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  • Notting Hill Carnival August 28th 2017. West London, England. A very happy carnival dancer wearing a pink and purple feather head dress shouts with delight.
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  • Red leather jacket blending in with a cut out picture of a military Guard complete with bear skin head dress in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Chinese children wearing souvenir imperial head dresses inside The Forbidden City, a Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_C_1.jpg
  • Matt Holmes & Roger Denton wearing women’s sequin dresses during the Brighton Pride Parade on 6th August 2016 in Brighton in the United Kingdom.
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  • London, UK. Thursday 9th August 2012. London 2012 Olympic Games Park in Stratford. Young girl with a bridal head dress made from red white and blue material
    20120809olympic head dress_A_1.jpg
  • Carla Rezende, A Brazilian Passista with bright blue headpiece, during the Brighton Pride Parade on 6th August 2016 in Brighton in the United Kingdom.
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  • Girl at street market, Hara. Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
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  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_X_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_V_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_S_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_P_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_F_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_E_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_AG_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_AD_1.jpg
  • Beautiful Apsara dancers perform at Jasmine restaurant in Siem Reap. The ancient artform of Apsara dance is loaded with the symbolism of each move or position the dancers perform. Basic dance training takes 6 years with a further 5 or 6 years to mature artistically, learning some 1500 positions in total. The dancers are sewn into their silk tunics before each performance to ensure a tight fit. During the rein of Jayavarman VII, 3000 dancers performed exclusively for the king.
    2006-11-07_Apsara Dance_AA_1.jpg
  • Party goer at the Notting Hill Carnival, on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
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  • Young Performers on Childrens Day at  Notting Hill carnival on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
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  • Young Performers on Childrens Day at  Notting Hill carnival on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
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  • Young Performers on Childrens Day at  Notting Hill carnival on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
    DSC_4588.jpg
  • Party goer at the Notting Hill Carnival, on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
    untitled-175.jpg
  • Young Performers on Childrens Day at  Notting Hill carnival on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
    untitled-102.jpg
  • Young Performers on Childrens Day at  Notting Hill carnival on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
    DSC_4588.jpg
  • Young Performers on Childrens Day at  Notting Hill carnival on 25th August, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. One million people are expected on the streets in scorching temperatures for the Notting Hill Carnival, Europes largest street party and a celebration of Caribbean traditions.
    DSC_4699.jpg
  • Two women outside a hairdressers using their mobile phones at Brixton Village on the 23rd May 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourism hot spot of Piccadilly Circus public space in London's West End. Built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. This is known as one of London's most famous sights and where tourists gather in their thousands especialy on sunny days.
    20150704_summer city piccadilly circ...jpg
  • Girl sitting in a golden throne has her photo taken wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Beihai Park is an imperial garden in Beijing. First built in the 10th century, it is amongst the largest of Chinese gardens, and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a park. It is also connected at the south to the Shichahai. The Park has an area of more than 69 hectares, with a lake that covers more than half of the entire Park.
    20120531beihai park beijing_V.jpg
  • Man and two girls has here photo taken wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Beihai Park is an imperial garden in Beijing. First built in the 10th century, it is amongst the largest of Chinese gardens, and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a park. It is also connected at the south to the Shichahai. The Park has an area of more than 69 hectares, with a lake that covers more than half of the entire Park.
    20120531beihai park beijing_U.jpg
  • Girls sitting in a golden throne have their photo taken wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Beihai Park is an imperial garden in Beijing. First built in the 10th century, it is amongst the largest of Chinese gardens, and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a park. It is also connected at the south to the Shichahai. The Park has an area of more than 69 hectares, with a lake that covers more than half of the entire Park.
    20120531beihai park beijing_C.jpg
  • Soldiers of the British Army, on The Mall in London following the ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday, Trooping the Colour. This June event, part of the 'British Season' of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics and the Household Cavalry on horseback.
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  • Soldiers of the British Army, on The Mall in London following the ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday, Trooping the Colour. This June event, part of the 'British Season' of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics and the Household Cavalry on horseback.
    _MG_0587.jpg
  • Soldiers of the British Army, on The Mall in London following the ceremonial event, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday, Trooping the Colour. This June event, part of the 'British Season' of events has all the pomp and ceremony of massed bands, marching Guards in red tunics and the Household Cavalry on horseback.
    _MG_0583.jpg
  • Girl sitting in a golden throne has her photo taken wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Beihai Park is an imperial garden in Beijing. First built in the 10th century, it is amongst the largest of Chinese gardens, and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a park. It is also connected at the south to the Shichahai. The Park has an area of more than 69 hectares, with a lake that covers more than half of the entire Park.
    20120531beihai park beijing_W_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027812cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027807cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027791cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027781cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027773cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027772cc_1.jpg
  • A formal military dress uniform and a civilian jacket on display in a london's taylor's premises in Sackville Street, London. Jones Chalk & Dawson have well over a century of fine tailoring tradition. The company commenced trading in 1896 when William Jones broke away from Hawkes of Savile Row (later Gieves and Hawkes), where he was head military cutter. Joseph H Dawson and Arthur Chalk also worked at Hawkes. In 1902 the young company were soon a Royal appointment from HRH the Prince of Wales, later King George V. In 1940 they were appointed by King George VI and today, Jones Chalk & Dawson continue to hold a warrant to the Belgian Royal Family.
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  • An RAF Air Chief Marshal helps a Royal Navy Vice Admiral just before he bangs his head under a new Eurofighter's (Typhoon) wing. It is the maiden flight of this now iconic jet fighter constructed by a consortium of European countries and manufacturers. The navy man is used to finding his way around a ship or low-ceiling submarine but obviously needs a helping hand while under the wing of this aircraft. The Royal Air Force officer wearing full dress uniform complete with gold braid holds the other’s head on which rests his white Navy hat, also with gold insignia that denotes his senior rank. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole combat aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of three companies. Its maiden flight took place on 27 March 1994 watched by VIPS from UK industry and military.
    eurofighter_RAF01-27-03-1994_1.jpg
  • A woman draws her scarf known as a dupatta over her head as she passes men on the street, New Delhi, India.
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  • A mock pram and fake Donald Trump head during a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trumps state visit to the U.K on the 4th June 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Day two of President Trumps three-day state visit, which includes lunch with the Queen, a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace as well as business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
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  • A female NHS nurse with a mock pram and fake Donald Trump head during a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trumps state visit to the U.K on the 4th June 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Day two of President Trumps three-day state visit, which includes lunch with the Queen, a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace as well as business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. On her wedding day a bride leaves the church and head down Fleet Street to her wedding party.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. On their wedding day a bride and groom leave the church and head down Fleet Street to their wedding party.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. On their wedding day a bride and groom leave the church and head down Fleet Street to their wedding party.
    20150704_summer city bride_A.jpg
  • A woman carries a pot on her head in the ancient  walled city of Harar, Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
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  • A court closure protester dressed as the Grim Reaper poses in front of the sign to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Westminster, central London. 17th October 2010.
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  • Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show ‘Banuî with psychiatrist, Mohammed Yasin Babrak.<br />
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Farzana’s show centres on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security reasons guests have to talk by phone: “I remember one guest - a young girl -  who was forced ( by her parents) to marry.” Says Farzana. “But because she came on TV, her parents threatened to kill her”.  <br />
<br />
 One of Farzana’s colleagues was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul in May 2005 and Farzana’s  husband wants her to stop presenting but she says:  “The show is very important. For a lot of women, their only source of help is from the TV.”<br />
A survey of women in Kabul found that 98 percent suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression or severe anxiety. Dr Babrak, Farzana’s co presenter says. “Most women who come to me suffer from mood swings and schizophrenia," <br />
 Farzana can empathize: “During the Taliban I was depressed and I am still traumatised. It took me two years after the collapse of the Taliban to stop wearing the burkha. Educated women wouldn’t come out on the streets even after the Taliban fell. But gradually women got more courage and things are changing.”
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  • Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show ‘Banuî with psychiatrist, Mohammed Yasin Babrak.<br />
<br />
Farzana’s show centres on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security reasons guests have to talk by phone: “I remember one guest - a young girl -  who was forced ( by her parents) to marry.” Says Farzana. “But because she came on TV, her parents threatened to kill her”.  <br />
<br />
One of Farzana’s colleagues was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul in May 2005 and Farzana’s  husband wants her to stop presenting but she says:  “The show is very important. For a lot of women, their only source of help is from the TV.”<br />
A survey of women in Kabul found that 98 percent suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression or severe anxiety. Dr Babrak, Farzana’s co presenter says. “Most women who come to me suffer from mood swings and schizophrenia,"
    afghan26_10_074_1.jpg
  • Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show ‘Banuî with psychiatrist, Mohammed Yasin Babrak.<br />
<br />
Farzana’s show centres on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security reasons guests have to talk by phone: “I remember one guest - a young girl -  who was forced ( by her parents) to marry.” Says Farzana. “But because she came on TV, her parents threatened to kill her”.  <br />
<br />
One of Farzana’s colleagues was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul in May 2005 and Farzana’s  husband wants her to stop presenting but she says:  “The show is very important. For a lot of women, their only source of help is from the TV.”<br />
A survey of women in Kabul found that 98 percent suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression or severe anxiety. Dr Babrak, Farzana’s co presenter says. “Most women who come to me suffer from mood swings and schizophrenia,"
    afghan26_10_076_1.jpg
  • Traditional Chinese dancers perform at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
    20120531laoshe tea house beijing_C_1.jpg
  • Traditional Chinese dancers perform at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
    20120531laoshe tea house beijing_AG_...jpg
  • Traditional Chinese dancers perform at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
    20120531laoshe tea house beijing_AF_...jpg
  • Traditional Chinese dancers perform at Laoshe teahouse on Qianmenxi Dajie Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The teahouse was founded in 1988 and provides an antique-flavour styled environment, where you can watch performances from folk arts and drama while enjoying famous teas. Crowds of people come here to experience the performances which range from acrobats to traditional singing etc. All while being served tea by waiters in traditional clothes. The atmosphere is one of fun and energy as the people become very involved and animated with the performances.
    20120531laoshe tea house beijing_AE_...jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso with family have lunch together amid posters of Mao  Zedong and  the Dalai Lama in home close to the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso  prepares lunch at home amidst hanging corns and posters and photos of the Dalai Lama, in village along the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_022_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso a Mo Suo minority,  with friend go shopping for groceries in Yongning town’s market, in northwest Yunnan Province close to Sichuan and Tibetatn border.<br />
<br />
Mo Su people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Su traditions. minority,  with friend go shopping for groceries in Yongning town’s market, in northwest Yunnan Province close to Sichuan and Tibetatn border.<br />
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Mo Su people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walkin
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  • Mu Ze Latso a Mo Suo minority,  with friend go shopping for groceries in Yongning town’s market, in northwest Yunnan Province close to Sichuan and Tibetatn border.<br />
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Mo Su people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Su traditions.
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  • A young mother at a gathering high up in the mountains.  The Chepangs is an ethnic group which used to be nomadic. Only recently have the settled and their settlements are high up in the mountains. Only a few years ago they did not have any running water and had to bring up water from below but with the help pf Restless Development and their partner NGO Prayash Nepal they now have running clean water from springs diverted into resovoirs and the connected to taps inther settlement. This not only give them clean water to drink, it also improve hygiene dramatiaclly and improve health and it saves precious time for the women who now spend the 4 hours it used to take getting water growing healhty vegetables.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men dance to music in a driveway of a wealthy man of the area whilst waiting to gain access to the household. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong.  Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. It is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations on Purim, and for groups of men to go round on the back of lorries and in open top buses visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong.
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  • Glastonbury Festival, 2015.<br />
Happy couple returning to their tent at dawn having just seen the Dali Lama
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  • Dressing up shop on Berwick Street in Soho with a human mannequin with a chicken head in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Dressing up shop on Berwick Street in Soho with a human mannequin with a chicken head in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil with Nigel Farage at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil with Nigel Farage at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil with Nigel Farage at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190214_brexit protest devil_002.jpg
  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190214_brexit protest devil_005.jpg
  • Anti Brexit pro Europe demonstrator dressed as the devil at the protest in Westminster opposite Parliament as MPs debate and vote on amendments to the withdrawal agreement plans on 14th February 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Court dress wigs for the legal profession barristers and judges donated by outfitters Ede & Ravenscroft, in the window of the Seven Stars pub opposite the Royal Courts of Justice, on 15th February 2017, in London, United Kingdom.
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  • A woman in a three headed costume and white feathers dance along past the Hackney Library in East London, United Kingdom,Sept 11 2016. The annual Hackney Carnival took place on a hot summers day and the procession of dancers dressed in various outfits moved through the streets to much joy of the many bystanders.
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  • Family members shave the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.  head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents. at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Family members shave the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.  head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents. at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • A monk shaves the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by his parents during a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 25th March 2016 in Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • A monk shaves the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by his parents during a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 25th March 2016 in Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
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  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimpfountain_I.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
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  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
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  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
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  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_O.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimpfountain_A.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_M.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_K.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_B.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_J.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_I.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_F.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up in a gimp costume and pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do gimp_E.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do dressfountain_Z.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do dressfountain_Y.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do dressfountain_W.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do dressfountain_T.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do dressfountain_R.jpg
  • Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.
    20160416_stag do dressfountain_O.jpg
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