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  1. Zack Polanski holding a microphone in front of a green background. He has an open-necked shirt.

  2. This picture is split in half, on the left side there is a man in a black suit with a white shirt is stood in front of a red wall with white lettering and logo. On the right hand side is a picture of the First Minister spread on a manifesto cover for Welsh Labour, the background on the manifesto cover has green bushes, grass and white flowers.

  3. A set of manifestos laid out of a surface with Eluned Morgan's face on the booklets. The manifestos says "Pennod Newydd i Gymru" and "A New Chapter for Wales".

  4. Keir Starmer wearing a blue shirt, standing in front of a group of people, some of whom are holding Labour placards

  5. Small black and white dog strains on the lead outside a polling station, which has a large sign outside.

  6. The image is a close-up photograph of Mark Drakeford. He is standing at a podium in front of a Labour display. He is wearing a black suit, white shirt and red tie.

  7. A man with his right arm in the air and a finger under his nose

  8. Nigel Farage with arms wide open, greets the crowd at a Reform rally

  9. Darren Millar stood in the centre of the photograph wearing a grey suit, green tie and blue shirt.

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    A row of terraced brick houses with chimneys and television aerials.

  11. A picture of Neil Roberts stood in a Cardiff Road surrounded by terraced houses and cars in the background. He is holding a set of leaflets emblazoned with his own name and the Plaid Cymru yellow poppy logo.

  12. Two bikes are chained up outside a polling station in front of a bright red wall.

    13. A small boy wearing a yellow raincoat holds his dad's hand as they walk into a polling station in a primary school.

    • A woman sticks up a large sign reading "polling station" on the door of a church hall.

    • A stylised image of a back dog next to a polling station sign, against a multi-coloured triangle on a purple background

    • Polling place way in sign

    • Protestors stand outside Coventry Council House. One protestor wears a green monster costume next to a banner which reads "Stop the Tom White Strike Breakers"

    • A graphic showing a magnifying glass looking at a map of the United Kingdom. In the background is a multicoloured triangle.

      • A map of England over a purple background with a colourful pyramid.

      • Jonelle Awomoyi looks at the camera resting her chin on her hand in front of Houses of Parliament. She wears a slick ponytail, a beige jumper and a grey coat.

        • Colletta Smith smiles to the camera from a cafe. The picture has the words "your voice" written on the right.

          • David Wallace Lockhart in BBC office in Scotland looking down the lens dressed in a purple jumper

            • BBC's Eve Beattie looks at the camera with her hands up in the air and a confused expression

            • A close-up shot of BBC's political editor Chris Mason looking straight to the camera. He wears brown glasses, a blue shirt and blue blazer.