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  1. Megan Keith of Scotland celebrates finishing in third place following the Women's 5,000m Final on day seven of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at Scotstoun Stadium on July 30, 2026 in Glasgow

  2. Three people in breathing apparatus are surrounded by smoke while trying to put out a wildfire.

  3. An aerial view showing the front of UHI Inverness.

  4. Five tourists holding up their phones to take photographs. They are in the Scottish Highlands. Mountains and a trainline can be seen in the background.

  5. A person wearing a cap, face covering and a protective jacket sprays water on to flames burning across an area of moorland

  6. Claire Kellerman pictured with her mum actress Sally Kellerman in 1997. Claire has long, fair hair and wears a dark top and neck scarf. Sally has shoulder-length blonde hair and wears a black top, several gold necklaces and a red blazer. Both smile for the camera.

  7. Person taking a selfie on a rocky mountain ridge, wearing a red hiking top and backpack, with rugged stone formations, grassy slopes, and dramatic cloudy skies in the background.

  8. An empty road in an empty isles landscape. The sky is grey.

  9. A woman in red jumper and grey trousers on ropes down the side of a hill in Glencoe.

  10. The restaurant is a white walled building. It is pictured at dusk with a pink sky behind it.

  11. A silver stethoscope on a blue background.

  12. Inverness Royal Academy is a large, box-shaped modern building.

  13. A woman and a man sit at a picnic bench with a view from Plockton of a loch and distant hills and mountains.

  14. Sheep being herded down a corridor between pens with metal gates at Lairg lamb sales.

  15. A tall sandstone building stands at the end of a street fillwed with people and vehicles. Blue skies fill the background with a few white clouds.

  16. Two firefighting vehicles in the Cairngorms National Park. One is a pick-up truck with yellow and red markings, and the other is a red van with the words "wildfire unit" on its side. The vehicles are parked on a forest track and there is dense forestry nearby.

  17. A view towards Inverness Castle and three flower beds and a circle of bare earth where the clock once was.

  18. A wildcat partly submerged in water as it swims. It has a long stripy tail.

  19. The mountain An Teallach looks like a jagged row of sharp teeth. The ridge has sheer, rocky cliffs.

  20. graveyard

  21. A blue and white POLICE ACCIDENT sign

  22. Luka is a Japanese macaque. He has a red face, brown eyes and light brown fur.

  23. A close up of the painting showing a woman's face. She looks to be stricken by grief and her eyes are looking upwards and she has tears on her cheeks. A conservator's brush-like tool lies on a restored section of the painting.

  24. An AI-generated image of what the inside of the Hebrides people Visitor Centre will look like after refurbishments. It's a light and airy environment with room for wheelchairs.