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  • University students looking for jobs at an employment fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
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  • UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis being interviewed by the BBC as UNISON celebrates its landmark victory over  the scrapping of employment tribunal fees at the Supreme Court on July 26th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The decision means that fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful. In 2013, the government introduced fees to minimise the amount of cases, which led to a 79% reduction over three years. The trade union Unison made the case that the ruling prevented workers gaining access to justice. This has now been overturned.
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  • UNISON celebrates its landmark victory over the scrapping of employment tribunal fees at the Supreme Court in London with general secretary Dave Prentis on July 26th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The decision means that fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful. In 2013, the government introduced fees to minimise the amount of cases, which led to a 79% reduction over three years. The trade union Unison made the case that the ruling prevented workers gaining access to justice. This has now been overturned.
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  • UNISON celebrates its landmark victory over the scrapping of employment tribunal fees at the Supreme Court in London with general secretary Dave Prentis on July 26th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The decision means that fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful. In 2013, the government introduced fees to minimise the amount of cases, which led to a 79% reduction over three years. The trade union Unison made the case that the ruling prevented workers gaining access to justice. This has now been overturned.
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  • Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  China's rapid expansion of college enrollment in the past decade has resulted in an over-supply of college educated labor force, with many new college graduates unable to find adequate paying jobs.
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  • Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  China's rapid expansion of college enrollment in the past decade has resulted in an over-supply of college educated labor force, with many new college graduates unable to find adequate paying jobs.
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  • Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  China's rapid expansion of college enrollment in the past decade has resulted in an over-supply of college educated labor force, with many new college graduates unable to find adequate paying jobs.
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  • Job seekers attend an employment fair in Shanghai, China on 15 February, 2009.  China's rapid expansion of college enrollment in the past decade has resulted in an over-supply of college educated labor force, with many new college graduates unable to find adequate paying jobs.
    QS090215Shanghai009.jpg
  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
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  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
    20180807_Cleaners_strike_London_VF_0...jpg
  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
    20180807_Cleaners_strike_London_VF_0...jpg
  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
    20180807_Cleaners_strike_London_VF_0...jpg
  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
    20180807_Cleaners_strike_London_VF_0...jpg
  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
    20180807_Cleaners_strike_London_VF_0...jpg
  • Striking cleaners from the union, United Voices of the World stage a picket protest outside the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in London, England on August 07, 2018. The cleaners strike is taking place over a three day period and covers cleaners working under the Amey, OCS and Compas contracts at three Ministry of Justice sites, large hospitals, and Kensington and Chelsea Town Halls, where the cleaners are demanding better pay and employment rights, including sick pay, living wage and equality with directly employed staff.
    20180807_Cleaners_strike_London_VF_0...jpg
  • Secretary of State for Employment and Conservative MP, Michael Howard at the Conservative party conference on 11th October 1990 in Blackpool, England.
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  • Sign outside the Job Centre Plus in Kings Heath on 31st December 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Jobcentre Plus is the part of the Department for Work and Pensions which delivers working-age support service in the United Kingdom. From 2002 to 2011, it was an executive agency which reported directly to the Minister of State for Employment.
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  • Sign outside the Job Centre Plus in Kings Heath on 31st December 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Jobcentre Plus is the part of the Department for Work and Pensions which delivers working-age support service in the United Kingdom. From 2002 to 2011, it was an executive agency which reported directly to the Minister of State for Employment.
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  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
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  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
    QS100127Hangzhou026.jpg
  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
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  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
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  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
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  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
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  • University students looking for jobs at a fair in Hangzhou, China on 27 January 2010.  As China has rapidly expanded college enrollment in recent years, resulting in 6.1 million college graduates in 2009 compared with only 850,000 ten years ago, it is increasingly becoming difficult for graduates to find jobs, while starting average salary has actually dropped in the last few years.
    QS100127Hangzhou015.jpg
  • Sign for Brewdog, stating that they are a living wage employer on 1st November 2020 in London, United Kingdom. BrewDog is a Scottish multinational brewery and pub chain.
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  • Row of buildings, mostly empty, stands in a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • A man stands on a street with row of buildings, mostly empty, in a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • A woman walks past the gates of a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • A man rides his scooter past the gates of a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • Miners line up to enter the shaft and begin their shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_322.jpg
  • A miner uses his locker after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_316.jpg
  • A miner rides a lift up to exit the mine shaft after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_314.jpg
  • A miner walks out after using a retina scan to confirm indignity after a shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_307.jpg
  • A miner walks out after a shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_312.jpg
  • A female office worker pauses to make a call on her mobile phone, on a wide walkway in Ernst & Young's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot European headquarter at More London, London England. All other walkways above and below are empty and holding her head, the lady has sought privacy from her open-plan workstation and stands on her own. Architecturally, the term atrium comes from Latin: A large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective. E & Y employs 114,000 people, in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
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  • Miners line up to enter the shaft and begin their shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_318.jpg
  • A miner rides a lift up to exit the mine shaft after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_315.jpg
  • A man shovels coal while standing on the top of a truck at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_308.jpg
  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
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  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
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  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
    20071121_india_0394_1.jpg
  • An airport worker employed by SABTCO guides an arriving Airbus onto its stand at Bahrain International Airport. The man carefully encourages the slow-moving flying machine using his illuminated sticks alerting the pilot in control of this commercial airliner to an exact stopping place after its taxiing from the runway. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. 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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  • A Bahrani baggage-handler employed by SABTCO pauses during his shift at Bahrain International airport. Having loaded luggage and cargo into the hold of an Egyptair Airbus, he sits looking hot and tired on the company’s conveyor belt awaiting last-minute additions to the manifest before its imminent departure for Cairo, across the Mediterranean. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the home for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements and is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. 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
    aviation_corbis03-21-04-2001_1.jpg
  • It is 10.15 in the morning and a mother and her daughter have crossed a road in Ruda Slaska, Poland, while an older lady has paused on the zebra crossing. It is a dark and gloomy day in this heavily polluted, industrial town in southern Poland. The local employer is the Huta Pokoj  SA steel mill that dominates the landscape, rising as a filthy tower that makes the air quality so poor that respiratory deceases are common, with soot present in the atmosphere for children to breathe. The environmental impact of 1990s post-Stalinist Polish heavy industry is evident. The day is damp, depressing and unhealthy with a truck's headlights on as pedestrians stand on the roadside, wait at the bus stop or cycle past on the pavement.
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  • An odd job maintenance man bends awkwardly on a pair of stepladders to reach an internal light fitting in the cafeteria area of auditing company Ernst & Young's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot European headquarters at More London, England. Dressed in blue shirt and dark trousers and with keys attached to his belt, the balancing man stretches into the hole left by the light to access wiring. To his right we also see an idyllic scene of wild meadow flowers, a carpet of red flora that goes into the distance though incongrously, the reflection of many cafe lights are seen in the sky of the meadow picture. Ernst & Young employs 114,000 people, in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
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  • It is the mid-afternoon break and striding confidently through a monochrome scene, a female employee of international auditing company Ernst & Young makes her way towards security barriers carrying her purse to exit E & Y's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot European headquarters at More London, London England. A distracted male colleague approaches in the opposite direction, already having swiped his proximity card (using electronic key card technology to allow access through proof of authenticity) into the magnetic scanner while talking into his mobile phone. Both are dressed cassually, reflecting E & Y's policy of informal clothes for anything other than senior executives. Ernst & Young employs 114,000 people, in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
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  • A Bahraini  baggage-handler employed by SABTCO pauses during his shift at Bahrain International airport. Having loaded luggage he is also about to put a cargo of fresh fruits on the conveyor belt and into the hold of an Egyptair Airbus. A colleague walks up the ramp towards the fuselage before the freight goes in before its imminent departure for Cairo, across the Mediterranean. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the home for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements and is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first powered flight, 1903.
    bahrain_airpoirt03-21-04-2001_1.jpg
  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
    20071121_india_0211_1.jpg
  • Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India
    20071121_india_0043_1.jpg
  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
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  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_I.jpg
  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_F.jpg
  • Standing late at night in the doorway of a Soho nightclub in Old Compton Street, London England, a bouncer provides security for his employer. Otherwise known as doormen or door supervisers, these usually hardened men offer a deterrent for anyone causing trouble inside ot out of licensed bars and clubs such as this. Lit from overhead spotlights, he looks menacing and capable of street violence - enough to urge troublemakers to move on quick. reflected in the glass is Ed's Diner a well-known eaterie in this street. Soho is known as a rather seedy but vibrant area of London's West End and late-night social disorder fuelled by excessive alcohol is pretty much normal.
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  • A construction hoarding from the contractor Keir and undergrowth of nearby church land, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Kier Group is a leading property, residential, construction and services group, employing over 21,000 people in its operations in the UK, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong.
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  • A construction hoarding from the contractor Keir and undergrowth of nearby church land, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Kier Group is a leading property, residential, construction and services group, employing over 21,000 people in its operations in the UK, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong.
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  • Carrying a bag with the words We love the way you live, a lady walks past the hoarding featuring the face of an NHS Staff Nurse employed at University College London, on 25th January 2018, in London, England.
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  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia (pictured), the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_H.jpg
  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia (pictured), the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_G.jpg
  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_E.jpg
  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
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  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
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  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_A.jpg
  • Protest for Fernando Montero outside his old workplace. London, UK. On 17th December 2015, Fernando Montero died following a heart attack. For the last 5 years he was employed as a cleaner by outsourcing giant Servest at the Willis Building, in the City. During this time, he was victim of a destructive workplace culture. His supervisors repeatedly shouted at him in public, refused him the right to use the toilet outside of break time, and failed to grant him annual leave. On the day of his death, Fernando called a friend in a state of distress. Too anxious to return to work, due to the treatment of himself and fellow workers. A few hours later, he was dead. For his wife Francia, the link between workplace stress and his death is straightforward: “He passed away of a heart attack because of the stress brought about by the abuse and bullying of his bosses.”
    20160212_fernando montero protest_B.jpg
  • A 1992 portrait of a British Rail employee stands at the gate of a platform at Victoria station. Wearing the old uniform of that rail company. British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. The British Rail "double arrow" logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed "the arrow of indecision". It is now employed as a generic symbol on street signs in Great Britain denoting railway stations.
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  • Detail of the Siemens Integrated Mail Processor (SIMP) operated by the Royal Mail at their Nine Elms sorting office Vauxhall, London. Developed in the mid-1990s it is the backbone of Royal Mail's system and Nine Elms is the biggest and most modern sorting office in Britain, employing 1,000 people and handling all post coming from/to south London: 1.1 million first-class items a day, 750,000 second class. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres.
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  • Union members from the Public and Commercial Services Union PCS stage a protest and picket line on December, 21 2018 at the Tower of London in London, England where some staff, including Beefeaters have walked out and are striking over changes to their defined benefits pension scheme. Historic Royal Palaces manages six of the UK’s royal palaces, including the Tower of London, Kensington Palace and Hampton Court Palace where strike action is also taking place and a further three walkouts are scheduled for next year.
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  • Union members from the Public and Commercial Services Union PCS stage a protest and picket line on December, 21 2018 at the Tower of London in London, England where some staff, including Beefeaters have walked out and are striking over changes to their defined benefits pension scheme. Historic Royal Palaces manages six of the UK’s royal palaces, including the Tower of London, Kensington Palace and Hampton Court Palace where strike action is also taking place and a further three walkouts are scheduled for next year.
    20181221_Strike_protest_Tower_of_Lon...jpg
  • Union members from the Public and Commercial Services Union PCS stage a protest and picket line on December, 21 2018 at the Tower of London in London, England where some staff, including Beefeaters have walked out and are striking over changes to their defined benefits pension scheme. Historic Royal Palaces manages six of the UK’s royal palaces, including the Tower of London, Kensington Palace and Hampton Court Palace where strike action is also taking place and a further three walkouts are scheduled for next year.
    20181221_Strike_protest_Tower_of_Lon...jpg
  • Union members from the Public and Commercial Services Union PCS stage a protest and picket line on December, 21 2018 at the Tower of London in London, England where some staff, including Beefeaters have walked out and are striking over changes to their defined benefits pension scheme. Historic Royal Palaces manages six of the UK’s royal palaces, including the Tower of London, Kensington Palace and Hampton Court Palace where strike action is also taking place and a further three walkouts are scheduled for next year.
    20181221_Strike_protest_Tower_of_Lon...jpg
  • Standing against strong Autumnal afternoon light, two police officers from an unknown constabulary, guard one entrance to the venue where the Conservative (Tory) Party Conference is being held, at the Bournemouth International Centre that overlooks the sea in Dorset, England. In 1990, the terrorist threat came from Irish Republicans (IRA) rather than Islamist extemists and credible threats proved to be correct, that these idealists wanted to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Police cordons were therefore an efficient method of controlling and restricting access to those without the proper delegates' or media accreditation. The most striking figure is the male officer in the foreground whose profile is prominent because of his traditional police helmet.
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  • Separated by colour-coded floors, employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, participate in informal meetings in E & Y's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Those on the top blue level 8 may be more senior to those below on the 7th purple storey of this tall, upright scene of modernity. It is busier on the upper floor then the two men beneath. Subsequent levels are vacant. Architecturally, the term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective on seniority and success as opposed to lower-ranking middle-management.
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  • Separated by four floors, two employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, make their way along walkways in the main atrium of E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Striding confidently between offices, the two people are unaware of each other's presence but make their way from right to left of this tall, upright scene of modernity. The senior person on top may have an advantage from better opportunities, the low-ranking worker below may be needing to rise up the ranks. Morning sunlight floods through the green tinted glass that overlooks Tower Bridge on the River Thames. The term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective.
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  • A dog chases crows in front of south London suburban homes with a background of the Shard tower and City office buildings, in Ruskin Park, Lambeth, on 17th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Two workmen parked in their company van, check messages and organise tools in the rear of their vehicle, in the City of London, the capitals financial heart, on 25th September 2018, in London, England.
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  • A workman with a tattoo on his arm carries a bundle of short wooden planks on his shoulder, about to cross Westminster Bridge towards the Houses of Parliament, on 12th September 2017, in London, England.
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  • A dog chases crows in front of south London suburban homes with a background of the city towers and office buildings, in Ruskin Park, Lambeth, on 17th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Details of traditional Uighur instruments in a Kashgar city shop, China
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  • At Kurseong railway station the old ticket printing press still operates to capacity.   The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns, as well as a shorter route to Kurseong.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
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  • Stylish mannequins and illustrations of staff wearing uniforms in a Soho street. Seen through the window of a shop selling outfits for the catering and restaurant industry workplace, the models of good-looking young working people (a waitress and waiter, chef and kitchen staff) occupy a prominent position in this Soho street in central London.
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  • A portrait of a baker holding yet to be baked dough for Ciabatta bread. Standing by trays of ready to bake loaves, the man is of African or afro-Caribbean origin, clearly made out in the white of his uniform and mix, his white baker’s uniform’s sleeves also spattered with flour. Ciabatta (literally "carpet slipper") is an Italian white bread made with wheat flour and yeast. The loaf is somewhat elongated, broad and flattish. Its name is the Italian word for slipper. There are many variations of ciabatta. Ciabatta in its modern form was developed in 1982. Since the late 1990s it has been popular across Europe and in the United States, and is widely used as sandwich bread.
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  • A Hua 23, after having picked the tea leaves scorches them in a large “wok” to remove moisture and excess water before being put out to dry. This process is known as sha qing (kill the green),  Zha Lu village, Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
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  • A Hua 23, after having picked the tea leaves scorches them in a large “wok” to remove moisture and excess water before being put out to dry. This process is known as sha qing (kill the green),  Zha Lu village, Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
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  • Detail of the wide variety of tools used to make traditional Uighur and other Muslim and Central Asian instruments: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek, etc.  in Kashgar city's most respected workshop, China
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  • Detail of the wide variety of tools used to make traditional Uighur and other Muslim and Central Asian instruments: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek, etc.  in Kashgar city's most respected workshop, China
    chimusika_013_1.jpg
  • Ababakri Selay, 80 is a Uighur of Turkic origin, he has been making over 40 varieties of  traditional instruments in his workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  his own creation for five generations.  These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to Chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region he inhabits.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an in their institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
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  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
    chimusika_002_1.jpg
  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
    chimusika_001_1.jpg
  • Train driver with his assistants take the daily run from Kurseong back to Darjeeling, the shorter 32Km journey of the DHR. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071212_india_0545_1.jpg
  • At Kurseong railway station the old ticket printing press still operates to capacity.   The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns, as well as a shorter route to Kurseong.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071212_india_0459_1.jpg
  • Train driver Birkh Dattani drives the narrow gauge steam train between Darjeeling and Kurseong, the shorter of the two  journeys he has been traveling for the past  40 years. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns, as well as a shorter route to Kurseong.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071212_india_0079_1.jpg
  • Train driver Birkh Dattani drives the narrow gauge steam train between Darjeeling and Kurseong, the shorter of the two  journeys he has been traveling for the past  40 years. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns, as well as a shorter route to Kurseong.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071212_india_0056_1.jpg
  • Train driver with his assistants take the daily run from Kurseong back to Darjeeling, the shorter 32Km journey of the DHR. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071211_india_0297_1.jpg
  • Train driver with his assistants take the daily run from Kurseong back to Darjeeling, the shorter 32Km journey of the DHR. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071211_india_0280_1.jpg
  • Passengers buy ticket for the the daily run from Kurseong back to Darjeeling. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns.  It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India.
    20071211_india_0269_1.jpg
  • On a hot night at Bahrain International Airport, a Boeing airliner is about to be pushed backwards and start its engines. Two airport agents wearing traditional Arab dress stand patiently high up on the air bridge (that joins the aircraft fuselage during its turnaround time), several metres above ground level, ensuring no last-minute problems occur before departure. This Gulf State is, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. 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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  • From a high vantage point looking across the atrium of British architect Sir Richard Rogers' Lloyds building, we see the zig-zag-shape stripes of escalators, beyond which we see the desks of insurance underwriters at the Lloyd's building, home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London which is located in Lime Street, in the heart of the City of London. Lloyd's is a British insurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers or "members", whether individuals (traditionally known as "Names") or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk. Unlike most of its competitors in the reinsurance market and is neither a company nor a corporation. 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. looking across
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  • From a high vantage point looking across the atrium of British architect Sir Richard Rogers' Lloyds building, we see the post-modern architecture of the insurance underwriters Lloyd's building, home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London which is located at number 1, Lime Street, in the heart of the City of London. Lloyd's is a British insurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers or "members", whether individuals (traditionally known as "Names") or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk. Unlike most of its competitors in the reinsurance market and is neither a company nor a corporation. The Lloyds market began in Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse around 1688 and is today the world's leading insurance market providing specialist insurance services to businesses in over 200 countries and territories.
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  • Set incongruously next to London's old Leadenhall Market we see the floodlit exterior of British architect Sir Richard Rogers' Lloyds building, home to the post-modern architecture of the insurance underwriters insurance institution Lloyd's of London which is located at number 1, Lime Street, in the heart of the City of London. Lloyd's is a British insurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers or "members", whether individuals (traditionally known as "Names") or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk. Unlike most of its competitors in the reinsurance market and is neither a company nor a corporation. The Lloyds market began in Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse around 1688 and is today the world's leading insurance market providing specialist insurance services to businesses in over 200 countries and territories.
    lloyds_building0107-16-1993.jpg
  • With orange sparks falling away below, a shipbuilder welds while standing on a scaffolding gantry on the hull of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the worker wears a protective hood on his head. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard11-03-09-2007_1.jpg
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