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  • A school girl volunteer at Princess Alice’s Adoption Home, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is playing with babies lying on a large mattress on the floor. Princess Alice’s is a children’s home in association with BigShoes Foundation. These babies are waiting to be adopted.
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  • Many babies lying and playing on a large mattress on the floor while their carer washes her hands at Princess Alice’s Adoption Home, Guateng, South Africa. Princess Alice’s is a children’s home in association with BigShoes Foundation. These babies are waiting to be adopted.
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  • A school girl volunteer plays with babies and toddlers in the play garden toy houses at Princess Alice’s Adoption home which is a children’s home in association with Bigshoes Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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  • A female volunteer plays with babies and toddlers in the play garden at Princess Alice’s Adoption home which is a children’s home in association with Bigshoes Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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  • A volunteer doctor draws blood from a South African child by inserting the needle into the neck. Johannesburg, South Africa.  This blood test is part of a routine medical examination required in the adoption process and will include and HIV test.  The check-up is provided by Bigshoes Foundation, a charity that provides medical care to children living in children’s homes and those who have been adopted.
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  • A female volunteer doctor draws blood from a South African child by inserting the needle into the neck. Johannesburg, South Africa.  This blood test is part of a routine medical examination required in the adoption process and will include and HIV test.  The check-up is provided by Bigshoes Foundation, a charity that provides medical care to children living in children’s homes and those who have been adopted.
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  • Door of Hope female staff leave the BigShoes clinic with young babies that have just had routine medical examinations in the Bigshoes hospital clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.  These health check-ups are a necessary part of the adoption process.  BigShoes Foundation is a charity that provides medical care to children living in children’s homes and those who have been adopted.
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  • Lucky, a male worker from BigShoes talks with 17 year-old boy called Gift, who is HIV positive.  Lucky is the leading figure in Bigshoes‘ Surrogate Father Scheme, and has been counseling Gift for four years.  BigShoes is a charity that provides help to children who are orphaned and going to adoption.
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  • A baby in a car seat has fun with a ‘Flip-Flop Alphabet Blocks’ toy. At the BigShoes centre Johannesburg, South Africa. BigShoes is a charity that provide medical checkups at their centre, for children going into adoption.
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  • A volunteer doctor from Bigshoes Foundation examines a baby’s health status as part of routine medical check-up for the adoption process in a hospital clinic Johannesburg, South Africa.  The child is currently living at the Door of Hope Children’s Home and attends the clinic with a carer.
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  • Lucky, a male worker from BigShoes walks along with 17 year-old boy called Gift, who is HIV positive.  Lucky is the leading figure in Bigshoes‘ Surrogate Father Scheme, and has been counseling Gift for four years.  BigShoes is a charity that provides help to children who are orphaned and going to adoption.
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  • A volunteer doctor from Bigshoes Foundation examines a baby’s health status as part of routine medical check-up for the adoption process in a hospital clinic Johannesburg, South Africa.  The child is currently living at the Door of Hope Children’s Home and attends the clinic with a carer.
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  • A young baby suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in the arms of a child minder. Justin Fox and his wife run a Baby House offering temporary housing for children found by the Emergency Services such as during police raids. BigShoes, a South African charity, give both medical and emotional support to the children.
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  • Door of Hope female staff leave the BigShoes clinic with young babies that have just had routine medical examinations in the Bigshoes hospital clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.  They walk across the car park.
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  • Female staff caring, interacting and feeding small babies at the Bigshoes Foundation Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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  • In the afternoon light, Lysette (12), a Tutsi whose parents were killed in front of her, carries and cares for Elosh (L), a Hutu baby. Both victims of Burundi's ethnic violence, they now live at the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Margaret, a female carer at Door of Hope Children’s Home sits in the waiting room corridor playing with 6 month old baby Jesse. They are waiting for Jesse to have a routine medical examination as part of the adoption process.  The check-up is provided by Bigshoes Foundation, a charity that provides medical care to children living in children’s homes and those who have been adopted.
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  • The laces of child’s bootie shoe ties together a cartoon-print curtain. Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a curtain at Princess Alice’s Adoption home; a children’s home in association with BigShoes Foundation.
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  • Two employees of the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi sit in a full-scale model of their MRJ at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Seated in different rows of this stylish small regional jet, they awkwardly stare expressionless, straight ahead and although the seats are real, the mock-up fuselage is in the middle of an exhibition hall. The MRJ is a next generation jetliner with 70 or 90 seat economy class configurations, the first regional jet to adopt composite materials for its wings and vertical fins on significant scale. The Paris Air Show expo is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry who demonstrate military and civilian aircraft equipment to interested customers.
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  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony the just married bride bids her emotional farewells to all her immediate family in which, on marriage she will now adopt her husband's caste as her own,  Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India
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  • Hindu bride, Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap as she hold in her hands a coconut and banana, as a priest recites verses meant to purify the bride, after which the father will give his daughter away to the bride groom ( newly-wed husband) as a gift. Shweta is surrounded here by her most immediate family and is a highly emotionally charged moment as it symbolises the abandonment of her caste to adopt her husband's,  Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A detail of a young exiled Libyan woman who has painted her face in the colours of the pre-revolutionary flag that Libyans have adopted as their new flag after Gaddafi’s downfall, During the protests opposite her London embassy, the woman shows us the flag of the independent kingdom: Red, black, and green with a crescent and star in the centre. After the Libyan revolution of 1969, the flag was changed to the Arab Liberation Flag of horizontal red, white, and black bands. In 1971 Libya joined the Federation of Arab Republics with Egypt and Syria, which used a similar flag with a hawk emblem in the center and the name of the country beneath it. When Libya left the Federation in 1977, the new plain green flag was adopted. But during the 2011 uprising, the old flag was once again adopted.
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  • A young girl holds the flag of the independent kingdom of Libiya as Libyan exiles protest opposite their London embassy, against their long-term dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi whose violence has led to a nationwide uprising though this girl is exiled in Britain with her family. The flag of the independent kingdom was red, black, and green with a crescent and star in the centre. After the Libyan revolution of 1969, the flag was changed to the Arab Liberation Flag of horizontal red, white, and black bands. In 1971 Libya joined the Federation of Arab Republics with Egypt and Syria, which used a similar flag with a hawk emblem in the center and the name of the country beneath it. When Libya left the Federation in 1977, the new plain green flag was adopted. But during the 2011 uprising, the old flag was once again adopted.
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  • Face of Will Ferrell on an Elf shopping bag amongst commuters on a busy underground train on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell. The film centers on Buddy, a human who was adopted and raised by Santas elves.
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  • Face of Will Ferrell on an Elf shopping bag amongst commuters on a busy underground train on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell. The film centers on Buddy, a human who was adopted and raised by Santas elves.
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  • A new billboard advertisement produced by PETA UK, a UK-based charity dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals, is pictured on 17th November 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The advertisement, which features an image of Max the Shelter Dog, is intended to highlight the issue of celebrities and influencers purchasing ‘pedigree’ and ‘designer’ puppies from breeders at a time when thousands of dogs are waiting to be adopted at local shelters and rescue groups, including many acquired during the first coronavirus lockdown and then abandoned.
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  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 24th August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The multi-coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag which has been adopted, across the World, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
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  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 24th August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The multi-coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag which has been adopted, across the World, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
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  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 24th August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The multi-coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag which has been adopted, across the World, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
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  • A flower rainbow at dawn showing support for the NHS staff outside UCL hospital during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Researchers at University College London warn the risk of death if you have an underlying health conditions is five times higher so the team created the coronavirus calculator to let individuals see how at risk they are. Rainbows are used as a symbol of peace and hope as they often appear when the sun follows a heavy rainfall. They serve to remind us that there is hope and light to follow even after dark times. The current trend appears to have started in Italy but has also been adopted by the US, Canada and Spain, where people have adorned their windows and balconies with colourful pictures.
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  • A detail of King Johns tomb 1167-1216, showing the Royal Arms of England the arms of the Plantagenet dynasty with three lions, in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England. King John was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II. The Royal Arms of England are the arms first adopted in a fixed form at the start of the age of heraldry circa 1200 as personal arms by the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from 1154. In the popular mind they have come to symbolise the nation of England.
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  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 17th June 2019 in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. Installed by Royal Borough of Greenwich council to celebrate Pride Month in June. The multi coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag  which has been adopted, across the globe, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBT community and its diversity.
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  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 17th June 2019 in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. Installed by Royal Borough of Greenwich council to celebrate Pride Month in June. The multi coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag  which has been adopted, across the globe, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBT community and its diversity.
    20190617-DSC_8808.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 17th June 2019 in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. Installed by Royal Borough of Greenwich council to celebrate Pride Month in June. The multi coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag  which has been adopted, across the globe, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBT community and its diversity.
    20190617-DSC_8817.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk across a rainbow colored crossing on 17th June 2019 in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. Installed by Royal Borough of Greenwich council to celebrate Pride Month in June. The multi coloured crossing has been created in the design of the Rainbow Flag  which has been adopted, across the globe, as a symbol to celebrate the LGBT community and its diversity.
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  • A young ballerina dancer adopts a position in front of the fountains of Trafalgar Square, on 13th August 2018, in London, England.
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  • The fantasy monster Shrek and a bald man adopting the same postural echo outside a tourist trinket shop near Piccadilly Circus, on 9th May 2018, in London, England. Shrek is a 2001 American computer animated adventure fantasy comedy film loosely based on William Steigs 1990 fairy tale picture book.
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  • The Arch of Germanicus, an ancient Roman arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France. It was built in 18 or 19AD by a rich citizen of the town (then known as Mediolanum Santonum), C. Julius Rufus, and dedicated to the emperor Tiberius, his son Drusus Julius Caesar, and his adoptive son Germanicus. It has two bays and was originally sited over the terminus of the Roman road from Lyon to Saintes. On the proposal of Prosper Mérimée in 1843 it was moved fifteen metres during works on quays along the river, and it was restored in 1851.
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  • An orphan boy of Burundi's ethnic conflict with a torn shirt. He lives in Shalom House that was founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love. Burundi now has many 'child headed households'
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  • An orphan of Burundi's ethnic conflict, stands in the door of her house built by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love. Burundi now has many 'child headed households'
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  • Orphans watering the gardens in Shalom House an orphanage built by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Orphan children dance for Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') on one of her visits to Rutimbura, a village largely built by her and her Shalom House orphans. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Jean, an orphan of Burundi's ethnic conflict at Shalom House shivers under a blanket with malaria. Shalom House was founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi'). During the 1994 genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Felicity, 14, an orphan of Burundi's ethnic conflict at the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in her office in the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by her in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Two orphans, brother and sister return to their home that was built by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi'). During the genocide in 1994, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love. Burundi now has many 'child headed households'
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  • A statue of Stalin overlooking the centre of town in Korce. Albania practiced a militant form of Communism, withstanding the reforms of other Eastern Europe’s “revisionist wave” since the 1956 thaw. Alienated from both East and West, Albania adopted a “go-it-alone” policy and became notorious as an isolated bastion of Stalinism with statues revering “the last communist leader” in most city squares.<br />
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In December 1990 the party ordered all statues and symbols bearing his name removed. The decision to excise Stalin from public life came on what would have been the Soviet dictator’s 111th birthday. A crane moved into Tirana’s Stalin Boulevard at midnight on Thursday 21st December 1991 and loaded the dark bronze statue onto a truck, its head hanging over the back.
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  • A young homeless child crouched on the ground on Boulevard Stalin in the centre of Tirana. Albania practiced a militant form of Communism, withstanding the reforms of other Eastern Europe’s “revisionist wave” since the 1956 thaw. Alienated from both East and West, Albania adopted a “go-it-alone” policy and became notorious as an isolated bastion of Stalinism with statues revering “the last communist leader” in most city squares.<br />
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In December 1990 the party ordered all statues and symbols bearing his name removed. The decision to excise Stalin from public life came on what would have been the Soviet dictator’s 111th birthday. A crane moved into Tirana’s Stalin Boulevard at midnight on Thursday 21st December 1991 and loaded the dark bronze statue onto a truck, its head hanging over the back.
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  • Identical and eccentric twin sisters wait for buses at a stop's shelter in central Brussels. Dressed almost identically too, with matching lipstick, shoes and sports trousers, the pair look towards oncoming traffic making sure they don’t miss their bus home from central Brussels to a suburb. The eccentric pair has adopted the same posture in a way that twins and sisters sharing the same genetic characteristics and habits often do.
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  • Moving steadily 100 feet (8 metres) along a live-line electricity cable, a National Grid maintenance worker protected in a conductive cage, proceeds to the next 'separator' that holds the high-voltage cables from touching each other. From the ground we see the sagging cables stretching to a distant electricity pylon and two yellow cages, one large in the foreground where we see the human figure standing like an astonaut, and the other cage out of focus, a greater distance away but all dwarfed by the huge structure of girders and relays. Wearing clothing bonded to the conductor, the lineman can work comfortably inside the electrical field at close range with gloved hands. National Grid Electricity Transmission plc owns and operates the National Grid high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales.National Grid plc is a United Kingdom based utilities company which also operates in other countries, principally in the United States. The company adopted its current name in July 2005 when shareholders agreed the change from National Grid Transco plc.
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  • Two sisters sit in identical poses on sea wall benches at Blackpool's Promenade, Lancashire, England. The eccentric pair has adopted the same posture in a way that twins and sisters sharing the same genetic characteristics and habits often do. Seated with bags at their own sandals and with the same styles of floral pattern dresses, the two look like the proverbial ‘peas in a pod.’ Blackpool is a seaside resort in the northwest of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people during the industrial revolution.
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  • Match officials at a Cartier polo tournament in Windsor Great Park, London. As time ticks on during the chukka, a scorer in a long white coat stands watching another as he checks his watch and listens to a transistor radio. We see that one team of the Prince Philip Trophy is Pendell Polo stables from Reading, England who have scored 3 points. Polo - from pulu in Hindi - referring to the wooden ball which was used, was adopted by the sport in its slow spread to the west. The first polo club was established in the town of Silchar in Assam, India, in 1834. It is also  called "The Sport of Kings" and is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team.
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  • A young national Health general practitioner doctor (GP) uses an otoscope to inspect an even young little girl - a Tamil refugee from Sri Lanka whose father has brought his family to Britain in 1986 to escape racial and political persecution during his country's war between the Sinhalese majority and this ethnic minority group. The surgery is in the north London borough of Camden and the child of approximately 8 years of age is held by her father's firm hand that grips her chin to avoid movement. The health professional peers into the instrument to check for infections so the little girl can carry on dealing with this unfamiliar adopted country and strange ways of life in the UK.
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  • A Libyan exile burns a picture of dictator Colonel Gaddafi during protests opposite London Libyan embassy during the country’s 2011 uprising. Holding up the picture of the man blamed for atrocities and for a 42-year history of oppression to his people, the flames lick around the paper, ready to engulf his image. In the background we see the pre-revolutionary flag that Libyans have adopted as their new flag after Gaddafi’s downfall.
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  • Two women of Asian origin stand chatting outside a branch of the betting business, Ladbrokes in south London. Seen from a high perspective - from the top deck of a London bus - we look down on the people as they stop to talk outside of this betting outlet. Posters on the wall advertise the latest deals for playing machine games for prizes, hoping to lure the addictive into spending more on gambling. Ladbrokes plc is a British based gaming company founded by Messrs Schwind and Pendleton in 1886 as commission agents for horses trained at Ladbroke Hall in Worcestershire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902 when one Arthur Bendir joined the partnership and operations were moved to London. It is today listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250 Index, having been relegated from the FTSE 100 Index in June 2006.
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  • A boy carries a chicken under his arm<br />
He now lives at the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Two orphans return to Shalom house, an orphanage for war orphans.<br />
They now live at the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • A mother carries her child past Shalom House, an orphanage for war orphans.<br />
They now live at the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • A young Hong Kong Chinese girl waves her newly adopted national flag as Britain hands the former UK territory back to China. It is late evening and surrounded by dragons and crowds outdoors to celebrate an historic date in the Chinese calendar, the girl holds the flag of the Communist superpower, smiling as her father takes a happy picture for the family album. The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China, referred to as the Return by Chinese and the Handover by British press, took place on 1 July 1997. The event marked the end of British rule, and the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to Chinese rule – the end of a 99-year lease.
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  • With mouth wide open in mid-shout, a young protester screams his anti-war message to the outside world during a large demonstration against the first Gulf War of 1991. He holds a placard with the now famous Peace Symbol, originally designed in 1958 for the British nuclear disarmament movement, designed by British artist Gerald Holtom for the march planned by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) from Trafalgar Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston. The symbol was later adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and subsequently became an international emblem for the 1960s anti-war movement and the counterculture of the time.
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  • Daryl, a retired nurse, teaches CPR, basic life support and first aid skills in a hospital clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Daryl is a volunteer from Bigshoes Foundation, a charity that provides medical care and interventions to children living in children’s homes and those who have been adopted both in the community and in hospital.  Workers from various children’s care homes in Guateng state attend this training.
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  • Monica Kigwa keeps a record of her farms production on the door of her house. Monica is suffering from Malaria, she is a widow with 6 children, 4 of her own and two she has adopted. She produced 174 Kgs of coffee in 2006 after being re-trained by Kulika. Monica lives in the Kamuli district of Uganda. Coffee in the area is not organic but is Fair Trade. The Kulika project run Sustainable Organic Agricultural Training Programs.
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  • Monica Kigwa drying out her coffee beans on a tarpaulin supplied by Kulika. Monica is suffering from Malaria, she is a widow with 6 children, 4 of her own and two she has adopted. She produced 174 Kgs of coffee in 2006 after being re-trained by Kulika. Monica lives in the Kamuli district of Uganda. Coffee in the area is not organic but is Fair Trade. The Kulika project run Sustainable Organic Agricultural Training Programs.
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  • Monica Kigwa plants a new coffee plant seedling. Monica is suffering from Malaria, she is a widow with 6 children, 4 of her own and two she has adopted.. She produced 174 Kgs of coffee in 2006 after being re-trained by Kulika. Monica lives in the Kamuli district of Uganda. Coffee in the area is not organic but is Fair Trade. The Kulika project run Sustainable Organic Agricultural Training Programs.
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  • Monica Kigwa a coffee farmer holding a new seedling. Monica is suffering from Malaria, she is a widow with 4 children and 2 adopted kids. She produced 174 Kgs of coffee in 2006 after being re-trained by Kulika. Monica lives in the Kamuli district of Uganda. Coffee in the area is not organic but is Fair Trade. The Kulika project run Sustainable Organic Agricultural Training Programs.
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  • Monica Kigwa plants a new coffee plant seedling. Monica is suffering from Malaria, she is a widow with 6 children, 4 of her own and two she has adopted. She produced 174 Kgs of coffee in 2006 after being re-trained by Kulika. Monica lives in the Kamuli district of Uganda. Coffee in the area is not organic but is Fair Trade. The Kulika project run Sustainable Organic Agricultural Training Programs.
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  • British writer Jeanette Winterson in London. Jeanette Winterson, OBE (born 27 August 1959) is a British writer. Winterson was born in Manchester and adopted by Constance and John William Winterson on 21 January 1960. She grew up in Accrington, Lancashire, and was raised in the Elim Pentecostal Church. Intending to become a Pentecostal Christian missionary, she began evangelising and writing sermons at age six
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  • British writer Iain Banks in London. Iain Banks (born on 16 February 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife) is a Scottish writer. He writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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  • Model missiles at the Raytheon exhibition stand during the Farnborough airshow. Raytheon is a major American defence contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007. Raytheon is the world's largest producer of guided missiles. Established in 1922, the company reincorporated in 1928 and adopted its present name in 1959. The company has around 72,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of approximately US$25 billion. More than 90% of Raytheon's revenues were obtained from military contracts and, as of 2007, it was the fifth-largest military contractor in the world and is the fourth largest defence contractor in the United States by revenue.
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  • Children, all war orphans play in the late afternoon sun outside the orphanage called Shalom House.<br />
Shalom House was founded by Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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