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  1. Ethan Brown looking directly at the camera. He has curly brown hair and is wearing a t-shirt with blue, black and white vertical stripes, and has a rucksack on his back. In the background is a view over a city.

  2. A CalMac ferry at Stornoway on a grey day. The picture is taken from an area of scrubland.

  3. Russell Finidlay, who has short black hair, looks to his right as he walks in a wood-panelled concrete corridor. He is wearing a navy suit and tie with a white shirt.

  4. prisons in c hall at perth prison

  5. Work men in work jackets below a crane hoisting a ring of steel

  6. Malcolm Offord standing behind a podium with the Reform UK logo on it in white wirting on a blue background.

  7. John Swinney, a bald man wearing glasses, a dark suit, purple tie and a white shirt, stares into the camera with a neutral expression

  8. Nicola Sturgeon standing outside, wearing a white coat and a red top. Her right arm is raised and she is touching her hair, which is short and sandy blonde. Her expression is neutral.

  9. A narrow street in Stranraer with people walking down it and a colourful mural celebrating the town on the right hand side

  10. A DFDS roll-on/roll-off ferry arrives at the Port of Dover in Kent during rough seas.

  11. Douglas Alexander, who has short black hair, smiles as he looks towards the camera. He is wearing a dark suit, pale blue shirt and red tie, with a red folder tucked underneath his left arm.

  12. John Swinney, who is bald with glasses, looks to his right in a close-up shot. He is wearing a dark suit and white shirt with a purple tie. He is standing outside, with windows out of focus behind him.

  13. Builders in high-vis gear work on the red-tiled roof of a home. The partially complete building is covered in scaffolding and set against a grey sky.

  14. Football fans wave blue and white Scotland flags while watching the Scotland v Finland international friendly being played in Glasgow in 2024.

  15. A group of protesters hold colourful pro-assisted dying signs

  16. A group of anti-assisted dying protesters with signs, including one in the foreground that says "bin the death bill", with a skull and crossbones.

  17. Striking teachers holding placards saying EIS official picket

  18. An elderly woman, her face only partially visible, is being given an injection by someone with blue, latex gloves on. The woman is wearing a short-sleeved woolen top.

  19. Neil Gray, who has a shaved head, looks straight ahead at the camera while walking in a wood-panelled corridor. He is wearing a grey suit with a white shirt and tie.

  20. An image of a series of security gates in a prison - with floor-to-ceiling white metal bars. Above the first set it says "E/F Wing" and a prison officer - a bald man in a white shirt and black trousers - is opening the gate. We see him from behind.

  21. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow

  22. A picture of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital taken from below, looking up to the grey, purple and pink building. An NHS sign with the hospital's name sits in the foreground.

  23. Peter Murrell, who is bald with glasses, in a close-up shot. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt.