettering which reads 'Market Hall'. There is a sign stuck on the gate which has black and yellow tape surrounding it. There is a Herons shop to the right which multiple pictures of food on the side of the wall.

  24. The early reconstruction of the face of The Kendal Woman. She is a middle-aged woman wearing a dark turban and she has blue eyes.