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  • A sign saying; St Paul's welcomes careful bankers. Occupy 2012. The camp Occupy London Stock Exchange outside St Paul's Cathedral was in the morning served with eviction notice after months of legal battle with the Corporation of London. The site was occupied Oct 15th.
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  • At the Royal London Hospital, accident and emergency (A & E) medical staff wearing radiation-proof x-ray lead tunics very carefully move a patient to a more comfortable position after a road traffic accident in London. The patient is held firm in a splint after several fractures and his life hangs in the balance but he is the care of this team of five health professionals who give him the very best care. The Royal London Hospital is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London. It is part of the Barts and the London NHS Trust, alongside St Bartholomew's Hospital ("Barts"), which is a couple of miles away.
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  • At the beginning of the second week of the UKs Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and the forced closure of all shops and local businesses, the wooden fingers of a mannequin holds a sign saying Take Care, in the window of a clothing shop in East Dulwich, on 30th March 2020, in London.
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  • The chef Marco Pierre-White works in the kitchens of the Hyde Park Hotel. Handing a number of carefully loaded plates on to a tray, he makes sure that all is well before allowing the waiter to walk out of the kitchen, into the front of house on the main restaurant floor where diners await. Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is noted for his contributions to contemporary international cuisine and his exceptional culinary skills. White has been dubbed the first celebrity chef enfant terrible of the UK restaurant scene and the Godfather of modern cooking. White was, at the time, the youngest chef ever to have been awarded three Michelin stars.
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  • A middle-aged man carefully delivers boxes across a road junction in the City of London. Making his way down the street in the capital's financial hear, known as the Square Mile, the man balances the goods on a small trolley, trying not to tip the lot over, damaging the products. In the background are various businessmen either walking alomng London Wall (street) or talking on a phone in warm sunshine.
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  • A frail, elderly man walks slowly with the help of a walking stick in sunlight, on 8th September 2016, in the City of London, England UK. Stepping carefully to cross the narrow street, an ancient path in the capitals financial district founded by the Romans in the first century.
    city_people-10-08-09-2016.jpg
  • Two US Navy sailors carefully fold the nation's on an upper deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
    us_navy_carrier11-08-05-2000_1.jpg
  • A 17 year-old girl studying the British A-Level Textiles qualificatio, makes her own garment using a family sewing machine. Carefully sewing and stiching the materials together to make her home-made clothing, she allows the needle to travel across the edges, mindful of keeping her fingers away from the shap point that moves fast.
    ella_sewing03-02-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A curator hangs an unknown art canvas painting on a gallery wall in the Royal Academy (RA) for its 'The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century' exhibition, a collection of important works of art by Italian artists such as Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi. In the privacy of the closed gallery, the official from the RA is carefully aligning the artwork and ensuring it is straight and presentable days before the general public is allowed to see these renaissance art treasures. Polished wooden parquet flooring is protected by blocks that support the weight of each work of priceless art and crates containing other paintings imported from their Italian owners await opening and hanging themselves.
    RA_paintings01-31-05-1994.jpg
  • A smartly-dressed gentleman carefully descends steps beneath the Fourth Plinth, in Trafalgar Square, Westminster, on 9th April 2019, in London, England.
    trafalgar_square-47-09-04-2019.jpg
  • Deliverymen roll a flat crate containing artworks across the road and into a nearby art gallery on Hannover Square, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
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  • Deliverymen roll a flat crate containing artworks across the road and into a nearby art gallery on Hannover Square, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    art_delivery-01-05-03-2018.jpg
  • Art removal specialist workmen carry an artwork by the photographer Romina Ressia, into the Hofer Gallery in Maddox Street, on 30th April 2019, in London, England.
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  • Art removal specialist workmen offload an artwork by the photographer Romina Ressia from the back of their van in Maddox Street, on 30th April 2019, in London, England.
    west_end-15-30-04-2019.jpg
  • Two fathers and their young children rest on a ledge of Louis Vuitton's shop window in London's New Bond Street. With their hands on both the childrens' legs to prevent them slipping off the ledge, the men look in each other's direction after having emerged from this exclusive shop on the fashionable and expensive street. Yhey are all very well-dressed, clearly successful in their own careers and have passed on their sense of well-being to their kids who look delightfully happy and healthy. But incongruously, the bottom half of an ostrich without its head is seen behind the people in the store window, the design for the French company's showroom. Louis Vuitton Malletier is a French fashion house founded in 1854.
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  • The faded flowers from the shrine dedicated to those killed in the London Bridge terrorist attack are collected from the pavement and respectfully disposed of, on 26th June 2017, in London, England.
    terrorism_flowers-02-26-06-2017.jpg
  • A mountain bike cyclist descends a stone footpath suffering from erosion beneath Stanage Edge gritstone cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. Beyond is a beautiful panorama of the Peak District National Park in England. Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside.
    stanage_edge03-03-06-2010_1_1.jpg
  • A lady walker rests after negotiating moderate terrain in the rocky gorge near the 15m high Kozjak Waterfalls, part of the Kobarid Heritage Trail, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
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  • Adventurous walkers negotiate moderate terrain in the rocky gorge near the 15m high Kozjak Waterfalls, part of the Kobarid Heritage Trail, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-190-21-06-2018.jpg
  • A baby is passed into a rowing boat at a shore of Lake Bohinj near Ucanc, on 19th June, in Lake Bohinj, Sovenia.
    slovenia-128-19-06-2018.jpg
  • In a scene of rectangles, a shop worker balances while adjusting a new window display in a store, on 9th December 2016, in the City of London, England.
    shop_woman-02-09-12-2016.jpg
  • Secure pink balloons due to be released during a PR event for the Langham Hotel in central London, UK. The event is being filmed and photographed and attracts onlookers and hotel employees eager to see the balloons fly up in the air. The Langham, London is one of the largest and best known traditional style grand hotels in London. It is in the district of Marylebone on Langham Place and faces up Portland Place towards Regent's Park. The Langham was designed by John Giles and built between 1863 and 1865 at a cost of £300,000. It was then the largest and most modern hotel in the city
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  • Secure pink balloons due to be released during a PR event for the Langham Hotel in central London, UK. The event is being filmed and photographed and attracts onlookers and hotel employees eager to see the balloons fly up in the air. The Langham, London is one of the largest and best known traditional style grand hotels in London. It is in the district of Marylebone on Langham Place and faces up Portland Place towards Regent's Park. The Langham was designed by John Giles and built between 1863 and 1865 at a cost of £300,000. It was then the largest and most modern hotel in the city
    pink_balloons01-10-06-2015.jpg
  • An Asian man wears a face mask on the street, on 16th february 2018, in London, England.
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  • 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
  • In a Budapest pet grooming salon, a Lakeland Terrier is trimmed by an assistant using a pair of scissors to style the dog's fur. Its owner holds a lead and helps calm the animal from the sensation of being held and snipped. Posters of other breeds of dogs are on the walls above the grooming areas. The Lakeland terrier is one of many Terrier breeds that originated in the Lake District England, near the Scottish border in the 1800s. a descendant of the now extinct English Black and Tan and Fell Terriers for the purpose of hunting vermin. But he is also related to several terrier breeds and is one of the oldest working terrier breeds still in use today. His diverse ancestors include the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Bedlington Terrier and Border Terrier.
    dog_grooming-13-06-1990_1.jpg
  • A delivery man carries an orchid through a central London street, on 28th March, 2017, in London, England.
    carrying_plant-01-28-03-2017.jpg
  • With suitcases and a dinosaur toy box in the foreground, two baggage-handlers manhandle bags onto a Saudi Airlines McDonnell-Douglas MD90-30 (registered as HZ-APP) on the apron at Bahrain airport. In the foreground is a box containing a toy dinosaur called The Monster which is too large to be cabin baggage, instead having to travel in the hold along with cargo and the luggage of other passengers on this flight operated by Saudi and departing from this Gulf state seen here 12 months before the terrorist attacks on America that changed the public's attitude to flying on commercial airliners.
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  • Art removal specialist workmen carry an artwork by Italian artist Marco Grassi, into the Hofer Gallery in Maddox Street, on 30th April 2019, in London, England.
    west_end-11-30-04-2019.jpg
  • Two ladies using walking sticks to walk slowly up steps at the foot of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, on 22nd January 2019, in London England.
    trafalgar_ladies-02-22-01-2019.jpg
  • A mountain bike cyclist descends a stone footpath suffering from erosion beneath Stanage Edge gritstone cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. Beyond is a beautiful panorama of the Peak District National Park in England. Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside.
    stanage_edge04-03-06-2010_1_1.jpg
  • Adventurous walkers negotiate moderate terrain in the rocky gorge near the 15m high Kozjak Waterfalls, part of the Kobarid Heritage Trail, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-202-21-06-2018.jpg
  • Queen Elizabeth exits her Bentley limousine to make a brief visit to the Ebony Horse Club at Loughborough Junction, Brixton, London. Accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, Her Majesty watched an equestrian demonstration in one of the most disadvantaged inner city neighbourhoods in the country where there is a historic legacy of under-achievement in schools, high rates of teenage pregnancy and negative stereotypes of young people, gang violence and drug related crime.
    queen_brixton04-29-10-2013.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
  • An RAF Air Chief Marshal helps a Royal Navy Vice Admiral just before he bangs his head under a new Eurofighter's (Typhoon) wing. It is the maiden flight of this now iconic jet fighter constructed by a consortium of European countries and manufacturers. The navy man is used to finding his way around a ship or low-ceiling submarine but obviously needs a helping hand while under the wing of this aircraft. The Royal Air Force officer wearing full dress uniform complete with gold braid holds the other’s head on which rests his white Navy hat, also with gold insignia that denotes his senior rank. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole combat aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of three companies. Its maiden flight took place on 27 March 1994 watched by VIPS from UK industry and military.
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  • Making their way across a snow-swept road in Norwood, south London, an elderly couple tread warily as the snow turns to slush. It's a bleak, raw morning as the new snowfall has settled on this suburban street where cars are parked on icy kerbs. Wearing sensible hats and coats and non-slip boots the pensioners are vulnerable to icy black spots which may endanger their stability because old people are susceptible to falls and injury at these hazardous times. A very monochrome landscape, we see little colour. Instead it is a scene of jeopardy and of an uncaring society for its older generations.
    elderly_snow02-18-1991_1.jpg
  • A waiter carries a semi-circular half table outside a Mayfair restaurant. Struggling under the weight and awkward nature of the large shape, the worker makes his way along the pavement with hands grabbing each edge to place it with the other half, in a space beneath the green and white awning - ready for lunchtime trade.
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  • In afternoon sunshine, a local mother and her child on scooter pause to talk during a walk in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. Bending down to the child's face, the mum makes her point known to the youngster who stands astride her toy before continuing their journeys around the upper paths of this Victorian public space. Brockwell Park is a 50.8 hectare (125.53 acres) park located between Brixton, Herne Hill and Tulse Hill. Brockwell Hall house and its grounds were acquired by the London County Council (LCC) in March 1891 and opened to the public the following summer. In 1901 the LCC acquired a further 43 acres (17 ha) of land north of the original park.
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  • A young woman carries a cardboard box, balanced on her head as she walks along a central London street. Wearing bright red trousers, the woman manages to carry the box expertly as she walks down Piccadilly, a main street in central London. With handbags perched on both shoulders and making her way towards more pedestrians, the lady continues her way to her destination. It is too large to carry in front of her and has decided to manhandle it as she may have seen in developing countries, such as Africa.
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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.
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  • Late night work on a cargo pallet Ball Mat Flooring System by an engineer staff member who performs maintenance checks in the British Airways engineering hangar on the far side of London's Heathrow airport. On his hands and knees in the otherwise spacious compartment beneath the aircraft passengers' cabin, the hold is used for storing cargo freight and baggage containers that are pushed freely along then locked into position during the loading process.
    ba_engineering02-23-11-2000_1.jpg
  • The faded flowers from the shrine dedicated to those killed in the London Bridge terrorist attack are collected from the pavement and respectfully disposed of, on 26th June 2017, in London, England.
    terrorism_flowers-01-26-06-2017.jpg
  • Sheltered by an umbrella held above her head, a woman signwriter artist paints the text of a West End pubs food menu of pies and fish & chips, outside The Porcupine, a traditional British pub on Charing Cross Road, on 17th February 2020, in London, England.
    sign_painter-01-17-02-2020.jpg
  • A person crosses an icy minor road in the south London borough of Herne Hill, Lambeth during the bad weather covering every part of the UK and known as the Beast from the East because Siberian winds and very low temperatures have blown across western Europe from Russia, on 1st March 2018, in Lambeth, London, England.
    london_snow-18-01-03-2018.jpg
  • A local Portuguese man reverses his Fiat car into a narrow space between two trees on a Lisbon street pavement. Squeezing between the shrub and the tree, the elderly man deftly positions his vehicle outside his apartment block in a suburb of the Portuguese suburb. He leans out through an open window to see his exact gap between the tree trunk and the paintwork of his door.
    lisbon_parking01-21-03-1994.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman takes a photo using a 35mm film camera during the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London. The elderly man peers at the world through his camera's viewfinder to see the world within a small aperture, to record his view of the scenes using the analogue film system, a decade before the arrival of digital imaging technology.
    film_cameraman-26-05-1989_1.jpg
  • A waiter carries a semi-circular half table outside a Mayfair restaurant. Struggling under the weight and awkward nature of the large shape, the worker makes his way along the pavement with hands grabbing each edge to place it with the other half, in a space beneath the green and white awning - ready for lunchtime trade.
    carrying_table275-02-09-2014_1.jpg
  • In fine, late-summer weather, an eleven year-old girl gingerly steps over a stile on the coastal path at Carregwastad Point, near Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Steadying herself with a walking pole, she climbs over wearing trainers rather than stout walking boots as this path is gentle for younger outdoor enthusiasts. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is the first National Trail in Wales. Opened in 1970, the path is almost entirely contained within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park that takes in 17 Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI), two nature reserves, and Wales' only marine nature reserve. The cliff tops offer wonderful expanses of wildflowers in Spring (April and May are best). Wide variety of birds nest along the cliffs, and grey seals can often be seen in the water below.
    wales_pembrokeshire08-02-08-2007_1_1.jpg
  • Warning sign of risk on the western slope of Vesuvius with the urban sprawl of Naples in the distance. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, From the Introduction page of the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014).
    vesuvius49-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Airline passengers recently arrived from India wait in line at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 transit concourse. The middle-aged travellers queue patiently after their long-haul flight and two believe that masks will protect themselves from airborne diseases and infections, not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. But a lady at the front of the queue has lowered her mask while the man at the back keeps his covering the mouth and nose. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1015-11-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Towing her suitcase after havng cleared International Customs, a masked female passenger walks through arrivals in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. In the belief that she is protecting herself from airborne diseases and infections, the lady walks smartly through the concourse not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport57-13-07-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Towing her suitcase after havng cleared International Customs, a masked female passenger walks through arrivals in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. In the belief that she is protecting herself from airborne diseases and infections, the lady walks smartly through the concourse not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport57-13-07-2009_1.jpg
  • A Lebanese cluster bomb searcher from the Norwegian NGO Norwegian Peoples' Aid, working his way through dense undergrowth in an orange grove.  The yellow stick is his metall detector.
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  • Small pieces of shrapnel from a deliberatly destroyed M85 cluster bomb unit in an olive grove in South Lebanon. The Danish Church Aid train local men and women to clear the huge number of cluster sub-munition left on the ground after the Israeli invasion and bombings in 2006.<br />
South Lebanon.
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  • A Lebanese BAC ( Battle Area Clearing) Team worker from the Danish NGO Danish Church Aid at work in the field.  The yellow stick is a metal detector giving out high pitch noices, a higher pitch means metal - which means a potential cluster bomb. The Danish Church Aid train local men and women to clear the huge number of cluster sub-munition left on the ground after the Israeli invasion and bombings in 2006.<br />
South Lebanon.
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  • A Lebanese BAC ( Battle Area Clearing) Team worker from the Danish NGO Danish Churcjh Aid at work in the field.  The yellow stick is a metal detector giving out high pitch noices, a higher pitch means metal - which means a potential cluster bomb.  Team leader Fatmira from Kosovo is making sure everything is going well.The Danish Church Aid train local men and women to clear the huge number of cluster sub-munition left on the ground after the Israeli invasion and bombings in 2006.<br />
South Lebanon.
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  • Waiting for a green light to cross the road, an adult man guides a young boy on his bike, alongside a construction industry warning sign, erected to warn pedestrians, but damaged so that it is seemingly bending over at the waist, on 8th March 2021, in London, England.
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  • Tourists' warning sign embedded in lava rock at the dormant crater edge of Vesuvius volcano. Telling visitors not to climb over fences and endanger their lives, the sign shows an exclamation mark. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius100-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • With few visitors to see, a young boy pees into the water surrounding a model town at the Splendid China model village, the 30 hectares large tourist attraction in the city of Shenzen, China. The kid aims into the water with his mother's help. In the background we see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, modern skyscrapers in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional village life. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
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  • A Lebanese female BAC ( Battle Area Clearing) Team worker from the Danish NGO Danish Churcjh Aid at work in the field.  The yellow stick is a metal detector giving out high pitch noices, a higher pitch means metal - which means a potential cluster bomb.<br />
The Danish Church Aid train local men and women to clear the huge number of cluster sub-munition left on the ground after the Israeli invasion and bombings in 2006.<br />
South Lebanon.
    _MG_7706_1.jpg
  • Warning sign of risk on the western slope of Vesuvius with the urban sprawl of Naples in the distance. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, From the Introduction page of the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014).
    vesuvius51-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • A rear view of a man eating his lunch with his orange tie laying over his shoulder and down his back, at the Strand West End branch of Sushi restaurant, ITSU, on 28th September 2020, in London, England.
    orange_tie01-28-09-2020.jpg
  • Airline passengers recently arrived from India wait in line at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 transit concourse. The middle-aged travellers queue patiently after their long-haul flight and two believe that masks will protect themselves from airborne diseases and infections, not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. But a lady at the front of the queue has lowered her mask while the man at the back keeps his covering the mouth and nose. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1015-11-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A Lebanese cluster bomb searcher from the Norwegian NGO Norwegian Peoples' Aid, working his way through dense undergrowth in an orange grove.  The yellow stick is his metall detector.
    _MG_9085_1.jpg
  • Lebanese cluster bomb searchers working for the Danish NGO  Danish Church Aid on training on the beach in Tyre.<br />
Training ONLY.  The yellow sticks are metal detectors.The Danish Church Aid train local men and women to clear the huge number of cluster sub-munition left on the ground after the Israeli invasion and bombings in 2006.<br />
South Lebanon.
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  • With great care, two surgeons work intensely during an open heart procedure at the private Health Care International hospital, They wear hygienic face masks and do their intricate work carefully. This hospital delivered only high-end medicine to foreign patients and telemedicine was popular in the 90s when a growing awareness of the potential benefits of advanced medicine, emerging democracies, growing middle classes and an ageing population world-wide established locations like this in Scotland. But they were expensive to build and run and this hospital at Clydebank of up to 500 beds catered primarily for foreigners who flew into Glasgow airport, was built with the assistance of £30 million of public money, went into receivership when its target of overseas business was slower to build-up impacting its cash flows.
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  • Orphan Nepalese boys gather around ‘Auntie and Uncle’ in the living room of their care home in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The care home is run by the Friends of Needy Children organization.  It provides a loving home for boys and girls who are orphaned or abandoned.  Abject poverty, domestic violence and armed conflict have caused many Nepalese children orphaned and homeless.  This care home for boys is called ‘J house’ and is at maximum capacity with 18 children of varying ages.
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  • Vincentian Care Plus provides a Domiciliary care service for older people who by reason of illness, infirmit or disability are unable to provide it for themselves without assistance thus enabling  people to live independently in their own homes.
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  • A mother holds her baby staying in intensive care, in the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on 23rd June 1993, in London, England.
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  • Surgeons perform an operation during a procedure at the private Health Care International hospital. With great care, two surgeons work intensely wearing hygienic facemasks and perform their intricate work carefully. This hospital delivered only high-end medicine to foreign patients and telemedicine was popular in the 90s when a growing awareness of the potential benefits of advanced medicine, emerging democracies, growing middle classes and an ageing population worldwide established locations like this in Scotland. But they were expensive to build and run and this hospital at Clydebank of up to 500 beds catered primarily for foreigners who flew into Glasgow airport, was built with the assistance of £30 million of public money, went into receivership when its target of overseas business was slower to build-up impacting its cash flows.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • An NHS nurse guide a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff prepare to see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Patients arrive by car through security to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Nepalese female children stand around their care home staff, who they call ‘Aunty’ in K House, Kathmandu, Nepal.  The care home is run by Friends of Needy Children organization.  It rescues children and provides a loving home for boys and girls who are orphaned or abandoned.  Abject poverty, domestic violence and armed conflict have caused many Nepalese children orphaned and homeless.
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  • The first sign patients see as they arrive by car through to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff wash their hands thoroughly after seeing a patient at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff prepare to see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff prepare to see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Two people wearing masks walk past the NHS staff Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Patients arrive by car through security to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • The first sign patients see as they arrive by car through to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Patients arrive by car through security to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Patients arrive by car through security to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • Patients arrive by car through security to see NHS staff at a Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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  • NHS staff see a patient who remains in their car at a drive-through Primary Care Clinical Assessment Centre where potentially infectious and symptomatic Coronavirus patients can be assessed and treated by a doctor or a nurse, in a safe site, on the 16th of April 2020 in Dover, United Kingdom. This is not a COVID-19 testing facility, all patients will only be clinically assessed on site as there is no community testing currently available. All patients have been referred to this centre by NHS 111 or their GP.
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