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Our newsroom uses real, licensed photographs. These images provide context; they are not photographs of a current announcement unless a caption explicitly says so.

The Bank of England building in London under a blue sky. — Context photo: the Bank of England in London, photographed 23 July 2022. acediscovery / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

Shops and an outdoor produce display on Broadway High Street in the Cotswolds. — Context photo: shops on Broadway High Street in the Cotswolds, photographed 9 April 2011. Saffron Blaze / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

Stacks of flattened corrugated cardboard with their fluted edges visible. — Context photo: stacked corrugated cardboard, photographed 1 January 2023. Henry Söderlund / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

A container ship and gantry cranes at Felixstowe port. — Context photo: a container ship at Felixstowe, photographed 19 June 2018. Colin Smith / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

A hand holds a smartphone with a blank white screen against a grey wall. — Context photo: a hand holding a smartphone with a blank screen, photographed 14 November 2016. Santeri Viinamäki / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

A red Royal Mail van with Click and Drop branding on a UK street. — Context photo: a Royal Mail van carrying Click & Drop branding, photographed 15 December 2021. Philafrenzy / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

High steel pallet racks storing boxes inside a warehouse. — Context photo: pallet racking at Vidmar in Berne-Liebefeld, Switzerland, photographed 3 March 2022. BBCLCD / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

A craft stall displaying art prints and cards beneath an awning. — Context photo: a West End craft stall, photographed 30 August 2015. Anthony O'Neil / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

Floodwater beside shops and riverside walkways in Reading town centre. — Context photo: flooding in Reading town centre, photographed 17 February 2014. Fernweh / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

An orange industrial robot beside a 3D printing apparatus at a London exhibition. — Context photo: an industrial robot 3D printer at the London 3D Printshow, photographed 4 September 2014. Creative Tools from Halmstad, Sweden / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

A CNC laser cutting machine working on wooden components at the C.F. Martin Guitar Factory. — Context photo: laser cutting at the C.F. Martin Guitar Factory, photographed 30 July 2024. Henrysz / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

A laptop on a home desk beside a flowering cactus. — Context photo: a home desk photographed by Scott Webb, dated 31 January 2017 in the source record. Scott Webb scottwebb / Wikimedia Commons · CC0. Resized and converted to WebP.

Offshore wind turbines at Gunfleet Sands, seen across the sea with a Union flag in the foreground. — Context photo: Gunfleet Sands wind turbines, photographed 13 September 2019. Roger A Smith / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

Solar panels, wind turbines and electricity pylons. — Context image: renewable energy infrastructure, location unspecified. The source is dated 5 May 2016; the shoot date is not confirmed. Kenueone / Wikimedia Commons · CC0. Original source image; displayed responsively.

A van travelling through a flooded residential street in Gillingham, Kent. — Context photo: flooding on Seaton Road, Gillingham, photographed 3 July 2007. Not the newly announced taskforce. LE55ONS / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized by the source for web display; no scene changes.

Robots moving across an automated Ocado warehouse grid. — Context photo: robots in an Ocado warehouse, photographed 12 January 2017. Not a photograph of the newly announced robotics hubs. Techwords / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized by the source for web display; no scene changes.

Electricity pylons at sunset over Hackney Marshes in London. — Context photo: the Tottenham–Hackney power line, photographed 27 March 2012. Matthew Black / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized by the source for web display; no scene changes.

A small tripod and phone holder used for recording mobile content. — Context photo: a mini tripod and phone holder, photographed 29 July 2022. Not a TikTok product or endorsement. ChimaBee / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized by the source for web display; no scene changes.

Holiday gifts wrapped in brown paper with twine and pine leaves. — Context photo: holiday gift parcels by Nathan Lemon. The original shoot date is not confirmed; the source was published before June 2017. Nathan Lemon / Wikimedia Commons · CC0. Resized by the source for web display; no scene changes.

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