Spatial distribution of different populations in the centre field on top of the F335M mosaic (top left and as background in each panel). The red arrow indicates the location of the central cluster R 136, and the red crosses mark the positions of previously well-studied IR-bright knots (e.g. Walborn et al. 1999). Top right: ¹²CO moment zero maps from ALMA (data from Wong et al. 2022) as green to yellow contours. The coloured dots show individual stars selected in different populations. The image has a field of view of 7.4′ × 4.4′ (110 × 66 pc).