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  1. John Swinney - a bald man with glasses and wearing a dark blue jacket with a small SNP logo on it, stands in front of a group of supporters waving SNP placards

  2. Nigel Farage - a man with silver hair and dressed in a suit with blue tie - laughs happily onstage while surrounded by supporters

  3. John Swinney, who is wearing a navy blazer, a purple tie and a white shirt, addressing a press conference. Behind him, blurred, is a board with calligraphy writing on it.

  4. Liam McArthur - a man with brown hair and wearing a suit with a yellow and blue tie, holds up a placard saying people in the Orkney Islands support changing the law on assisted dying.

  5. A woman with shoulder length greying hair and a pale green jacket stares directly at the camera

  6. A Reform UK candidate standing with a blue and white rosette and blue tie.

  7. protesters

  8. Pupils in a primary school in Glasgow. Two children - a girl and a boy -have their backs to the camera. They are both wearing a red jumper and white polo shirt. They are sitting in small wooden chairs at a large desk. There is classroom activity in the front of them.

  9. Extract from a map showing part of the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency

  10. Four students stand side by side. They hold folders and have rucksacks. Their faces are out of view.

  11. 'Police accident' sign, blue with white writing, on a road.

  12. A hand holds the hand of a person in a hospital gown with a hospital wristband on

  13. Stuart Hunter is photographed looking directly at the camera. He is a bald man with large round-rimmed glasses and a white beard. He is wearing a blue shirt and dark blue tie.

  14. A group of marchers go through a Dundee street - they are holding banners saying Fighting For Jobs at the University of Dundee and other slogans and flags. One man has a megaphone in his hands.

  15. A woman with short grey hair and glasses speaks in the Scottish Parliament. She is visible from the neck up and is wearing a silver necklace. The background behind her is out of focus.

  16. Three men pose for photos. The one on the right is wearing a dark jacket and a balaclava in the Irish tricolour. The one on the left is also wearing a dark jacket. He has dark hair and is smiling. The one in the middle is wearing a beige coloured jacket with his hood up. He is also smiling.

  17. Liz Shanks standing outside the High Court in Glasgow. She is wearing a red and blue hoodie and a grey jacket, and has shoulder-length blonde hair.

  18. A pregnant woman having her blood pressure checked by a doctor

  19. Roz Foyer has short dark hair and holds a microphone up to her mouth while she speaks.

  20. The coffin of Pope Francis is carried during the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican

  21. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth is pictured with four female school pupils. The girls have their back to the camera as Gilruth talks to them from the other side of a school desk. She is wearing a black suit and has blonde hair in bob-style.

  22. John Swinney speaking at first minister's question about the gender identity issue

  23. Emma Caldwell smiles for the camera - she has reddish blonde hair.