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  • Bullfighting dwarf Guillermo Gomez waves to the public at the end of intense day of bullfighting bull steers, Cienpozuelo, Spain.
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  • The Lord Mayor of London waves to crowds and passing carnival floats in this Lord Mayor's Show - the oldest, longest, most popular civic procession in the world. Surrounded by City fathers and dignitaries up on a rostrum outside his official residence, the VIP wears the gowns of office during this annual event to honour the new Lord Mayor in the financial district of London. The show has floated, rolled, trotted, marched and occasionally fought its way through almost 800 years of London history, survived the black death and the blitz and arrived in the 21st century as one of the world’s best-loved pageants.
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  • Old colleagues greet each other in the City of London as an outsider looks on. Some of the men have recognised each other while with others as they head over Bishopsgate in the capital's financial heart. On the left is an outsider, a stranger with darker skin than the group of young professionals wearing suits. He makes his own way in the opposite direction, looking at the men with hands in pockets.
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  • Climate change activist from the Extinction Rebellion group block a road close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group march and sing songs outside the London Stock Exchange demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group stand in the blocking traffic close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Climate change activist from the Extinction Rebellion group march and sing songs in the road blocking traffic close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • A Beefeater Sergeant Yeoman stands guard outside the Tower of London. The Yeomen Warders of Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, popularly known as the Beefeaters, are ceremonial guardians of the Tower of London. In principle they are responsible for looking after any prisoners in the Tower and safeguarding the British crown jewels, but in practice they act as tour guides and are a tourist attraction in their own right, a point the Yeoman Warders acknowledge. In 2011, there were 37 Yeomen Warders and one Chief Warder.
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  • Climate change activist from the Extinction Rebellion group march and sing songs close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group march and sing songs close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
    XR City of LondonCDXR City of London...jpg
  • Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group march and sing songs in the road blocking traffic close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
    XR City of LondonCDXR City of London...jpg
  • Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group march and sing songs close to St Pauls tube station demanding that the British Government acknowledge the climate crisis posed by global warming on 25th April 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Four ladies are seen from behind wearing Union Jack hats and waving Britain's national flag flags. It is the Queens' Golden Jubilee celebrations in London's Hyde Park and this scene of patriotic fun is common when crowds gather to acknowledge their monarch's long reign over her people. The women's faces are obscured but there is a blurred face of an unknown singer leading a concert of rousing songs - perhaps Rule Britannia - that excites the crowd still in the semi-darkness. It is the end of a long day of marches and appearances of Her Majesty on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, marking her 50th year on the throne.
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  • A domesticated male Asian elephant at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • The procession of domesticated Asian elephants crosses the Nam Hung river at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Petition to save the South Bank Undercroft is taken by skateboarders to Lambeth Council. Earlier a Long Live South Bank event was held prior to the petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people (in 16 boxes seen here) was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfos Nkyinkim sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade at the entrance of the National Memorial for Peace And Justice on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It has the title ‘Nkyinkyim’ meaning twisted, relating to the proverb life’s journey is twisted’.  it was created at the artist’s studio in Ghana and installed in Montgomery for the opening of the Memorial in 2018. Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States was the brainchild of Bryan Stevenson, who was inspired by the Holocaust memorials in Europe and by the post-Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa. The Memorial in Montgomery was opened in 2018. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.e wider process of acknowledgement and healing they want to achieve.
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  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfos Nkyinkim sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade at the entrance of the National Memorial for Peace And Justice on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It has the title ‘Nkyinkyim’ meaning twisted, relating to the proverb life’s journey is twisted’.  it was created at the artist’s studio in Ghana and installed in Montgomery for the opening of the Memorial in 2018. Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States was the brainchild of Bryan Stevenson, who was inspired by the Holocaust memorials in Europe and by the post-Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa. The Memorial in Montgomery was opened in 2018. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.e wider process of acknowledgement and healing they want to achieve.
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  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfos Nkyinkim sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade at the entrance of the National Memorial for Peace And Justice on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It has the title ‘Nkyinkyim’ meaning twisted, relating to the proverb life’s journey is twisted’.  it was created at the artist’s studio in Ghana and installed in Montgomery for the opening of the Memorial in 2018. Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States was the brainchild of Bryan Stevenson, who was inspired by the Holocaust memorials in Europe and by the post-Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa. The Memorial in Montgomery was opened in 2018. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.e wider process of acknowledgement and healing they want to achieve.
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  • As the UK governments lockdown restrictions during the Coronavirus pandemic continues, and number of UK reported cases rose to 138,078 with a total now of 18,738 deaths, a locally constructed representation of an NHS house, a model of acknowledgement and support for NHS National Health Service care workers, outside a Homes For Heroes for WW1 veterans at the top of the Casino Avenue estate in Herne Hill, on 23rd April 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK governments lockdown restrictions during the Coronavirus pandemic continues, and number of UK reported cases rose to 138,078 with a total now of 18,738 deaths, a locally constructed representation of an NHS house, a model of acknowledgement and support for NHS National Health Service care workers, outside a Homes For Heroes for WW1 veterans at the top of the Casino Avenue estate in Herne Hill, on 23rd April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-29-23-04-2020_1.jpg
  • As the UK governments lockdown restrictions during the Coronavirus pandemic continues, and number of UK reported cases rose to 138,078 with a total now of 18,738 deaths, a locally constructed representation of an NHS house, a model of acknowledgement and support for NHS National Health Service care workers, outside a Homes For Heroes for WW1 veterans at the top of the Casino Avenue estate in Herne Hill, on 23rd April 2020, in London, England.
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  • Sunsetting on gravestones in Stoke Newington Abney Park Cemetry, London UK. Abney Park cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. <br />
By the early 1990s the cemetery was acknowledged to be the largest woodland ecosystem in North London, close to the centre of the City of London.
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  • Hands being held beneath a star an a gravestone in Stoke Newington Abney Park Cemetry, London UK. Abney Park cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. <br />
By the early 1990s the cemetery was acknowledged to be the largest woodland ecosystem in North London, close to the centre of the City of London.
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  • Gravestone for a policeman who died on duty in Stoke Newington, Abney Park Cemetry, London UK. Abney Park cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. <br />
By the early 1990s the cemetery was acknowledged to be the largest woodland ecosystem in North London, close to the centre of the City of London.
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  • British Prime Minister, John Major acknowledges supporters during a Conservative party election rally on 14th March 1992, in Brighton, England. Major went on to win the election weeks later and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party although it was its last outright win until 2015 after Labours 1997 win for Tony Blair.
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  • Electric and acoustic guitars on display in Martin & Co, one of the last music shops to stay in Denmark Street in London's famous Tin Pan Alley, a result of lease issues and rent hikes. In the window we see beautifully-designed instruments with the electric versions in the front row and the acoustics at the back. The American Martin Guitar Company has been continuously producing acoustic instruments that are acknowledged to be the finest in the world since 1833. Tin Pan Alley has been at the heart of the music publishing and musical instruments, primarily guitars, percussion, keyboards and sheet music. Pop music stars and rock bands like Elton John and the Rolling Stones have had their careers launched from Denmark Street where those who controlled the music business had their offices.
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  • Local people praying at the baci ceremony with several domesticated Asian elephants and their mahouts in the background, Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • A mahout (handler) a male Asian elephant with decorated tusks leans his head against a tree before the procession of 67 elephants at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury. The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • A male Asian elephant with decorated tusks ready for the procession at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • An Asian elephant at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • A Tai Lue mahout (handler) and his elephant during the Baci ceremony at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • Mahouts and their elephants at a baci ceremony at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephats are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Buddhist monks and important local dignitaries during the baci ceremony at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A mahout (handler) hands his Asian elephant a piece of sugar cane during the baci ceremony at Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephats are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • The parade of 67 elephants at The Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • A mahout feeds his elephant sugar cane during the procession at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • The Sayaboury Elephant Festival begins with a parade of the 11 districts in the province, each district showing its individual lifestyle with colourful dresses, local music, dance and products from the district. <br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • Balloons in the shape of elephants, ducks, parrots, ducks, dinosaurs and tigers for sale at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • Two young Lao boys riding on the back of a female Asian elephant carrying chains at Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Two mahouts (handlers) riding on the necks of their female Asian elephants who are also carrying chains around their necks at Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A domesticated Asian elephant with a tinsel decoration on her tail ready for the procession at the annual Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Two mahouts (handlers) wash their domesticated male Asian elephants in the river during the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A domesticated Asian elephant decorated ready for the procession at the annual Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Domesticated Asian elephants preparing to join the procession at the annual Sayaboury Elephant Festival. Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury. The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A male Asian elephant rests his head against a tree while waiting for the procession at the annual Sayaboury elephant festival, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A mahout (handler) eats his breakfast in the early morning whilst waiting to join the procession of elephants at the annual Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. <br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.<br />
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Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A domesticated female Asian elephant and her mahout at the annual Sayaboury Elephant Festival. Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A domesticated female Asian elephant eating sugar cane wears a traditional wooden bell at the annual Sayaboury Elephant Festival. Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury. The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • The Fire Garden, a performance delivered by the French performance group Carabosse, commisioned by Totally Thames, was an illuminating, artistic tribute, delivered on a monumental scale, to Battersea Power Station before it is closed for redevelopment. This was fire alchemy at its very best: the smell of wax, the hiss of steam, and the heat and glow of the multiple fires acknowledging and celebrating this iconic site's gritty, smoke belching, industrial past. Globes of fire and thousands of points of flickering flame illuminate the Power Station as musicians play a mix of old style Parisian music with moody improvised sounds. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned (1983) coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building.
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  • The Fire Garden, a performance delivered by the French performance group Carabosse, commisioned by Totally Thames, was an illuminating, artistic tribute, delivered on a monumental scale, to Battersea Power Station before it is closed for redevelopment. This was fire alchemy at its very best: the smell of wax, the hiss of steam, and the heat and glow of the multiple fires acknowledging and celebrating this iconic site's gritty, smoke belching, industrial past. Globes of fire and thousands of points of flickering flame illuminate the Power Station as musicians play a mix of old style Parisian music with moody improvised sounds. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned (1983) coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building.
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  • The Fire Garden, a performance delivered by the French performance group Carabosse, commisioned by Totally Thames, was an illuminating, artistic tribute, delivered on a monumental scale, to Battersea Power Station before it is closed for redevelopment. This was fire alchemy at its very best: the smell of wax, the hiss of steam, and the heat and glow of the multiple fires acknowledging and celebrating this iconic site's gritty, smoke belching, industrial past. Globes of fire and thousands of points of flickering flame illuminate the Power Station as musicians play a mix of old style Parisian music with moody improvised sounds. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned (1983) coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building.
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  • The Fire Garden, a performance delivered by the French performance group Carabosse, commisioned by Totally Thames, was an illuminating, artistic tribute, delivered on a monumental scale, to Battersea Power Station before it is closed for redevelopment. This was fire alchemy at its very best: the smell of wax, the hiss of steam, and the heat and glow of the multiple fires acknowledging and celebrating this iconic site's gritty, smoke belching, industrial past. Globes of fire and thousands of points of flickering flame illuminate the Power Station as musicians play a mix of old style Parisian music with moody improvised sounds. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned (1983) coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • 1 year on skateboard jam at the Undercroft to celebrate the first 12 months of the Long Live South Bank campaign. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Petition to save the South Bank Undercroft is taken by skateboarders to Lambeth Council. Earlier a Long Live South Bank event was held prior to the petition to save the site, signed by 23,000 people (in 16 boxes seen here) was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition (inside 16 boxes seen here) to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • Long Live South Bank event held at the South Bank Undercroft prior to a petition (inside 16 boxes seen here) to save the site, signed by 23,000 people was taken to Lambeth Council. The Undercroft on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, and others. It is proposed that the area be redeveloped for retail spaces.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMX riders, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • A charity worker is handing out leaflets in a London street, his hope is to entice the public to give money or lend support to the work of his organisation. He holds out his paper while wearing a bib saying Homeless Not Hopeless meaning that those without a home isn't necessarily without aspiration nor pride. But passers-by only want to continue their journeys unhindered and not bothered by what in Britain are known as charity muggers - or chuggers - and hated for their common presence on street corners, watching for their target demographics to donate hard-earned money. The man walking past without making eye contact is a gentleman of south-Asian or of Arab appearance and he looks to the ground without acknowledging the volunteer worker.
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  • Skateboarder being filmed with a special 3D camera. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • South Bank crowds on a Summer day passing the Undercroft. The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank has been popular with BMX since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank has been popular with BMX since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The undercroft of the foyer building of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank has been popular with skateboarders since the early 70's and it is widely acknowledged to be London's most distinctive and popular skateboarding area. The area is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti artists, taggers, photographers, buskers, and performance artists, among others. Although this informal activity, social and arts scene is a distinctive feature of the Southbank Centre site, it was proposed that the area would be redeveloped. However a statement from the Prime Minister's office may save the undercroft for these uses.
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  • The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. These are the caskets waiting to be accepted by each individual county and erected in their soil to not only recognise the victims of lynching but for each community to begin its own local process of acknowledgement and responsibility for the past. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.
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  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfos Nkyinkim sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade at the entrance of the National Memorial for Peace And Justice on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It has the title ‘Nkyinkyim’ meaning twisted, relating to the proverb life’s journey is twisted’.  it was created at the artist’s studio in Ghana and installed in Montgomery for the opening of the Memorial in 2018. Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States was the brainchild of Bryan Stevenson, who was inspired by the Holocaust memorials in Europe and by the post-Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa. The Memorial in Montgomery was opened in 2018. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.e wider process of acknowledgement and healing they want to achieve.
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  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfos Nkyinkim sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade at the entrance of the National Memorial for Peace And Justice on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It has the title ‘Nkyinkyim’ meaning twisted, relating to the proverb life’s journey is twisted’.  it was created at the artist’s studio in Ghana and installed in Montgomery for the opening of the Memorial in 2018. Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States was the brainchild of Bryan Stevenson, who was inspired by the Holocaust memorials in Europe and by the post-Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa. The Memorial in Montgomery was opened in 2018. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.e wider process of acknowledgement and healing they want to achieve.
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  • A domesticated male Asian elephant at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • The Sayaboury Elephant Festival begins with a parade of the 11 districts in the province, each district showing its individual lifestyle with colourful dresses, local music, dance and products from the district. <br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • The front feet of an Asian elephant decorated ready for the procession at the annual Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A domesticated female Asian elephant holding sugar cane in her trunk and wearing a traditional wooden bell at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival. Sayaboury province, Lao PDR.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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