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  1. Split-screen showing a close-up of Kylie Minogue smiling on the left and Anthony Albanese on the right

  2. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) shakes hands with Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (R)

  3. One of the six mysterious large silver spheres washed up on Forrest Beach in Queensland.

  4. A composite image shows on the left a head and shoulders crop of an image of Albanese looking to the right of frame while wearing glasses and a suit, and on the right a head and shoulders crop of an image of Minogue looking at the camera against a white background.

  5. Split screen of a woman with long dark hair and a man with glasses.

  6. File photo of someone holding a cross in their palm while seated at a table

    • BBC World Service

  8. Australian man sitting at a table in a police station in Thailand.

  9. Australian man sitting at a table in a police station in Thailand

  10. Simon Peter Carman, a man with short light brown hair wearing a sleeveless black too, is escorted by a Thai police officer.

  11. A young man with brown hair with a straight fringe looking straight into the camera

  12. The app symbols for Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and X are displayed on a smartphone screen, under the label Social Media.

  13. A large cream-coloured plane flies upwards against a cloudy blue sky.

  14. BBC Presenter Jane Wilkinson to the right of screen wearing sunglasses and a large summer hat.

  15. Two women standing outside federal parliament house in Canberra. One is a brunette wearing a black top and with her hands folded. The other has a short blonde bob and wearing a white blazer.

  16. Ahmed al Ahmed wears a pink shirt and a black sling on his arm.

  17. A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white top and red skirt lying on a cream couch, with a baby sleeping on her chest.

    • BBC World Service

  19. A close-up image of the 'ballista' spider weaving a cone-shaped trap of silk lines

  20. A woman with grey hair tied up with a light brown headband, wearing a yellow floral top and a mustard-coloured scarf

  21. A pile of large plastic bags containing dozens of packages and bearing the label of Australian Federal Police

  22. World Cup fans wearing green and gold and the American flag

  23. File photo of a brown skua

  24. Composite image of a man wearing glasses (L), women with long hair (C), and a young woman smiling (R)