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  • Wearing the traditional kimono, a middle-aged geisha lady from the 'Minamoto Kitchoan' store collects money from westerners in London on behalf of the Japanese Red Cross Tsunami appeal. While standing in the street on Picadilly, in the heart of Westminster, an English gentleman stoops to organise the contents of his briefcase. Originally, the Geisha were traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance. Such a scene is unusual on a London street but the tsunami disaster encouraged many ex-patriate Japanese to collect money from Europeans for their countrymen.
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  • In the remote Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, women's first task of the day is to collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • Women collect and cultivate seaweed in the shallow water at low tide. Each woman has a little submerged 'field' of seaweed which is held down in rows. Once collected they dry the seaweed which is then sold ofr export, usually to be used as as a food thickener or stabiliser. Zanzibar is a small island just off the coast of the Tanzanian mainland in the Indian Ocean. In part due to it's name, Zanzibar is a travel destination of mystical reputation, known for it's incredible sealife on it's many reefs, the powder white coral sand beaches and the traditional cultivation of spices.
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  • Women collect and cultivate seaweed in the shallow water at low tide. Each woman has a little submerged 'field' of seaweed which is held down in rows. Once collected they dry the seaweed which is then sold ofr export, usually to be used as as a food thickener or stabiliser. Zanzibar is a small island just off the coast of the Tanzanian mainland in the Indian Ocean. In part due to it's name, Zanzibar is a travel destination of mystical reputation, known for it's incredible sealife on it's many reefs, the powder white coral sand beaches and the traditional cultivation of spices.
    2008_12_13_matemwe seaweed_b.jpg
  • Women collect and cultivate seaweed in the shallow water at low tide. Each woman has a little submerged 'field' of seaweed which is held down in rows. Once collected they dry the seaweed which is then sold ofr export, usually to be used as as a food thickener or stabiliser. Zanzibar is a small island just off the coast of the Tanzanian mainland in the Indian Ocean. In part due to it's name, Zanzibar is a travel destination of mystical reputation, known for it's incredible sealife on it's many reefs, the powder white coral sand beaches and the traditional cultivation of spices.
    2008_12_12_matemwe dawn seaweed_a.jpg
  • Women collect and cultivate seaweed in the shallow water at low tide. Each woman has a little submerged 'field' of seaweed which is held down in rows. Once collected they dry the seaweed which is then sold ofr export, usually to be used as as a food thickener or stabiliser. Zanzibar is a small island just off the coast of the Tanzanian mainland in the Indian Ocean. In part due to it's name, Zanzibar is a travel destination of mystical reputation, known for it's incredible sealife on it's many reefs, the powder white coral sand beaches and the traditional cultivation of spices.
    2008_12_12_matemwe dawn seaweed_h.jpg
  • Women collect and cultivate seaweed in the shallow water at low tide. Each woman has a little submerged 'field' of seaweed which is held down in rows. Once collected they dry the seaweed which is then sold ofr export, usually to be used as as a food thickener or stabiliser. Zanzibar is a small island just off the coast of the Tanzanian mainland in the Indian Ocean. In part due to it's name, Zanzibar is a travel destination of mystical reputation, known for it's incredible sealife on it's many reefs, the powder white coral sand beaches and the traditional cultivation of spices.
    2008_12_12_matemwe dawn seaweed_b.jpg
  • In the remote Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Peryenxangmai, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, women's first task of the day is to collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • In the remote Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, women's first task of the day is to collect water and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority woman returns to the old village to collect firewood after her village of Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • The window of the 'Just William' childrens' toy shop which is open for Click and Collect pre-orders at their shop in East Dulwich, on 25th December 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is to collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a plastic scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a plastic scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority woman returns to the old village to collect firewood after her village of Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A family collect sloe berries from bush in Kent countryside. Reaching up into the prickly twigs and with strong sun shining into the image, creating a refracted pattern on a man's face in the foreground, we see four members of the family picking the berries in the autumn. They are high on an escarpment, above the Kent countryside whose fields can be seen below. The mother laughs, the daughter reaches high and the boy wears a cheque-patterned hoodie - the favoured clothes of some teenagers. It is a happy family picture as they enjoy the great outdoors after a walk through nearby country.
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  • A Christmas display in the window of Daniel department store is pictured during the second coronavirus lockdown on 9th November 2020 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Only retailers selling "essential" goods and services are permitted to open to the public during the second lockdown but the department store is currently able to offer goods for home delivery or click and collect.
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  • A young Nepalese man leans forward to collect an activity card during a life skills training session in Bisaneu Voice of Children centre in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The session is part of the rehabilitation program run by Voice of Children.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.
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  • A Christmas display in the window of Daniel department store is pictured during the second coronavirus lockdown on 9th November 2020 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Only retailers selling "essential" goods and services are permitted to open to the public during the second lockdown but the department store is currently able to offer goods for home delivery or click and collect.
    MK-20201109-Windsor-coronavirus-busi...jpg
  • A Christmas display in the window of Daniel department store is pictured during the second coronavirus lockdown on 9th November 2020 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Only retailers selling "essential" goods and services are permitted to open to the public during the second lockdown but the department store is currently able to offer goods for home delivery or click and collect.
    MK-20201109-Windsor-coronavirus-busi...jpg
  • Marie Clar Labtik (50) sits in the sea collecting small shells for making necklaces and other products for tourists, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.
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  • Marie Clar Labtik (50) sits in the sea collecting small shells for making necklaces and other products for tourists, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.
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  • Luzriminda T. Abello (42) collecting sea snails whilst walking through the mangrove forest at low-tide, Obo-ob, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Fishing communities in Bantayan reported severe damage to mangrove forests after typhon Haiyan but the government has yet to conduct an assessment of the impact.  Mangroves forests are critical in ensuring the sustainability of fish production. They serve as spawning grounds and nurseries for fish and are a habitat for a wide array of organisms. The salt-hardy trees also protect coastal areas from wave action and can prevent some of the inland damage associated with storm surges. Oxfam is working on various projects to support mangrove protection in Obo-ob.
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  • 'Nor khom', bitter bamboo shoot collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kou, a kind of nut collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kouk, a kind of fruit collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kor, a kind of nut collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Bee larvae collected from the forest, cooked in a banana leaf and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak Kheng' fruit collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak Man' fruit collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • The first few stem cells collected from a donor are pumped into a bag to be used for blood cancer treatment in the London clinic, London, United Kingdom.  The stem cells are separated and collected from a blood transfusion, which usually lasts 3-4 hours.
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  • Collecting dried seahorses for exporting to China for medicine, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.
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  • 'Het Khao', white mushrooms collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Nor Lan' (bamboo shoots) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Nor Bong' bamboo shoot collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Wrapped leaves containing white mushrooms (het khao) collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pak koud (fern) collected from the wild and sold by Ko Pala women at the market in Pak Nam Noi, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash.
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  • Pak koud (fern) collected from the wild and sold by Ko Pala women at the market in Pak Nam Noi, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash.
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  • Bitter bamboo shoots (nor khom) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mushrooms (het tamoad) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Rattan (nor way) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Nor Lan (bamboo shoots) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Bee larvae collected from the forest, cooked in a banana leaf and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pak Nao, a type of green leafy vegetable, collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pak Koud, a type of fern, collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor,Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Two Tai Dam ethnic minority women take a break from collecting 'Nor Khom', bitter bamboo shoots in the forest, Ban Na Kham, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. They are collecting them both for their own consumption and for selling at the small roadside market in the village of Ban Na Mor.
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  • A young Laoseng ethnic minority girl prepares river weed collected from the Nam Ou river, Ban Moungava, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For families living away from the main roads and markets, food caught or collected from the wild, especially edible plants and small animals still make up fifty per cent of their diet.  Nature’s bounty in providing for the Lao may be plentiful, but this does not mean that the task of growing and finding enough food for family subsistence and maintenance is easy. It is a major preoccupation of rural families and takes the bulk of time and energy of every man, woman and child.
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  • A woman collects riverweed from under the rocks in the Nam Pa river (a tributary of the Nam Ou) in Pak Nam Noi, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The riverweed will later be washed, dried and eaten or sold at the market in Pak Nam Noi. For families living away from the main roads and markets, food caught or collected from the wild, especially edible plants and small animals still make up fifty per cent of their diet.  Nature’s bounty in providing for the Lao may be plentiful, but this does not mean that the task of growing and finding enough food for family subsistence and maintenance is easy. It is a major preoccupation of rural families and takes the bulk of time and energy of every man, woman and child.
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  • The first few stem cells collected from a donor are pumped into a bag to be used for blood cancer treatment in the London clinic, London, United Kingdom.  The stem cells are separated and collected from a blood transfusion, which usually lasts 3-4 hours. It is a complex procedure and requires careful monitoring.
    UK-Health-stem-cell-donation-5487.jpg
  • The first few stem cells collected from a donor are pumped into a bag to be used for blood cancer treatment in the London clinic, London, United Kingdom.  The stem cells are separated and collected from a blood transfusion, which usually lasts 3-4 hours. It is a complex procedure and requires careful monitoring.
    UK-Health-stem-cell-donation-5485.jpg
  • A guillemot egg collected on Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Vestmannaeyjar or the Westmann Islands are a small and scattered group of 15 islands and numerous rocks or skerries off the south east coast of Iceland. More sea birds gather here than anywhere else in Iceland. Through the centuries sea birds have been a rich source of food and one which has helped the islanders survive the harsh winters. Regarded as a great delicacy by many Icelanders, sea birds eggs are commonly eaten in coastal villages in season.
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  • A guillemot egg collected on Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Vestmannaeyjar or the Westmann Islands are a small and scattered group of 15 islands and numerous rocks or skerries off the south east coast of Iceland. More sea birds gather here than anywhere else in Iceland. Through the centuries sea birds have been a rich source of food and one which has helped the islanders survive the harsh winters. Regarded as a great delicacy by many Icelanders, sea birds eggs are commonly eaten in coastal villages in season.
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  • Hands holding a collection of Husond / Barrow's Golden Eye eggs, Lake Myvatn, Iceland.
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer carries a basket of grass he has collected to feed his animals with, Desesti, Maramures, Romania.
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  • A dried seahorse collected for exporting to China for medicine, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.
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  • Dried bamboo shoot from the Akha Cherpia village of Ban Sano Kao, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash.
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  • Dried bamboo shoots (nor hang) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A bird's nest (used for home decoration) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Pak Elerd', a green leafy vegetable for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Portrait of Chinese workers in a truck collecting pumpkins from the Khmu ethnic minority farmers in Ban Nam Khor, Oudomxay, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • Eat Out To Help Out notices are pictured on the second day of England’s second coronavirus lockdown on 6 November 2020 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Only retailers selling "essential" goods and services are permitted to open to the public during the second lockdown and cafes, restaurants and pubs must remain closed unless they are providing food and drink for takeaway before 10pm, click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery.
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  • Tehkhand Slum, Delhi , India.  A woman sorts through the scrap metal she and her family have collected from the streets and rubbish tips to sell to local dealers.  Many slum dwellers earn a living from recycling old industrial waste and live well below the poverty-line.  Her whole family survives from this work.  This is very dangerous work and injuries are frequent.
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  • Tehkhand Slum, Delhi , India.  Cardboard boxes of out of date food collected from the streets and rubbish tips to sell to local dealers.  Many slum dwellers earn a living from recycling old industrial waste and live well below the poverty-line.  Her whole family survives from this work.  This is very dangerous work and injuries are frequent
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  • Tehkhand Slum, Delhi , India.  Plastic bottles that a family have collected from the streets and rubbish tips to sell to local dealers.  Many slum dwellers earn a living from recycling old industrial waste and live well below the poverty-line.  Her whole family survives from this work.  This is very dangerous work and injuries are frequent.
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  • Tehkhand Slum, Delhi , India.  Plastic bottles that a family have collected from the streets and rubbish tips to sell to local dealers.  Many slum dwellers earn a living from recycling old industrial waste and live well below the poverty-line.  Her whole family survives from this work.  This is very dangerous work and injuries are frequent.
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  • Tehkhand Slum, Delhi , India.  A man sorts through the scrap metal he and his family have collected from the streets and rubbish tips to sell to local dealers.  Many slum dwellers earn a living from recycling old industrial waste and live well below the poverty-line.  His whole family survives from this work.  This is very dangerous work and injuries are frequent.
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  • Tehkhand Slum, Delhi , India.  A man sorts through the scrap metal he and his family have collected from the streets and rubbish tips to sell to local dealers.  Many slum dwellers earn a living from recycling old industrial waste and live well below the poverty-line.  His whole family survives from this work.  This is very dangerous work and injuries are frequent.
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  • An elderly subsistence farmer carries a basket full of nettles for making soup and a sickle in the churchyard in Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman harvests tea leaves, Ban Nam Thuan, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary agriculture and many subsistence farmers are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
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  • A conservation volunteer gathers rosehips from the hedgerows around the Castle Howard Estate in North Yorkshire, UK. The seeds will be planted and grown on at the Estate's arboretum and eventually planted out to make more trees and hedges in the Howardian Hills. Castle Howard Estate is in the Howardian Hills AONB, a landscape with well-wooded rolling countryside, patchwork of arable and pasture fields, scenic villages and historic country houses with classic parkland landscapes.
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  • An Akha subsistence farmer scrapes resin from an illegally grown opium poppy head into a metal container in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • A married Akha Nuquie woman carries a bamboo basket filled with traditional bamboo water carriers full of water back to her village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • A selection of vegetables in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority home in Ban Picherkao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. In addition to vegetables grown in the fields alongside the rice, subsistence farmers often have a garden nearby the house where they grow other edible greens such as beans, squashes, onion, garlic, ginger and aromatic herbs.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman harvests tea leaves, Ban Nam Thuan, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary agriculture and many subsistence farmers are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman harvests tea leaves, Ban Nam Thuan, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary agriculture and many subsistence farmers are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman harvests tea leaves, Ban Nam Thuan, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary agriculture and many subsistence farmers are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman harvests tea leaves, Ban Nam Thuan, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary agriculture and many subsistence farmers are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman harvests tea leaves, Ban Nam Thuan, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary agriculture and many subsistence farmers are turning to the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
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  • Portrait of a Tai Yang ethnic minority subsistence farmer harvesting lemongrass from her garden, Ban Long Nai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. In addition to vegetables grown in the fields alongside the rice, subsistence farmers often have a garden nearby the house where they grow other edible greens such as beans, squashes, onion, garlic, ginger and aromatic herbs.
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  • A portrait of a young Khmu ethnic minority girl working on her family farm in Ban Nam Khor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • A young Khmu ethnic minority girl works on her family farm picking pumpkins in Ban Nam Khor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • An Akha subsistence farmer scores opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. After the petals fall from the opium poppy, the heads are incised with a 4 bladed tool; the tool is used to score the skin lightly from top to bottom. During the day, the sap oozes out of the cuts and hangs in tears on the poppy head. The next day the sap is then scraped into a metal container. As recently as 1998, Lao PDR was the third largest illicit opium poppy producer in the world.  From 1998 to 2005, opium poppy cultivation in Lao PDR was reduced by 93 per cent.  In more remote areas where cash crops are not viable, surveys from UNODC have shown that between 2008 and 2011 the area under opium poppy cultivation has doubled and continues to rise.
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  • An Akha subsistence farmer scores opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. After the petals fall from the opium poppy, the heads are incised with a 4 bladed tool; the tool is used to score the skin lightly from top to bottom. During the day, the sap oozes out of the cuts and hangs in tears on the poppy head. The next day the sap is then scraped into a metal container. As recently as 1998, Lao PDR was the third largest illicit opium poppy producer in the world.  From 1998 to 2005, opium poppy cultivation in Lao PDR was reduced by 93 per cent.  In more remote areas where cash crops are not viable, surveys from UNODC have shown that between 2008 and 2011 the area under opium poppy cultivation has doubled and continues to rise.
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  • An Akha subsistence farmer scores opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. After the petals fall from the opium poppy, the heads are incised with a 4 bladed tool; the tool is used to score the skin lightly from top to bottom. During the day, the sap oozes out of the cuts and hangs in tears on the poppy head. The next day the sap is then scraped into a metal container. As recently as 1998, Lao PDR was the third largest illicit opium poppy producer in the world.  From 1998 to 2005, opium poppy cultivation in Lao PDR was reduced by 93 per cent.  In more remote areas where cash crops are not viable, surveys from UNODC have shown that between 2008 and 2011 the area under opium poppy cultivation has doubled and continues to rise.
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  • An Akha subsistence farmer scores opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  After the petals fall from the opium poppy, the heads are incised with a 4 bladed tool; the tool is used to score the skin lightly from top to bottom. During the day, the sap oozes out of the cuts and hangs in tears on the poppy head. The next day the sap is then scraped into a metal container. As recently as 1998, Lao PDR was the third largest illicit opium poppy producer in the world.  From 1998 to 2005, opium poppy cultivation in Lao PDR was reduced by 93 per cent.  In more remote areas where cash crops are not viable, surveys from UNODC have shown that between 2008 and 2011 the area under opium poppy cultivation has doubled and continues to rise.
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  • An Akha subsistence farmer scores opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. After the petals fall from the opium poppy, the heads are incised with a 4 bladed tool; the tool is used to score the skin lightly from top to bottom. During the day, the sap oozes out of the cuts and hangs in tears on the poppy head. The next day the sap is then scraped into a metal container. As recently as 1998, Lao PDR was the third largest illicit opium poppy producer in the world.  From 1998 to 2005, opium poppy cultivation in Lao PDR was reduced by 93 per cent.  In more remote areas where cash crops are not viable, surveys from UNODC have shown that between 2008 and 2011 the area under opium poppy cultivation has doubled and continues to rise.
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  • Freshly picked cotton dries outside on a plastic sheet in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority village in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In some areas, Akha women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Spindle for spinning cotton in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority village in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In some areas, Akha women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread and set up their looms outdoors for weaving cotton.  One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Rubber plantation, Ban Nam Dang village, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. In the far north of Lao PDR, along the border with China, 'The Corridor of Opportunity' refers specifically to an area where the evolving cash economy influenced by China is gradually replacing subsistence agriculture with vast swathes of the forest being replaced by cash crops such as rubber, banana and sugar cane.
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  • A workman clears away old shop fittings and then some discarded sexist ad posters that lie on a London street after being removed from a refurbished shop construction site. Yellow steps ladders, the red exterior of the shop make for prime colours alongside the torn and water soaked posters, the faces and nude bodies of the women showing before being swept away.
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  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of non-English-speaking young people who have just arrived off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the man hold up a name board to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. With the help of a chaperone, the man points to a young girl in the hope she might be on his list. Neither speak each other's mother tongue and the language barrier is difficult to overcome. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Greeting drivers await their passengers to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the men hold up name boards to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Greeting drivers await their passengers to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the men hold up name boards to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • From a low angle, we see a greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis who awaits his passenger to arrive off a flight from Turkey. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the man holds up a name board to attract the attention of the man who is a member of a cruise ship's crew that is due to sail from the sea port of Dover. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • From a low angle, we see a greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis who awaits his passenger to arrive off a flight from Turkey. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the man holds up a name board to attract the attention of the man who is a member of a cruise ship's crew that is due to sail from the sea port of Dover. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Pradip Kumar, 38, a formal sanitation worker, cleans the street in the Govindpuri slum, New Delhi, India
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  • Pradip Kumar, 38, a formal sanitation worker, cleans the street in the Govindpuri slum, New Delhi, India
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  • A woman carries water delivered by tanker back to her home in the slum of Kusumpur Pahari. The slum, built more than thirty years ago has no running water or sewage facilities. The only water supply come from the Municipal  JAL Board water trucks that visit several times a day. The deliveries are supposed to be free but in reality, residents must pay bribes to have the water delivered.
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