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  • Three desperate participants of the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London await a free portaloo cubicle. Wearing flower costumes of green with yellow-bordered headwear, the three people look fed up with waiting for a free toilet, set up during this annual event to honour the new Lord Mayor in the financial district of London.
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  • A woman with blue painted nails holds on tight to her partner in a public street. The amourous couple squeeze each other, hugging in a gesture of fond farewell or a happy hello. Either way, we see the lady's hands spread across the back of her friend or partner, comforted and comfortable - or in a desperate bid not to let go. Their relationship is close and intimate, their support of each other, proof of their dependency.
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  • A Mourner at the main cemetery, Port Au Prince stands next to a pile of human remains. At the time of the earthquake, bodies were piling up in the streets and  Haitians were so desperate to deal with the cadavers that they would bring them to the cemetery and burn them where ever they could find space.
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  • A Mourner at the main cemetery, Port Au Prince stands next to a pile of human remains. At the time of the earthquake, bodies were piling up in the streets and  Haitians were so desperate to deal with the cadavers that they would bring them to the cemetery and burn them where ever they could find space.
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  • Severley disabled man sleeping beside his wheelchair on the streets against a graffitied wall. Disadvantaged people on the streets in the area of Omonia. Just moments after these pictures were taken, a junkie came up and stole a 1 Euro coin from the sleeping mans hand. A clear sign of the desperation on the streets here. In this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921sleeping on the streets athe...jpg
  • Severley disabled man sleeping beside his wheelchair on the streets against a graffitied wall. Disadvantaged people on the streets in the area of Omonia. Just moments after these pictures were taken, a junkie came up and stole a 1 Euro coin from the sleeping mans hand. A clear sign of the desperation on the streets here. In this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921sleeping on the streets athe...jpg
  • Woman giving a hand reading to another woman on the street near to Leicester Square. The woman in red as speaking desperately to the reader.
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  • All around Port Au prince are the hand painted signs and banners shown in the pictures, such was the desperation shortly after the earth quake. Many went without food and water for several days or more. The tragedy is that  it seems many of these requests went largely ignored. Theo Wilder is bemused "We painted a sign saying we needed food and water in the hope that the aid agencies may be able to help, but no one has helped, not one person."
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  • All around Port Au prince are the hand painted signs and banners shown in the pictures, such was the desperation shortly after the earth quake. Many went without food and water for several days or more. The tragedy is that  it seems many of these requests went largely ignored. Theo , like many haitians is bemused "We painted a sign saying we needed food and water in the hope that the aid agencies may be able to help, but no one has helped, not one person."
    Haiti_46_1.jpg
  • All around Port Au prince are the hand painted signs and banners shown in the pictures, such was the desperation shortly after the earth quake. Many went without food and water for several days or more. The tragedy is that  it seems many of these requests went largely ignored. Theo , like many haitians is bemused "We painted a sign saying we needed food and water in the hope that the aid agencies may be able to help, but no one has helped, not one person."
    Haiti_32_1.jpg
  • All around Port Au prince are the hand painted signs and banners shown in the pictures, such was the desperation shortly after the earth quake. Many went without food and water for several days or more. The tragedy is that  it seems many of these requests went largely ignored. Theo , like many haitians is bemused "We painted a sign saying we needed food and water in the hope that the aid agencies may be able to help, but no one has helped, not one person."
    haiti_53_1.jpg
  • During a journey into America's hinterlands, days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, the breaking news flashes from Fox TV's studios that there are expected to be no more survivors found at Ground Zero. The tragic message reads 'No Signs of Life' in large red letters, read by passers-by along the on the Avenue of the Americas on Manhattan. As the news travels across the building, the camera blurs other TV pictures of live broadcasts with a sense of urgency, speed and desperation in the fruitless search for life.
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  • Sleeping on the streets against a graffitied wall. Disadvantaged people on the streets in the area of Omonia. In this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921sleeping on the streets athe...jpg
  • People walk past a man living on the streets of Plaka. Disadvantaged people on the streets in this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110920homeless in athensC.jpg
  • People walk past a man living on the streets of Monastiraki. On crutches, he has bad health problems. Disadvantaged people on the streets in this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110919homeless in athensB.jpg
  • People walk past a woman sleeping on the streets against a graffitied wall. Disadvantaged people on the streets in the area of Omonia. In this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921sleeping on the streets athe...jpg
  • People walk past a woman sleeping on the streets against a graffitied wall. Disadvantaged people on the streets in the area of Omonia. In this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921sleeping on the streets athe...jpg
  • People walk past a man living on the streets of Monastiraki. On crutches, he has bad health problems. Disadvantaged people on the streets in this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110919homeless in athensA.jpg
  • A female passenger leans forward with head in hands amid the busy terminal at Chicago O'Hare Airport, Illinois, USA. Fellow-travellers in the background appear unworried, waiting for their respective flights in a calm manner. The lady in the foreground's body language however, suggests fatigue and distress and perhaps a fear of flying. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Immigrants recycling waste to make a little money in the area of Kolonaki, a chic and fashionable area. This is a common site in every corner of the capital as austerity measures make every cent count. The people clearing bins of recyclable waste are often Pakistani, Afghani or Somali. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Immigrants recycling waste to make a little money in the area of Kolonaki, a chic and fashionable area. This is a common site in every corner of the capital as austerity measures make every cent count. The people clearing bins of recyclable waste are often Pakistani, Afghani or Somali. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921immigrants recycling wasteC.jpg
  • Immigrants recycling waste to make a little money in the area of Kolonaki, a chic and fashionable area. This is a common site in every corner of the capital as austerity measures make every cent count. The people clearing bins of recyclable waste are often Pakistani, Afghani or Somali. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921immigrants recycling wasteA.jpg
  • Woman pass a blind man begging on the pavement in Omonia area. Disadvantaged people on the streets in the area of Omonia. In this area the amount of ill, disabled, badly injured, or sick people either begging or sleeping on the streets is staggering. The area has been taken over by drug dealers, homeless people, and prostitution. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110919sleeping on the streets athe...jpg
  • Homeless man busking to make a little money by making music with his voice through a traffic cone on a busy Oxford Street in London, amidst the bustle of passers by.
    20130510homeless oxford street buske...jpg
  • Homeless man on crutches stands beside empty main road waiting for cars to pull up at the lights, which he attempts to speak to and engage with their drivers at Belgrave Middleway near Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate, the inner city area of Birmingham which is virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on 29th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Phillip Acheles, 47, Main Street, artist. Phillip is a self-taught artist. He was selling this and other artists'  paintings in down-town Port Au Prince, a sign that the economy is moving again, albeit in a limited capacity. "Not since 2006 has there been any prosperity in this country," says Phillip. "It has been in a state of political crisis  for years now. Every time there is  a small recovery, something happens and now the earthquake means the chance of selling paintings to tourists is once more very low."
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  • A Haitian sees the bright side as she sits outside her shelter erected opposite the Palace in Cham De Mars. The  choice of cloth for her shack is symbolic and many Haitians are grateful for the aid and support from the US. some  commentators, however,  believe the relationship with the US two hundred miles away,  is what needs to be looked at if things are to improve. One Haitian, Jocelyn, tells me:  "They (The American government)  take with one hand and give with the other.  They swamped Haiti with cheap rice imports putting farmers out of business and forcing them into the capital's slums where they have been aid dependent ever since"
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Geraldine Richards thirty-four, aid queue, Petion-Ville, with her sisters remaining child, Giodania. Geraldine is a jewellery seller. She has five kids, all boys  (twins and triplets), as did her sister prior to the earth quake but only one of her sister's children survived (Giodania, pictured) when their house collapsed in the earthquake. "My sister  is so depressed she hasn't eaten. She lost her husband and  all but one of her five  kids. She hasn't even recovered the bodies. It's necessary to bury our loved ones but the government cleared them away in huge trucks and dumped them in mass graves or they were burnt.  She  has no will to live, she is suicidal. I am looking after her and her kid, one of the bags of food I have is for my sister. I am lucky to get this, if you miss the card distribution you are lucky to get food and getting back with the food is difficult sometimes. The men take it or someone will cut the bag and catch the rice in a bucket, before you realise. All the same, we are thankful for the aid."
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  • Alex is a co-director of 'Haitians helping Haitians' a charity that gives Haitians the means to help themselves, to improve their quality of life. (http://www.hhelpingh.org) Alex Juste was lying on his bed when the earthquake struck: "There was a big shuddering noise, I felt the bed shaking" he says. The walls started opening. I could see right into my neighbours' apartment. I had to see what had happened so I started running. I lost it totally. I was screaming, 'This is the end of the world!'  There were people under concrete,  saying, 'sir, help me,!' But I couldn't do anything." Alex's experience is typical. No Haitian has been left untouched.
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  • Homeless man holds a sign begging on Millennium Bridge near to Tate Modern, London. This is a regular spot for homeless to ask fror money.
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  • Homeless man busking to make a little money by making music with his voice through a traffic cone on a busy Oxford Street in London, amidst the bustle of passers by.
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  • Tent belonging to a homeless person pitched next to a red phone box in Bloomsbury in London, England, United Kingdom. With all the hustle and bustle of central London around, it seems an unlikely place to live, but homelessness is on the increase in a very obvious way in the capital, so scenes like this are becoming far more common.
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  • A tent which is home to one homeless person in central London, England, United Kingdom. With all the hustle and bustle of central London around, it seems an unlikely place to live, but homelessness is on the increase in a very obvious way in the capital, so scenes like this are becoming far more common.
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  • People more fortunate pass a homeless sleeping bag on the pavement near Old Street in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Homeless man on crutches stands beside empty main road waiting for cars to pull up at the lights, which he attempts to speak to and engage with their drivers at Belgrave Middleway near Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate, the inner city area of Birmingham which is virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on 29th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200429_coronavirus homeless_005.jpg
  • Homeless man on crutches stands beside empty main road waiting for cars to pull up at the lights, which he attempts to speak to and engage with their drivers at Belgrave Middleway near Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate, the inner city area of Birmingham which is virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on 29th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200429_coronavirus homeless_004.jpg
  • A Samaritans suicide 0845 helpline sign on Brunel's Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol. Samaritans is a confidential emotional support service for anyone in the UK and Ireland. The service is available 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that may lead to suicide. Across the UK, one can call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 for the price of a local call. Samaritans was founded in 1953 by Chad Varah, a vicar in the London Diocese. His inspiration came from an experience he had had some years earlier as a young curate in the Diocese of Lincoln. He had taken a funeral for a girl of fourteen who had killed herself because she feared she had contracted an STI. The movement grew rapidly and within ten years there were 40 branches and there are now 201 branches across the UK and Ireland.
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  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London. Two children accompanied by adults who walk past the vagrant who sits forlornly on the pavement, surrounded by his worldly good - plastic bags attached to an old bike. We see a scene of poverty and privilege - of wealth versus hopelessness - on this prestgious London street where money speaks volumes for those with successful lives.
    homeless_wealth05-06-03-2014.jpg
  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • This lady preaching in down-town Port au Prince says, "you have to believe in God, this is God trying to send us a message." On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Claudette, thirty-three has five kids. She is  photographed with her father, Crispin, sixty-six in their neighbourhood as it is now. She feels lucky to have escaped. "I was buying some drinking water with my son, Gito and was on the way back  when the ground started rumbling. I cried out, `wow an earthquake!` At that point I looked up to see a two- storey building falling down on me. Large blocks of masonry trapped my arm and fell on my son . My son got free and  went for help. Five men returned and tried to lift the masonry with a large stick but they couldn't do it, they left me. I was petrified, the house next door caught alight and I knew for sure I was going to die" Then I felt someone pulling my arm although no one was there. From that moment I struggled to free myself, I pulled so fiercely that I left my finger behind  It wasn't until two hours later that I realized."
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  • Nadine Pleato, opposite a collapsed building in down-town Port Au Prince . She is living in a garage at Latimer 54, near Paloma. She says: "I have just purchased this bag so I can pack a few things and leave Port Au Prince for the provinces. My house was completely destroyed and I lost all my clothes in the quake. All I have left is four pieces of clothing: a skirt and what I am wearing. I have to live and bathe in the street..I didn't know if my mother was alive for six days until she arrived from the provinces with supplies. I was so relieved but I still haven't seen my boyfriend since the morning of the quake. We were with each other a year. He must be dead but I will never know for sure. It's hard to carry on.  How can we be normal now?"
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  • Chaumone Auguste  mourns the loss of her mother, Mereille Jeudy at the main cemetery in Port Au Prince. Mereille was sixty-four when she died.
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  • Daphene Louis, an accountant and her boyfriend Steve Babtiste  who works in  customer care at Digicel at the  Catrine -Flon Camp, Puit-Blain St, Delmar 75, Port Au Prince. "It was twenty-four hours after the quake before I saw my boyfriend. There were no communication networks and I had no way of knowing if he was dead or alive. When I saw him, I was so relieved I just jumped on him! Now we live in this camp under sheets held up with timber. It is very hard to get shelter from the sun,and when the rains come  there will be  no protection at all.  We need proper tents but even one month on we have been unable to get help. We have no privacy here, it's always noisy. We don't even have chance for a cuddle. It would be great to get a proper mattress, but we don't even have rice so that's not high up in our priorities."
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  • Jocelyn Pierre, at the remains of his home, behind the US Consulate,  Port Au Prince. Jocelyn is retuning to rebuild his business and house.  He has four grown up children who all live in America but he wants to return to Haiti. He is a teacher, he is very proud of his son who is a surgeon in the Navy. "I love Haiti more than myself. America is not my country.  We will overcome this. When you have faith, determination and sacrifice, you can do anything and we will bring you a brand new Haiti one day..Most of the problems are not to do with nature: the trees are still standing , the roads are OK but a brand new nine-storey hospital collapsed; why?"
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. .The impact of the disaster on a country already impoverished after years of political crisis, and previous natural disasters is huge. According to the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee)'230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. The media response by the news agencies has been intense, and much imagery especially on the internet has been shocking, almost voyeuristic,  these pictures allow us to connect with the Haitians, with their  humanity and as equals.
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  • Francy,  morgue attendant, Central Hospital Port Au Prince, with colleague. Francy has worked at the morgue all his life, "The bodies don't bother me, not even when there were thousands here. Why should they? They are all my brothers and sisters."
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  • Janne Orelis, 26  is a Sales Woman with two children, Central Hospital Port Au Prince. "The house collapsed on top of me, crushing my right arm" she says. "I was rescued by my family. If it was not for my husband I would be dead,  but it was two days before I saw a doctor.  The pain was terrible, by the time I got to see a doctor there was no choice but to amputate. I can't stop thinking about my arm. But now I am worried sick about my six month old baby. My family have him with them in the provinces, but he has only ever had breast milk. He could be very hungry. As soon as I am able, I will go to him."
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  • Pierre Yves Jovin, 56, Morgue Manager, Central hospital, Port Au Prince. Pierre has worked at the morgue for 27 years. He is the manager in charge. He is standing in front of the cold stores each of which hold about 60 bodies. Relatives are still coming to see if they can identify their loved ones such is the need to know if their families are just missing or dead.  People are searching high and low for loved ones even knowing that the chances of finding them dead or alive must be miniscule when so many have been cleared into mass graves or burnt where they lay. "After the earthquake, all the bodies were piled outside this morgue. There was a huge pile of two to three thousand and inside there were bodies piled up to the ceiling.  Every time the earth trembled, the after-shocks caused the bodies to move and I could smell the dead"
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  • A tent which is home to one homeless person near to Trafalgar Square, London, UK. With all the hustle and bustle of central London around, it seems an unlikely place to live, but homelessness is on the increase in a very obvious way in the capital, so scenes like this are becoming far more common.
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  • Tent belonging to a homeless person pitched next to a red phone box in Bloomsbury in London, England, United Kingdom. With all the hustle and bustle of central London around, it seems an unlikely place to live, but homelessness is on the increase in a very obvious way in the capital, so scenes like this are becoming far more common.
    20180308_homeless london_002.jpg
  • People more fortunate pass a homeless sleeping bag on the pavement near Old Street in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190401_sleeping bag homeless_001.jpg
  • Homeless man on crutches stands beside empty main road waiting for cars to pull up at the lights, which he attempts to speak to and engage with their drivers at Belgrave Middleway near Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate, the inner city area of Birmingham which is virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on 29th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200429_coronavirus homeless_001.jpg
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessmen smokes, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • A spectrum of coloured light from stained glass in the nave of St Vitas Cathedral in Prague Castle, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Roman Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral. This cathedral is a prominent example of Gothic architecture and is the largest and most important church in the country. It is located within Hradcany-Prazsky Hrad Prague Castle in the Czech capital.
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  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London. A well-dressed gentleman strides past the vagrant who sits forlornly on the pavement, surrounded by his worldly good - plastic bags attached to an old bike. We see a scene of poverty and privilege - of wealth versus hopelessness - on this prestgious London street where money speaks volumes for those with successful lives.
    homeless_wealth02-06-03-2014.jpg
  • A person wearing an England cap looks down at the ground in Camberwell, on 26th September 2018, in Southwark, London, England.
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  • A charity worker is handing out leaflets in a London street, his hope is to entice the public to give money or lend support to the work of his organisation. He holds out his paper while wearing a bib saying Homeless Not Hopeless meaning that those without a home isn't necessarily without aspiration nor pride. But passers-by only want to continue their journeys unhindered and not bothered by what in Britain are known as charity muggers - or chuggers - and hated for their common presence on street corners, watching for their target demographics to donate hard-earned money. The man walking past without making eye contact is a gentleman of south-Asian or of Arab appearance and he looks to the ground without acknowledging the volunteer worker.
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  • Police on patrol in down-town Port Au Prince, their  tough style of policing is controversial. On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Hundreds of Haitians pray at The Church of God, Rue de Centre 3, during the Sunday service ( 07/02/10) The church was damaged during the earthquake with  many  of the choir singers entombed. Sylvie Selde remembers "The entire group of singers practising were killed. We are still recovering the bodies now, only nine so far. When we recover them we take them to the mass grave or dig a hole and put them in. This is a message from  God, a  judgement,  do the right thing. Stop being wicked".  Many believe that in Port Au Prince one Haitian Alex K Juste is more positive "That day, there was no rich, no poor, no colour, no prejudice, no racism. We were equal, they knew that God existed and their hands were up in the air praising the Lord. We held hands, we cared for each other, we supported the sick.  What a beautiful thing to see us Haitians reunited, together as one".
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  • Hundreds of Haitians pray at The Church of God, Rue de Centre 3, during the Sunday service ( 07/02/10) The church was damaged during the earthquake with  many  of the choir singers entombed. Sylvie Selde remembers "The entire group of singers practising were killed. We are still recovering the bodies now, only nine so far. When we recover them we take them to the mass grave or dig a hole and put them in. This is a message from  God, a  judgement,  do the right thing. Stop being wicked".  Many believe that in Port Au Prince one Haitian Alex K Juste is more positive "That day, there was no rich, no poor, no colour, no prejudice, no racism. We were equal, they knew that God existed and their hands were up in the air praising the Lord. We held hands, we cared for each other, we supported the sick.  What a beautiful thing to see us Haitians reunited, together as one".
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  • Mourners at the main cemetery, Port Au Prince. On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Claudette, thirty-three has five kids. She is  photographed with her father, Crispin, sixty-six in their neighbourhood as it is now. She feels lucky to have escaped. "I was buying some drinking water with my son, Gito and was on the way back  when the ground started rumbling. I cried out, `wow an earthquake!` At that point I looked up to see a two- storey building falling down on me. Large blocks of masonry trapped my arm and fell on my son . My son got free and  went for help. Five men returned and tried to lift the masonry with a large stick but they couldn't do it, they left me. I was petrified, the house next door caught alight and I knew for sure I was going to die" Then I felt someone pulling my arm although no one was there. From that moment I struggled to free myself, I pulled so fiercely that I left my finger behind  It wasn't until two hours later that I realized."
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  • Ricardo Simeone, centre, from Ferret, Port Au Prince queues outside Muncheez restaurant to get a hot meal. Ricardo  was trying to get out of the house as the earthquake hit but was not quick enough. The house fell on him, he lost the tip of his fingers but he hasn't lost anybody. He is homeless, however and camping in Saint Pierre, and very pleased to be getting a daily meal at Muncheez. He queues every day for three or four hours. Gilbert Bailey, owner of Muncheez, who has been running the soup kitchen since the day after the earthquake was one of the few Haitians not to be directly affected and wants to give back.  He feeds one thousand Haitians every day.  He says, People can contribute directly themselves , search face book under "Muncheez Food Drive Haiti".
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • The City from the Hill leading into Petion-Ville. On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Mourners at the main cemetery, Port Au Prince. On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Anne Marie, street seller,  Main street, Port Au Prince. "My home is destroyed? I lost my brother and sister in the earth quake. It was terrifying, houses were falling down around us, there were dead bodies everywhere and people were screaming. I went three days without water. I  was working on the street when the earth quake happened which is why I am ok but now I have to look after my sister? kids as she is dead,. They are weak and not used to coping on the streets so in order to feed them, I must work. I have no time to grieve."
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  • A Haitian carries a heavy coffin the mile or so to the central hospital morgue. On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Marie Ange St Laurent, (wearing white)  and her family, at the funeral of  Ronald St Laurent. "Ronald was thirty-one years old when he died. His home fell down on top on him during the earthquake We were all inside but Ronald did not have time to get out.  We must thank God for the opportunity at least, to bury him properly. I feel sorry for the thousands of families who do not have this chance, many cannot find their loved ones. It will be hard for them to move on, it's double the problem.  At least we can visit and put flowers on the grave.  After the quake, there were bodies everywhere many were burnt where they lay or carted off in huge trucks to mass graves."
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  • A sign in front of a mass grave containing hundreds of bodies at the main cemetery in Port Au Prince. The sign reads: "The hole is full. We have no more room for bodies".
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Livis, leaning against a tree at his neighbour Jocelyn's home near Cham de Mars,  Port au Prince. He is helping Jocelyn to rescue his belongings. Livis was not affected directly, he did not lose any family himself,  but his experiences were similar to those of many Haitians living in central Port Au Prince.  He is a Winnie the Pooh fan and reads it to his five children. He says, "If you're excited what is the point? You have no choice but to be calm. Captured in my mind are the scenes immediately after the earthquake: the collapsed buildings, the dead bodies and worst of all the cries for help from those under the debris. The cries that would go unanswered until eventually they stopped. They cried but we couldn't help"
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  • Pictured are remains of a training centre for nurses next to Central Hospital. The building collapsed with an estimated 80 people still inside. Government buildings were particularly hard hit in the earthquake for example 87 percent of schools in Port Au Prince  are destroyed. In the foreground the remains of a person still lie. A month after the quake most remains but not all have been cleared from the streets. Inside the buildings very few bodies have been cleared such is the enormity of the task.
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  • Pictured are remains of a training centre for nurses next to Central Hospital. The building collapsed with an estimated 80 people still inside. Government buildings were particularly hard hit in the earthquake for example 87 percent of schools in Port Au Prince  are destroyed. In the foreground the remains of a person still lie. A month after the quake most remains but not all have been cleared from the streets. Inside the buildings very few bodies have been cleared such is the enormity of the task.
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  • Chanette Inocent Jeremie in an aid queue at  Petion-Ville. On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Alex is a co-director of 'Haitians helping Haitians' a charity that gives Haitians the means to help themselves, to improve their quality of life. (http://www.hhelpingh.org) Alex Juste was lying on his bed when the earthquake struck: "There was a big shuddering noise, I felt the bed shaking" he says. The walls started opening. I could see right into my neighbours' apartment. I had to see what had happened so I started running. I lost it totally. I was screaming, 'This is the end of the world!'  There were people under concrete,  saying, 'sir, help me,!' But I couldn't do anything." Alex's experience is typical. No Haitian has been left untouched.
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Marie Yolene, Bois De Fer, age 44,  and daughter Marie Geralda Auguste, 17, in a camp opposite the Palace, Cham de Mars.  Marie's son Emanuel was trapped for 12 days before he was eventually rescued ( the New York Times did a feature on him). The daughter recounts: "I was sitting down at the house when it started to rock then blocks and wood started falling, Romario broke his leg, Mum grabbed us all and we got out all except my oldest brother Emanual.  He was trapped. We weren't sure if he was alive or dead but we kept looking for him. Then my mother and Emanuel heard each other. He called out, 'Mamma I'm alive,' Mum told everybody she could find that he  was alive,  journalists, aid workers rescue workers, After 11 days rescuers ( an Israeli SAR) pulled him out, my mother collapsed from joy."
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  • A crushed car in down-town Port Au Prince, steel wreckage from this school is  a typical part of the visual language in Port Au Prince now . On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Alex is a co-director of 'Haitians helping Haitians' a charity that gives Haitians the means to help themselves, to improve their quality of life. (http://www.hhelpingh.org) Alex Juste was lying on his bed when the earthquake struck: "There was a big shuddering noise, I felt the bed shaking" he says. The walls started opening. I could see right into my neighbours' apartment. I had to see what had happened so I started running. I lost it totally. I was screaming, 'This is the end of the world!'  There were people under concrete,  saying, 'sir, help me,!' But I couldn't do anything." Alex's experience is typical. No Haitian has been left untouched.
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Nadine Pleato, opposite a collapsed building in down-town Port Au Prince . She is living in a garage at Latimer 54, near Paloma. She says: "I have just purchased this bag so I can pack a few things and leave Port Au Prince for the provinces. My house was completely destroyed and I lost all my clothes in the quake. All I have left is four pieces of clothing: a skirt and what I am wearing. I have to live and bathe in the street..I didn't know if my mother was alive for six days until she arrived from the provinces with supplies. I was so relieved but I still haven't seen my boyfriend since the morning of the quake. We were with each other a year. He must be dead but I will never know for sure. It's hard to carry on.  How can we be normal now?"
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  • Alex is a co-director of 'Haitians helping Haitians' a charity that gives Haitians the means to help themselves, to improve their quality of life. (http://www.hhelpingh.org) Alex Juste was lying on his bed when the earthquake struck: "There was a big shuddering noise, I felt the bed shaking" he says. The walls started opening. I could see right into my neighbours' apartment. I had to see what had happened so I started running. I lost it totally. I was screaming, 'This is the end of the world!'  There were people under concrete,  saying, 'sir, help me,!' But I couldn't do anything." Alex's experience is typical. No Haitian has been left untouched.
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  • Nadine Pleato, opposite a collapsed building in down-town Port Au Prince . She is living in a garage at Latimer 54, near Paloma. She says: "I have just purchased this bag so I can pack a few things and leave Port Au Prince for the provinces. My house was completely destroyed and I lost all my clothes in the quake. All I have left is four pieces of clothing: a skirt and what I am wearing. I have to live and bathe in the street..I didn't know if my mother was alive for six days until she arrived from the provinces with supplies. I was so relieved but I still haven't seen my boyfriend since the morning of the quake. We were with each other a year. He must be dead but I will never know for sure. It's hard to carry on.  How can we be normal now?"
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  • Cantrine-Flon Camp has approximately 3500 refugees who have very little at all. At the moment they are surviving on yams and potatoes, buying their own drinking water and using a field for sanitation. They need tents and medicine, since what they had donated by a Haitian doctor, is sparse. Malnutrition is a problem along with vomiting, diarrhoea and infections. ."Every time there is a bang, I jump. We all do, it's a kind of collective trauma. Since my house fell down I have been living in this camp but conditions are not good. All we've had to eat so far is yams and potatoes. There are no tents, toilets, little medicine and we buy our own drinking water with what money we have."
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  • Homeless man on crutches stands beside empty main road waiting for cars to pull up at the lights, which he attempts to speak to and engage with their drivers at Belgrave Middleway near Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate, the inner city area of Birmingham which is virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on 29th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Sharline  Dagou, 24, was a secretary at a restaurant in Petion-Ville, she poses with her mother and brother outside her house. "I was in my bedroom with my family when the quake struck. "The first shock was smaller like a preview of the next one. The door was blocked, but we pushed and got out but my younger brother was caught. When we came out we saw our houses destroyed. Now we have nothing. I even lost my shoes and  have been barefoot for the last three weeks.  Most of the families who lost people have left, they cannot bare to stay. We pray to cope with our sadness. A Dominican missionary came to give us courage, he told us we have to accept because we love God. "I often cry, but I still smile as well. We have to, we have to hope for the future. Where there is life there is hope."
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  • Ismael, thirty-five out side the ruins of The Tax Office. Most important government buildings have been destroyed including the Palace, Law courts, 87 percent of schools, even prisons leaving  the country with no means to govern. ."I am a steel worker by trade but right now I'm here recovering the bodies from the tax office. We use plastic gloves and put them in plastic body bags. It's not a nice job, the smell almost kills me. I have to drink to get through but I know I am helping the families. The parents are waiting for me each time I pull a body out so they can identify it. They buy me my rum.  I have pulled out one body today but twenty-five in total."
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  • Toy doll thrown away and lying face down in a housing estate in Vauxhall in London, England, United Kingdom. The naked doll has an atmosphere of despair and desperation about it, and looks much like an old scene from a past era.
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  • Toy doll thrown away and lying face down in a housing estate in Vauxhall in London, England, United Kingdom. The naked doll has an atmosphere of despair and desperation about it, and looks much like an old scene from a past era.
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  • Toy doll thrown away and lying face down in a housing estate in Vauxhall in London, England, United Kingdom. The naked doll has an atmosphere of despair and desperation about it, and looks much like an old scene from a past era. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • At the base of the Monument which commemorates the Great Fire of London, a courier driver from the United States Postal Service (UPS), stands with his head in his hands as if in reaction to the conflagration behind. Above him is a giant mural, whose huge figures depict the panic and evacuation during the disaster that struck London between 2nd of  September and Wednesday, 5th September 1666. The modern man in company uniform is wearing the same brown colours as that of King Charles II and his courtier who are also reacting to the news of the city's burning timber buildings. 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities were lost in the high fanned winds. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • Hungarian police try to contain migrants as they broke out from the camp and joined the motorway and started walking towards Budapest close to the Hungarian and Serbian border town of Roszke, Hungary, September 7 2015. The UN’s humanitarian agencies are on the verge of bankruptcy and unable to meet the basic needs of millions of people because of the size of the refugee crisis in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, senior figures within the UN have told the media.
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  • Hungarian police try to contain migrants as they broke out from the camp and joined the motorway and started walking towards Budapest close to the Hungarian and Serbian border town of Roszke, Hungary, September 7 2015. The UN’s humanitarian agencies are on the verge of bankruptcy and unable to meet the basic needs of millions of people because of the size of the refugee crisis in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, senior figures within the UN have told the media.
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  • Hungarian police try to contain migrants as they broke out from the camp and joined the motorway and started walking towards Budapest close to the Hungarian and Serbian border town of Roszke, Hungary, September 7 2015. The UN’s humanitarian agencies are on the verge of bankruptcy and unable to meet the basic needs of millions of people because of the size of the refugee crisis in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, senior figures within the UN have told the media.
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