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  1. A woman in a green coat wearing glasses

  2. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch visits the Well-Safe Protector Oil Rig in Aberdeen, during campaigning for the Scottish Parliament elections.

  3. White male with short brown hair and stubble smiling into the camera. He is wearing a brown jacket, a blue jumper and he's standing in front of the Humber Estuary. He's wearing a Green Party rosette.

  4. Joani Reid

  5. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer listens to questions during a press conference at Downing Street on April 1, 2026 in London, England.

  6. A largely empty high street

  7. A woman with short blonde hair and glasses smiles at the camera. She is standing in front of a white wall.

  8. A woman wearing a blue scarf is standing in a sports hall with a blue wall. There are chairs and other people behind her. She is smiling for the photograph.

  9. Sir Keir Starmer looking reflective, as he prepares to address a Downing Street news conference

  10. Maolíosa McHugh has short grey hair thinning on the top and glasses. He is wearing a navy blazer and brown shirt

  11. Nigel Farage is in a pub talking to a group of people wearing blue and white rosettes. He is holding a pint glass and three men are seen listening to him.

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

  13. Three French police officers wearing stand on the back of a buggy as it speeds along a beach in Graveline, northern France

  14. Lindsay Foreman, who has a blonde bob, has her arm around her husband Craig's neck as they both look at the camera for a selfie. He has short brown hair and a greying beard.

  15. Derek Roberts is wearing a dark suit and a white shirt.

  16. Karl Turner the succesful Labour candidate for Hull East pictured on election night in 2024 wearing a dark suit jacket, white shirt, and patterned pink tie, standing indoors against a wooden paneled wall. A large red rosette with the word ‘Labour’ and smaller text is pinned to the left side of the jacket.

  17. Lord Mandelson speaking at an event. He is wearing glasses and a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie.

  18. A man with a shaved head and beard smiles at the camera

  19. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick pictured in hi-viz jackets on a runway at Heathrow Airport

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

  21. A child draws on a yellow piece of paper