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  1. Woman in stripy top and sunglasses carrying a fan

  2. A firefighting plane drops fire retardant as it flies over a wildfire in Ille-sur-Tet near Perpignan in southern France.

  3. Austen Moore is wearing a light blue jacket and white shirt, with the collar undone. He has very short hair and stubble. Behind him are multi-storey buildings and a bridge, out of focus.

  4. A woman is walking along a street in Bristol using a small, handheld fan to cool down. She is wearing sunglasses and a white top with a bag over each shoulder.

  5. A white football net on a pitch with large patches of bald and dry grass. A fence runs along the edge of the pitch in the background with trees behind.

  6. Person walks in front of Big Ben in the heat, carrying an umbrella for shade

    • BBC World Service

    • BBC World Service

  9. A woman wearing a T-shirt, shorts, trainers and sunglasses lies on a patch of grass looking at her phone.

  10. A man kneels on uneven, grassy terrain surrounded by shallow pools of still water. The person is dressed in outdoor clothing, including a hat and backpack, and is holding a camera up to their face, aiming toward the ground or nearby water. The landscape is open and expansive, covered with brown and green vegetation typical of moorland. Small reflective pools of water are scattered across the scene, some edged with bright green algae. In the background, rolling hills stretch across the horizon under a sky filled with soft, layered clouds.

  11. A blue and yellow-striped big top with two girls on stage. One is wearing a costume shaped like a boat with a large white flag saying 'help'. She is pointing towards a parrot puppet being flown by the other girl in the foreground. There are children sitting on the ground to the left of the stage and adults on chairs behind.

  12. A construction worker wearing orange hi vis uniform holds a yellow construction helmet and wipes his head in front of a JCB digger next to a public square in Turin, Italy on 25 June.

  13. A mass of jellyfish are on a sandy beach besides a wall with the headland in the distance.

  14. Elderly people with an umbrella used to protect themselves from the sun are walking through the streets of Grenoble. France, Isere, July 2, 2026. Illustrative image of the city of Grenoble during a heatwave.

  15. Steps lead down to the sea with headlands to the left. The sky is hazy and a small yacht can be seen offshore.

    • BBC Radio 4

  17. A supermarket fridge cabinet is empty. The shelves display the names of the items and prices which should be on them. A sign reads: 'Customer Notice. Due to the extreme temperatures some of our refrigeration and freezer units have broken down. Stock from these sections is unavailable at present. We apologise for the inconvenience.'

  18. A sign saying 'these fridges are broken, sorry for any inconvenience'. There are empty fridge shelves behind it.

  19. A woman lying on a towel on a pebble beach wearing a bikini in a black and white photograph. She is shaded by a large umbrella. There are several other people set up on the beach in the background.

  20. A large body of water.

  21. There is a large expanse of water in a reservoir with green shrubs and trees beside it and a field and path in front. There is a bridge over the reservoir to a concrete valve tower.

  22. An Indian woman walks on the dried up Osman Sagar lake on the outskirts of the capital of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad, 06 June 2003

  23. A wave breaks on a sea wall in Weston-super-Mare.

  24. A suspended walkway through the rainforest canopy. The trees are lush and green and very tall.