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  • The farmland and terraces in Southwest region Uganda.
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  • The farmland and terraces in Southwest region of Uganda.
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  • Rope made from bark, Xingjie Zhen market, Yunnan, China
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  • A small sticky rice cake wrapped in maize leaves from Shui Tang village market; Guizhou province, China.
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  • A large sticky rice cake wrapped in leaves from Sa La Xi village market; Guizhou province, China.
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  • A skein of spliced hemp from Qie Chong village, Guizhou province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is need for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Guizhou Provinces.
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  • A skein of spliced hemp from Yunnan province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is need for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces.
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  • Dried tobacco from Shaxi market, Yunnan province, China. Tobacco is one of the most important cash crops grown in Yunnan province. Infrastructure such as new roads to villages are also provided as an incentive to farmers.
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  • Rope made from rice straw, Si Lian village, Yunnan province, China
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  • An elderly Bai ethnic minority woman makes a bamboo basket for carrying vegetables in her home, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • Mr Yang, a Bai ethnic minority man, one of only 6 cormorant fisherman remaining on Er Hai, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China since about 960 AD. To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. This prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, but the birds can swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish up. Though cormorant fishing once was a successful industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.
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  • Mr Yang, a Bai ethnic minority man, one of only 6 cormorant fisherman remaining on Er Hai, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China since about 960 AD. To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. This prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, but the birds can swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish up. Though cormorant fishing once was a successful industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.
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  • Mr Yang, a Bai ethnic minority man, one of only 6 cormorant fisherman remaining on Er Hai, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China since about 960 AD. To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. This prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, but the birds can swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish up. Though cormorant fishing once was a successful industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.
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  • A Yi woman wearing her traditional clothing cooks over an open fire in her kitchen, Ma Long village, Yunnan province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Bai ethnic minority man makes clay roof tiles by hand, Dian Nan village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • Sunflower heads dry in the sun outside a Miao/Hmong house in Le Li village, Yunnan Province, China. The seeds are a popular snack all over China.
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  • A solar kettle in use in the Miao/Hmong ethnic minority village in Le Li village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • Wearing a traditional jade bracelet, a Bai ethnic minority woman holds a bunch of spring onions whilst working on a farm supplying to a local factory, Da Cheng village, Yunnan province, China
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  • Wearing a traditional jade bracelet and a straw hat, a Bai ethnic minority woman winnows wheat by dropping the grains from a height allowing the chaff to blow away, Da Cheng village, Yunnan province, China
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  • A portrait of a Pumi ethnic minority woman wearing her traditional clothing in her home, Lin Chang village, Yunnan Province, China. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • Landscape view in the northern mountainous region of Yunnan province looking towards a valley with villages and a lake.
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  • Landscape view looking towards a valley in the northern mountainous part of Yunnan province showing winding roads and fallow fields.
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  • Landscape view looking towards a valley in the northern mountainous region of Yunnan province showing winding roads and fallow fields.
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  • A Bai ethnic minority woman holds a bunch of mountain vegetables at Dali market, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Mr Yang, a Bai ethnic minority man, one of only 6 cormorant fisherman remaining on Er Hai, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China since about 960 AD. To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. This prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, but the birds can swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish up. Though cormorant fishing once was a successful industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.
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  • A Han Chinese couple  from Guiyang have their wedding photographs taken in the Buyi ethnic minority village of Shi Tou Zhai. It is common for Han couples to wear western style wedding dresses and travel to the countryside around the city for their wedding photographs.
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  • A landscape view of recently harvest rice paddy fields in the Miao ethnic minority village of Langde, Guizhou province, China.
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  • Villagers in the Long Skirt Miao village of Langde are handed money tickets for taking part in a music and dance performance in their village for Chinese tourists arriving by bus, Guizhou province, China
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  • Plastic flower decorations worn my Miao women in their hair for sale in Xijiang, Guizhou province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Kaili City is the capital of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southeast Guizhou. Ethnic people account for 70 per cent of the population of 470,000.
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  • Portrait of a Small Flower Miao ethnic minority woman, wearing her traditional clothing, harvesting rice, Gao Yuan village, Guizhou, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Qing Miao (Long Horn Miao) ethnic minority woman splices hemp in Longga village (Ghao Xin), Guizhou Province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is need for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Guizhou Province. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • A Bai Xing style Miao ethnic minority woman wearing her heavily decorated traditional clothing, spins human hair for use in her traditional headdress, Lao Zhai Zi village, Guizhou Province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • An elderly Bai Xing style Miao woman sits outside her home splicing ramie fibre, Lao Zhai Zi village, Guizhou province, China. Ramie is one of the oldest fibre crops, having been used for at least six thousand years, and is principally used for fabric production. It is a bast fibre and the part used is the bark of the vegetative stalks. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • A Red-Thread Miao ethnic minority woman, wearing her colourful appliqued traditional costume, splices ramie, Yi Xin village, Guizhou province, China. Ramie is one of the oldest fibre crops, having been used for at least six thousand years, and is principally used for fabric production. It is a bast fibre and the part used is the bark of the vegetative stalks. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Wearing a traditional hemp skirt, a Big Flowery Miao ethnic minority woman splices hemp, Qie Chong village, Guizhou Province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is needed for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Guizhou Province. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Wearing a traditional hemp skirt, a Big Flowery Miao ethnic minority woman harvests hemp, Qie Chong village, Guizhou Province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is needed for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Guizhou Province. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Wearing their traditional costumes, Miao and Yi women sing hymns at Qie Chong village's 100 years anniversary of the Catholic church celebration, Guizhou province, China.
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  • Portrait of an elderly Big Flowery Miao woman wearing a traditional handwoven hemp skirt and woollen, handwoven cloak. Qie Chong village, Guizhou Province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is needed for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Guizhou Province. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Portrait of Xi Le Li, a Hani ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing in Gan Pai Da Zhai village, Yunnan province, China. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • Pumpkins stored in the loft of a Hani ethnic minority farmer's house, Shang Lao Zhai village, Yunnan Province, China.
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  • Hani rice terraces, Honghe, Yunnan province, China. Each family has a certain number of terraces but they cannot grow enough rice to survive. Villagers help others who are working away for a 50/50 share and in that way they can just about survive.
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  • Red chillies drying on the floor alongside an armchair in a restaurant in the Yi ethnic minority village of Huang Mao Ling village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • Fish are reared in the rice paddy field and then smoked over an open fire in Gou Kui, a Hani ethnic minority village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • An Aini ethnic minority woman sewing her traditional clothing outside her home in Xiang Dao Ya village. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Miao/Hmong ethnic minority woman wearing a modern printed traditional style pleated skirt stands with a wild animal which has been caught in a trap, San Yao San village, Yunnan Province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Miao/Hmong ethnic minority woman carries a baby and a pair rice beaters on her way back from threshing rice. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • The bedroom of a young married Yao man and Yi woman in Xin Shan (Yao) village, Yunnan province, China. Until recently it was uncommon for a couple from different ethnic minority groups to get married. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • An Aini ethnic minority woman sits on a bed with a young boy in her home in Xiang Dao Ya village. Costume styles in the past were identified by discrete regions and sub regions, but due to a number of factors some groups are more widely dispersed.  This may be due to migration or search for land, and more recently, as a result of re-settlement of groups by the Chinese government, made necessary by the construction of new roads, reservoirs and hydroelectric schemes. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • Home grown cotton fabric being woven on a loom in a Yao ethnic minority home, Yao Qu Guang Min Yizu village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • The papercuts of the Miao people are used mainly for the inheritance of patterns, which are the basic models for embroidery, Shidong, Guizhou province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Duck eggs wrapped in rice straw, Lao Meng village market, Yunnan province, China
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  • A small sticky rice cake wrapped in leaves from Shui Tang village market; Guizhou province, China.
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  • Dried bamboo shoots sold by Akha women from Laos at Mengban market, Yunnan province, China
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  • A Bai ethnic minority man makes clay roof tiles by hand, Dian Nan village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • A Naxi ethnic minority woman takes a chicken as a present for a new baby, Wen Hai Xia village, Yunnan Province, China. The People's Republic of China recognises 55 ethnic minority groups in China in addition to the Han majority. The ethnic minorities form 9.44% of mainland China and Taiwan's total population and the greatest number can be found in Yunnan Province, 34% (25 ethnic groups).
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  • A Miao ethnic minority woman from Weng Xiang village sews part of her traditional costume, Guizhou Province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • A Small Flower Miao ethnic minority woman, wearing her traditional clothing, harvests rice, Gao Yuan village, Guizhou province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Portrait of a Small Flower Miao ethnic minority woman, wearing her traditional clothing, in her home Gao Yuan village, Guizhou, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • A Qing Miao (Long Horn Miao) ethnic minority woman wearing her traditional costume sews outside her home in Longga village (Ghao Xin), Guizhou province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Miao woman at Qie Chong village's 100 years anniversary of the Catholic church celebration, Guizhou province, China.
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  • Cyclist on top of the Clent Hills in Stourbridge on 19th January 2020 in Stourbridge, England, United Kingdom. The Clent Hills lie 10 miles south-west of Birmingham in Clent, Worcestershire. The closest towns are Stourbridge and Halesowen, both within the West Midlands conurbation.
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  • The A30 highway runs deep into the South-West of England - from Exeter in the county of Devon to Penzance in the narrow peninsular of Cornwall. On certain dates in the calendar routes like this, near the Cornish town of Bodmin, England, come to a standstill from the huge volume of cars and private vehicles, all heading down to costal resorts and better weather. We see here a huge tailback of traffic that is queueing along one side of the British dual-carriageway (two lanes in each direction) from close-up  to the distance down and up a natural hill in this undulating landscape. The cars have edged forward are nose to tail for hours in summer heatwave and tempers fray, children arguing in the back and an otherwise relaxed holiday mood suddenly goes bad.
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  • Two girls jump in and swim in Chapel Pool, Polperro, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Three men fish in Cape Cornwall Pool, Priest's Cove, St Just, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • After her daily swim, an elderly local woman climbs out of Porthtowan Pool, Cornwall, UK. A beautifully wild tidal pool surrounded by cliffs and rocks, with a retaining concrete wall. "Weekdays are nicer, on weekends you get all the young ones coming and throwing themselves in, they don't swim". Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • A group of young people play games on the edge of The Rock Pool, Westward Ho!, Devon, UK. Located at the southern end of Westward Ho! beach near Bideford, this renovated pool has been here for 120 years. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Summerleaze Sea Pool was built in the 1930s when seawater swimming pools were all the rage, Bude, Cornwall, UK.  Nestled at the foot of the cliffs, Summerleaze Sea Pool is part man made and part natural rock pool and it cleaned daily by the tide. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Dancing Ledge, Langton Matravers, Swanage, Dorset. Blasted into the rock to provide bracing exercise for pupils from a nearby prep school, Dancing Ledge was so called because of the area of stone cut from this disused quarry is the size of a ballroom dance floor. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • 2 young women float in Chapel Rock Pool, Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Three elderly women swimming in Portreath Pool, Cornwall, UK. Created by adding a retaining wall to a rock pool, until the 1970s this tidal pool was used by a local school for swimming lessons. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • View of tunnels beach Tidal Pool from Beacons Castle, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • The Swimming Pool, Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Plymouth City Council employees clean Devil's Point Pool at low tide, a man-made tidal pool on Plymouth Sound, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • A family paddle and play with a fishing net whilst three elderly women swim in Portreath Pool, Cornwall, UK. Created by adding a retaining wall to a rock pool, until the 1970s this tidal pool was used by a local school for swimming lessons. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Tunnels Beach Tidal Pool, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Mousehole Tidal Pool, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • A partner struggles to lift a lady on a shingle beach up over a coastal groyne in Porlock, Somerset, UK. Giving the lady a much-needed leg-up from the lower level of shingle to the one above, the man bends to haul her up making a funny moment in this coastal landscape. Porlock is a coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in a deep hollow below Exmoor, 5 miles (8 km) west of Minehead. The parish, which includes Hawkcombe and Doverhay, has a population of 1,440. The coastline includes shingle ridges, salt marshes and a submerged forest. In 1052 the Saxon king, Harold, landed at Porlock Bay from Ireland, and burnt the town before marching on London
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  • At the famous Butlins holiday camp in the Somerset town of Minehead, a poolside lifeguard overlooks the main  pool from an overhead bridge. Behind him a monorail transports holidaymakers around the resort. Wearing the large letter B for Butlins on his red vest, the young lad sucks on his whistle held between his lips and prominently, the words 'Made in England' have been tattooed on his left shoulder - as if a statement for his patriotic ideals but also for those of Butlins - an institution for the British working classes who after the war had the opportunity to spend their summers at special resorts in seaside towns that provided entertainment and fun. Butlins and other camp businesses went into decline when the masses preferred Spanish vacations but have since been revived as travel costs have again soared and holidays at home are once again popular.
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  • Cyclists peloton speeds through Hampton Court in southwest London compete for the 250km mens' road race on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympics. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
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  • Cyclists speed through Hampton Court in southwest London compete for the 250km mens' road race on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympics. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
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  • Winter trees on the 27th February 2019 in Wimbledon Common in the United Kingdom. Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London.
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  • Winter trees on the 27th February 2019 in Wimbledon Common in the United Kingdom. Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London.
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  • Winter trees on the 27th February 2019 in Wimbledon Common in the United Kingdom. Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London.
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  • Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
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  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
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  • The Hive at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens the hive_001.jpg
  • Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens treetop walkway...jpg
  • The Hive at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens the hive_002.jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Interior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Exterior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Exterior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
  • Exterior view of the newly refurbished Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares of botanical gardens and glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution with 700 staff, receiving around 2 million visitors per year. Its living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants.
    20180611_kew gardens temperate house...jpg
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