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  • A shop window display says ‘2020 the Nightmare before Christmas’ on 6th of December 2020, Hackney, London, United Kingdom. The words are a play on a Christmas film from the eighties, called ‘Nightmare before Christmas’ and is meant to make light hearted fun of the horrible year of 2020.  A child passing by with its father spots the skeleton man on the window.
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  • The original Canary Wharf in London's Docklands, just before its redevelopment to become the financial center of Europe, UK.
    cp_uk_0213_1.jpg
  • Amateur running club athletes warm-up with group aerobics before a 10k race in Dulwich Park, South London. Encouraged by a keep-fit instructor who is urging them on to perform these beneficial exercised before their race, the women and some men touch elbows on knees to this choreographed dance helping them to loosen up and relax tense muscles, helping to ease sore joints later. Wearing numbers and most in running shirts, leggings and runners' trainer shoes, they jump and stretch with a sense of health and fun.
    charter_run09-03-10-2010 12-43-43_1.jpg
  • Grooming a pet dog before another round of Crufts Show in Earls Court, London. With strong backlighting sunshine, the animal's owner brushes its coat to make it presentable before the judges in a short while. Nearby, other owners sit with their own dogs in stalls provided by the Kennel Club organisers. Crufts is one of the largest dog events in the world. No longer purely a dog show, Crufts celebrates every aspect of the role that dogs play in our lives.
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  • A hot air balloon is partially inflated before flight at Longleat Estate, Warminster, England. Using firstly cold air from a gas-powered fan, before its propane burners are used for final inflation, one of the ground crew assists in the process by pulling at the fragile synthetic material so that the volume within the whole 'envelope' can fill without damage and it's spectrum arc of colours are becoming rainbow-like. The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. The first manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. In today's sport balloons the envelope is generally made from nylon fabric and the mouth of the balloon (closest to the burner flame) is made from fire resistant material such as Nomex.
    balloonist08-18-2004_1.jpg
  • High winds and wet weather herald an uncertain week in the Britain less than 24 hours before the UK's general election. Unlikely prospects for a majority government by the end of the week means stormy deals between political parties and discontent with voters. English flags on a tourist kiosk hang below the Elizabeth Tower containing the bell known as Big Ben.
    parliament_england01-06-05-2015.jpg
  • A Union Jack flag flies on a street light pole in Whitehall, days before the royal wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The building in the background houses governmental offices, the seat of British government and democracy and the spring weather brings blue skies to the capital as the nation prepares to celebrate the state occasion.
    royal_wedding_preview-11-27-April-20...jpg
  • A small ghroup of Islamist radicals descend into Westminster underground tube station days before the royal marriage of Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton in London. Seen as a security threat, the young males are nonetheless left alone by police officers although they are undoutedly under surveillance as they walk along the wedding procession route. Muslim groups have been denied permission to demonstrate against the wedding event and will risk arrest if stopped with anti-British/monarchist literature.
    royal_wedding_preview-10-27-April-20...jpg
  • Seen from the steps of Westminster underground tube station, foreign tourists walk along Whitehall days before the royal wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Their spending and interest in this state occasion will bring in millions of Pounds into the country's exchequer, bolstering local businesses at a time of debt and recession. The Union Jack flies along the wedding procession route as the nation prepares to celebrate the state occasion.
    royal_wedding_preview-8-27-April-201...jpg
  • A small ghroup of Islamist radicals descend into Westminster underground tube station days before the royal marriage of Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton in London. Seen as a security threat, the young males are nonetheless left alone by police officers although they are undoutedly under surveillance as they walk along the wedding procession route. Muslim groups have been denied permission to demonstrate against the wedding event and will risk arrest if stopped with anti-British/monarchist literature.
    royal_wedding_preview-9-27-April-201...jpg
  • Days before their royal marriage in London, the faces of Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton, appear on flags attached to railings opposite the towers of Westminster Abbey. Their wedding takes place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Btitons and foreign tourists. The faces of the couple are slightly obscured and twisted as the flag blows in a breeze in the capital. The royal standard is flying on the Abbey's left tower and crowds are already gathering at this prime location to see the ceremony occur across the road.
    royal_wedding_preview-5-27-April-201...jpg
  • Seen from the steps of Westminster underground tube station, foreign tourists walk along Whitehall days before the royal wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Their spending and interest in this state occasion will bring in millions of Pounds into the country's exchequer, bolstering local businesses at a time of debt and recession. The Union Jack flies along the wedding procession route as the nation prepares to celebrate the state occasion.
    royal_wedding_preview-7-27-April-201...jpg
  • A Union Jack flag flies on a street light pole in Parliament Square, days before the royal wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton. To the right we see the tower containing the bell of Big Ben, the seat of British government and democracy and the spring weather brings blue skies to the capital as the nation prepares to celebrate the state occasion.
    royal_wedding_preview-6-27-April-201...jpg
  • Days before their royal marriage in London, the faces of Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton, appear on flags attached to railings opposite the towers of Westminster Abbey. Their wedding takes place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Btitons and foreign tourists. The faces of the couple are slightly obscured and twisted as the flag blows in a breeze in the capital. The royal standard is flying on the Abbey's left tower and crowds are already gathering at this prime location to see the ceremony occur across the road.
    royal_wedding_preview-1-27-April-201...jpg
  • High winds and wet weather herald an uncertain week in the Britain less than 24 hours before the UK's general election. English flags on a tourist kiosk hang below the Elizabeth Tower containing the bell known as Big Ben. Recent showers has made the capital wet and so tourist trinkets and souvenirs have been covered with clear sheeting. We see the monarch the Queen, peering through the rain-soaked sheeting with the tall height of Elizabeth Tower. English flags hang limp after the soaking but sunlight is coming from behind the clock tower, the Gothic architecture of Victoria architect Pugin's building, the seat of parliamentary government in the UK.
    parliament_england03-06-05-2015_1.jpg
  • Catering staff polish silverware and glasses at the tables soon to be occupied by City of London dignitaries at the Guildhall when the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major’s Conservative government of makes his annual speech. Tables and cutlery are prepared before the bankers and financiers file in for this formal banquet in the ancient City's town hall. The Banker's Dinner is held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor of London when the Chancellor delivers his forecast predicts growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_banquet02-16-06-1994_1.jpg
  • Catering staff polish silverware and glasses at the tables soon to be occupied by City of London dignitaries at the Guildhall when the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major’s Conservative government of makes his annual speech. Tables and cutlery are prepared before the bankers and financiers file in for this formal banquet in the ancient City's town hall. The Banker's Dinner is held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor of London when the Chancellor delivers his forecast predicts growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_banquet01-16-06-1994_1.jpg
  • High winds and wet weather herald an uncertain week in the Britain less than 24 hours before the UK's general election. Unlikely prospects for a majority government by the end of the week means stormy deals between political parties and discontent with voters. As a businessman (or politician?) strides over the bridge, a tourist leaflet man dressed in union jacks hands out details for a nearby fish and chip business, opposite the Palace of Westminster, the symbol of the UK's parliamentary government, on the north side of Westminster Bridge.
    british_parliament05-06-05-2015_1.jpg
  • High winds and wet weather herald an uncertain week in the Britain less than 24 hours before the UK's general election. Unlikely prospects for a majority government by the end of the week means stormy deals between political parties and discontent with voters. A tourist leaflet man dressed in union jacks hands out details for a nearby fish and chip business, opposite the Palace of Westminster on Westminster Bridge.
    british_parliament02-06-05-2015.jpg
  • Dwarfs bullfighters Guillermo Gomez and friends pray inside the Cienpozuelo bullring chapel before entering the ring to begin the spectacle, Spain.
    cp_spa_0194_1.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition. Sweating inside their tent on the periphery of the street racing, the 5 girls spin their wheels on this static machine used by professional cyclists. Two take much-needed liquids to avoid dehydration while the others keep heads down, concentrating on their next event. Horizon Fitness Racing Team is a new cycling team from the UK, encouraging promising young riders, who wish to take a step towards turning pro.
    womens_cycling9-14-June-2011_1_1.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition. Sweating inside their tent on the periphery of the street racing, the 5 girls spin their wheels on this static machine used by professional cyclists. One takes much-needed liquids to avoid dehydration while the others keep heads down, concentrating on their next event. Horizon Fitness Racing Team is a new cycling team from the UK, encouraging promising young riders, who wish to take a step towards turning pro.
    womens_cycling4-14-June-2011_1_1.jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview66-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview64-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview58-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview56-29-April-201...jpg
  • 24 hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, two women royalists wearing Kate Middleton masks that are widely available sit in camping chairs and offering their adoring public royal waves. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route.
    royal_wedding_preview50-28-April-201...jpg
  • 24 hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a guardsman stands by his sentry box in front of Clarence House in St James Palace where the royal bride is staying. A lady royalist stands admiring the soldier in a bright Union Jack-coloured hat as the guardsman approaches in tandem with an unseen colleague. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route.
    royal_wedding_preview38-28-April-201...jpg
  • 24 hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Gwen Woolley from the English town of Utoxeter relaxes in the sun. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route.
    royal_wedding_preview42-28-April-201...jpg
  • 24 hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Denisa Callegari is an American royalists from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has claimed a front row position on the procession route in the Mall. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route.
    royal_wedding_preview30-28-April-201...jpg
  • 24 hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, American royalists from Baton Rouge, Louisiana have claimed a front row position on the procession route in the Mall. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route.
    royal_wedding_preview28-28-April-201...jpg
  • 24 hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a guardsman stands by his sentry box in front of Clarence House in St James Palace where the royal bride is staying. A lady royalist stands admiring the soldier in a bright Union Jack-coloured hat as the guardsman stands at attentionin tandem with an unseen colleague. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route.
    royal_wedding_preview37-28-April-201...jpg
  • A long-distance runner prepares for the London Marathon before the race begins, whilst warming-up in Greenwich Park, London England. Seen in close-up detail, we see his hands and fingers massaging Vaseline jelly into his thighs and groin area to help avoid chafing during the annual 26-mile race through London's streets. He is wearing bright, garish running shorts decorated wth the British Union Jack flag, a sure sign of his patriotic attitude. Other runners are in the background, also preparing clothing that will be taken from the start to the finish line in Westminster.
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  • Touring bullfighting Lusitanos horses await unloading from their horsebox before being ridden in the ring by Cavaleiros riders at the evenings Corrida de Touros, on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Cavaleiros are  horseman or woman rider, dressed in traditional 18th century costumes, fighting the bull from horseback. The horses are Portuguese Lusitanos, specially trained for the fights. These horses are usually skilled in dressage and may exhibit their art in the arena. The purpose of this fight is to stab three or four bandarilhas small javelins in the back of the bull. In the past, horseback bullfighters were often members of old aristocratic families. In the Portuguese version, unlike Spanish bullfights, the bull is not killed.
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  • Spectators and themselves cyclists change footwear <br />
on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
    olympic_cycling02-28-07-2012.jpg
  • Three seats awaiting musicians before a local village concert at Wells-next-the-Sea in Nofolk. Quavers and a pattern of other musical notations appear on the black background while the fold-up chairs are untidily vacant.
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  • As a competitor stays warm under a black bin liner in the sun, another runner rubs his calf muscles before the mass start of the London Marathon in Greenwich Park, on 21st April 1991, in London, England.
    marathon_runners-21-04-1991.jpg
  • Preparations before the next catwalk show at the BFC Show Space in the Strand, during 2019 London Fashion Week 2019, 18th February 2019, in London, England.
    london_fashion_week-17-18-02-2019.jpg
  • Preparations before the next catwalk show at the BFC Show Space in the Strand, during 2019 London Fashion Week 2019, 18th February 2019, in London, England.
    london_fashion_week-01-18-02-2019.jpg
  • Preparations before the next catwalk show at the BFC Show Space in the Strand, during 2019 London Fashion Week 2019, 18th February 2019, in London, England.
    london_fashion_week-12-18-02-2019.jpg
  • Three citizens from the Chinese Special Economic region Hong Kong stand along a vertical banners filled with Chinese characters on a sunny day in Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side in 1995. This is dated two years before the ransfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. But at the time of this picture, these people are still under British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China has still to happen. They are therefore still British subjects, with British passports, living under British law.
    hk_people04-21-1995_1.jpg
  • People watch a bride and a male figure before her civil wedding ceremony at Chelsea Registry Office. The mid-afternoon ceremony is due to take place soon and the wedding bridal group have stopped in the street to pose for pictures, the light from behind shines on the bride's white dress. Others look on from benches in the shade, amused and entertained by the formality and prosperity of those taking part.
    chelsea_wedding02-07-09-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A portrait of an executive from the Baltic Exchange holding a framed photo of what the trading institution before it was wrecked by the IRA terrorist bomb nearby in St Mary Axe in the City of London. On 10 April 1992 at 9:20 pm, the façade of the Exchange's offices at 30 St Mary Axe was partially demolished and the rest of the building was extensively damaged in the Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attack. The one-ton bomb was contained in a large white truck and consisted killed three people. Too heavily damaged, a full restoration of the premises was ruled out and the hall was completely razed in 1998. The Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts.
    baltic_exchange-21-04-1992_1.jpg
  • Beyond Chinese TV media images, a red sun sinks behind late cloud in the west, a glowing red sky illuminates Hong Kong's harbour, this scene is symbolic of the decline of empire, the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) two years after this picture was taken, often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From this famous ferry terminal that protrudes out into the busy waters of this colony’s harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood in the days before China ceded its territory to the British for 155 years until the 1997 deadline.
    star_ferry07-31-1997_1_1.jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors beneath a French war memorial in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview68-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview60-29-April-201...jpg
  • Preparations before the next catwalk show at the BFC Show Space in the Strand, during 2019 London Fashion Week 2019, 18th February 2019, in London, England.
    london_fashion_week-10-18-02-2019.jpg
  • Reflected in a mirrored wardrobe door, a Catholic Priest puts on his Alb before morning Mass in the church's private dressing backroom called the Sacristy (also called the Vestry) at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. Using morning summer light from the window of his private dressing room, the Father (the more formal term for a Catholic priest by his congregation) is about to put the Alb over his head. The Alb is the white linen vestment with close fitting sleeves, reaching nearly to the ground and secured round the waist by a girdle (cincture). He is already wearing his Amice, an oblong linen cloth (at least 32 inches long and 24 wide), which is first placed upon the head and then brought down and drawn about the neck where it is fastened with cords. Originally it served as a head-covering for the priest.
    catholic_church59-24-08-2010_1.jpg
  • A young woman walking along a London street is about to be splashed by a passing London double-decker bus at a flooded bus stop. After heavy rain that fell over the capital, puddles or filthy water lies in gullies and gutters of the urban streets - including this bus stop in Aldwych. The young woman is aware of the camera and walks in smart office shoes on the wet pavement (sidewalk) as the bus draws to a halt ahead. But she is more self-conscious than taking precaution not to get wet. The moment before her soaking is caught as the water laps across the kerb and into her path. In the background are the West End theatres whose productions attract drama fans from across the world.
    bus_stop01-06-10-2010 12-43-43_1.jpg
  • Two Chinese workmen work as a team attaching paper lanterns to an Oriental shop during preparations in London's Chinatown for the mid-Autumn (also Lantern or Moon) Festival where paper lanterns are to hang. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
    chinatown_festival14-05-September-20...jpg
  • The London offices of royalist and establishment magazine The Lady, celebrates the forthcoming wedding between Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton. A giant purple ribbon has been draped across the width of the building in Bedford Street WC2 and a corner message tag tells the public of its best wishes for the happy couple.
    royal_wedding_preview-17-27-April-20...jpg
  • The London offices of royalist and establishment magazine The Lady, celebrates the forthcoming wedding between Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton. A giant purple ribbon has been draped across the width of the building in Bedford Street WC2 and a corner message tag tells the public of its best wishes for the happy couple.
    royal_wedding_preview-16-27-April-20...jpg
  • The London offices of royalist and establishment magazine The Lady, celebrates the forthcoming wedding between Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton. A giant purple ribbon has been draped across the width of the building in Bedford Street WC2 and a corner message tag tells the public of its best wishes for the happy couple.
    royal_wedding_preview-15-27-April-20...jpg
  • Two Chinese workmen work as a team attaching paper lanterns to an Oriental shop during preparations in London's Chinatown for the mid-Autumn (also Lantern or Moon) Festival where paper lanterns are to hang. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
    chinatown_festival20-05-September-20...jpg
  • Chinese workmen pull along a snake of paper lanterns during preparations in London's Chinatown for the mid-Autumn (also Lantern or Moon) Festival where paper lanterns are to hang. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
    chinatown_festival1-05-September-201...jpg
  • A Chinese workman pulls along a bundle of paper lanterns during preparations in London's Chinatown for the mid-Autumn (also Lantern or Moon) Festival where paper lanterns are to hang. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
    chinatown_festival7-05-September-201...jpg
  • After the old Canary Wharf was demolished, cranes can be seen across the Docklands in its process of redevelopment, seen in the foreground the building of the basic structure which would become Canada Square, London, UK
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  • Passers-by ignore a destitute bag lady in a Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui street on the Kowloon side. The poor woman sits amid the bustle and crowds of a capitalist population obsessed with wealth and prosperity, she is alone in a material world. Bent over with shame and poverty, the lady is shrouded in a sleeping bag with all her worldly possessions at her feet. Unconcerned, the rest of the Chinese shoppers and commuters simply pass-by on their way to achieve yet more success in this former British-ruled colony that was ceded back to China in 1997.
    street_beggar01-20-01-1995_1_1.jpg
  • An architectural detail of a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-50-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An architectural detail of a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-50-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • Lunchtime Londoners pass a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-47-20-11-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime Londoners pass a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-47-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • Lunchtime Londoners pass a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-46-20-11-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime Londoners pass a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-46-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • Lunchtime Londoners pass a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-44-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A lunchtime Londoner passes a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-42-20-11-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime Londoners pass a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-44-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • A lunchtime Londoner passes a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-42-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of the Port of Londons businesses in the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-41-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of the Port of Londons businesses in the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-41-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of the Port of Londons businesses in the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-36-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of the Port of Londons businesses in the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-36-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of the Port of Londons businesses in the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-35-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of the Port of Londons businesses in the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-35-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-34-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-34-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-32-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-32-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An architectural detail of a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-30-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An architectural detail of a closed butcher business in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-30-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • A  detail of constrution safety netting the covers the stonework and masonry in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-26-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • A  detail of constrution safety netting the covers the stonework and masonry in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-26-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A  detail of constrution safety netting the covers the stonework and masonry in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-21-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A  detail of constrution safety netting the covers the stonework and masonry in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-21-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-18-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-16-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-18-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-16-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-15-20-11-2019.jpg
  • An urban landscape of closed businesses in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-15-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • A delivery driver takes a lunchtime rest in the cab of his lorry at the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-13-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A delivery driver takes a lunchtime rest in the cab of his lorry at the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-13-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk beneath a glass tile wall of the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-12-20-11-2019.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk beneath a glass tile wall of the former Smithfield meat market, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. In March 2015, the Museum of London revealed plans to vacate its Barbican site and move into the General Market Building. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
    smithfield-12-20-11-2019 1.jpg
  • According to protocol, members of the Coldstream Guards mark in chalk the route along Whitehall for a future royal funeral, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England.
    route_marking-01-05-10-2017.jpg
  • According to protocol, members of the Coldstream Guards mark in chalk the route along Whitehall for a future royal funeral, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England.
    route_marking-05-05-10-2017.jpg
  • An elderly lady jaywalker crosses a road junction on a red pedestrian light in central London during temporary street improvements. With other road-users staying safely on the pavement after the lights have changed in waiting traffic's favour, the old woman blatantly or innocently makes her way across the crossing risking being run over by dangerous drivers. Behind her is a hum effigy of a workman contractor that holds a sign discouraging pedestrians from crossing on red lights.
    jay_walkers05-02-04-2012_1.jpg
  • London 2012 Olympic spectators from Australia hold home-made signs asking for unwanted equestrian tickets as visitors arrive along the old streets of Greenwich, London. On the day that 3,000 extra tickets were put on sale after criticism of empty seats at some events, sports fans were desperate to see the eventing and dressage on day 4 of the London games.
    greenwich_olympics04-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • London 2012 Olympic spectator holds a home-made sign asking for unwanted equestrian tickets as visitors arrive along the old streets of Greenwich, London. On the day that 3,000 extra tickets were put on sale after criticism of empty seats at some events, sports fans were desperate to see the eventing and dressage on day 4 of the London games.
    greenwich_olympics08-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Months after the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the communist GDR state German Democratic Republic, a 1990s tin of Deutschmark and Pfennig coins are on a cauliflower market stall, on 15th June 1990, in Leipzig, Eastern Germany.
    deutschmarks_tin02-15-06-1990.jpg
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