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  • An Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is loaded into the back of a British Army Land Rover ambulance to join the downfacing trainers of a collapsed colleague, after retiring  from an endurance race. Recruits run a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding,. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perserverence or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • Suspect packages have been found outside premises in Central London, a situation urgent enough to warrant the closure of Holborn and surrounding streets in case the items are terrorist-related. The subsequent evacuation of commuters at a time when thousands of office workers were making their way out of their company buildings towards the London Underground station ahead on the right. A police officer runs across the road stretching a length of police tape barring anyone from crossing. The force are taking no chances from abandoned rubbish left at will in public places - their efforts that may save lives from explosive terrorist devices, such as bombs. With streets emptied during the busiest time of the day, the police have control of the area while around the corner, experts inspect the problem before re-opening to the public.
    bomb_scare03-14-10-2010 12-43-43_1.jpg
  • People being moved along after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
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  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_026.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_027.jpg
  • Police block off the entrance to The Shard after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_021.jpg
  • Police block off the entrance to The Shard after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_020.jpg
  • People being moved along after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_023.jpg
  • People being moved along after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_022.jpg
  • People being moved along after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_019.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_018.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_016.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_009.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_011.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_008.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_006.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_002.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_001.jpg
  • Suspect packages have been found outside premises in Central London, a situation urgent enough to warrant the closure of Holborn and surrounding streets in case the items are terrorist-related. The subsequent evacuation of commuters at a time when thousands of office workers were making their way out of their company buildings towards the London Underground station ahead on the right. A policeman uses is radio to communicate with senior officers The force are taking no chances from abandoned rubbish left at will in public places - their efforts that may save lives from explosive terrorist devices, such as bombs. With streets emptied during the busiest time of the day, the police have control of the area while around the corner, experts inspect the problem before re-opening to the public.
    bomb_scare05-14-10-2010 12-43-43_1.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_029.jpg
  • People being moved along after London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_024.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_014.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_013.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_012.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_007.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
    20170307_london bridge evcuated_003.jpg
  • London Bridge Station was evacuated due to an abandoned vehicle on 7th March 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The area was cordoned off by police leaving hundreds of people beyond the police cordon. The vehicle had been deemed "suspicious" by the Metropolitan Police Service, and so the entire area was off limits while the emergency services and bomb squad dealt with the issue.
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  • The massive IRA bomb in Bishopsgate Street in the heart of the City of London destroyed a substantial number of businesses and disrupted a major part of London's financial hub. In the days after the attack on 24th April 1993, we see the pictorial evacuation of smiling faces in a portrait of Pret a Manger staff, the sandwich and lunch chain (from the French 'Ready to Eat'). The image was hung above the premises and construction workers wearing hard hats transport the picture, like hundreds of other nearby businesses whose workers carried away company property, for temporary safe storage. This store was also badly damaged and had to be transferred to another location. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. It 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.
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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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  • Aboard the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy, a father and son are practicing wearing life-preservers during the first few hours of their voyage from Miami around the Gulf of Mexico. They and every passenger on-board are being instructed by members of the ship's crew to muster (gather) in specific locations around the vessel before heading further out to sea. Under international law, everyone on a holiday ship like this needs to know what do in the event of an emergency at sea so well-organised drills are rehearsed on deck. The baby looks uncomfortable wrapped in his life vest but sucks on a pacifier dummy. The father looks relaxed in the knowledge that their lives are not risk on this occasion. The Panamanian-registered MS Ecstasy is a 70,367 ton cruise ship carrying 2,052 passengers and 920 crew belonging to Vegas-style Carnival Cruise lines.
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  • Office workers Jeremy Greiff takes part in an Evac Chair training exercise. Healthy and Safety is becoming an increasingly important part of dally working life. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Soon after setting sail from Miami, en-route to Cancun in Mexico, passengers of Carnival Cruise's Fun Ship Ecstasy liner are told to report on the top sun deck for the obligatory safety drill. Told to fetch their life vests from their respective cabins and suites, they have gathered at various muster points around the vessel to hear the crews' instructions about abandoning ship or the precuations needed to enter the water. We look down from a higher deck to see several dozen tourists on red vests, milling around awaiting the signal to return to their previous activities and entertainment. Operators like US-owned Carnival take these drills very seriously. Carnival was a pioneer in the concept of cheaper and shorter cruises. Its ships are known for their Las Vegas decor and entertainment. The cruise line calls its ships The Fun Ships and the MS Ecstasy is a Fantasy class cruise ship featuring two pools, whirlpools, a variety of dining options, nightclubs, a casino, and duty-free shopping. After Hurricane Katrina, she spent six months in New Orleans serving as quarters for refugees and relief workers. She suffered heavy damage in 1998 after the laundry room in the ship's stern caught fire damaging much of her stern and aft section.
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  • 3 of 3 in a photo sequence showing children ignoring a no climbing safety sign, hauling themselves on to the plinth of Nelson's Column, on 15th December 2016, in Trafalgar Square, next to a Christmas nativity scene in London, England. The Greater London Authority (GLA) has banned tourists climbing the 148-year-old lions due to fears they are being damaged, with potentially dangerous cracks appearing as well as the indignity of having rubbish pushed in their mouths. There has also been a serious injury resulting in an air ambulance helicopter landing to evacuate to hospital in 2015.
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  • A wide landscape of flooding in an inner-city road junction. A burst water main closed the otherwise busy junction of Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Road in the south London area of Herne Hill. At about 5am, emergency crews were called when water inundated local homes and businesses, forcing residents to evacuate their properties and leave before electricity supplies were shut down.
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  • A wide landscape of flooding in an inner-city road junction. A burst water main closed the otherwise busy junction of Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Road in the south London area of Herne Hill. At about 5am, emergency crews were called when water inundated local homes and businesses, forcing residents to evacuate their properties and leave before electricity supplies were shut down.
    SE24_burst_water_main02-07-08-2013.jpg
  • Local vehicles belonging to local businesses in deep water after a burst water main closed the otherwise busy junction of Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Road in the south London area of Herne Hill. At about 5am, emergency crews were called when water inundated local homes and businesses, forcing residents to evacuate their properties and leave before electricity supplies were shut down.
    SE24_burst_water_main10-07-08-2013.jpg
  • A wide landscape of flooding in an inner-city road junction. A burst water main closed the otherwise busy junction of Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Road in the south London area of Herne Hill. At about 5am, emergency crews were called when water inundated local homes and businesses, forcing residents to evacuate their properties and leave before electricity supplies were shut down.
    SE24_burst_water_main03-07-08-2013.jpg
  • A wide landscape of flooding in an inner-city road junction. A burst water main closed the otherwise busy junction of Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Road in the south London area of Herne Hill. At about 5am, emergency crews were called when water inundated local homes and businesses, forcing residents to evacuate their properties and leave before electricity supplies were shut down.
    SE24_burst_water_main04-07-08-2013.jpg
  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius466-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, inspects lava rock on the slopes of the dormant Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius210-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, on the crater edge of the Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius173-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius469-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius435-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius416-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Italian relatives on a rooftop of their home in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says one member. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius399-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius315-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius311-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, shows lava rock on the slopes of the dormant Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius217-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, shows lava rock on the slopes of the dormant Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius215-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, inspects lava rock on the slopes of the dormant Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius199-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, inspects lava rock on the slopes of the dormant Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius190-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and leading authority on local geology and civil evacuation plans, on the crater edge of the Vesuvius volcano, Italy. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius159-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • The morning after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers Hall on London Bridge, in which Usman Khan a convicted, freed terrorist killed 2 during a knife a attack, then subsequently tackled by passers-by and shot by armed police - officers guard the southern end of the bridge where a rental bike has been abandoned during the evacuation, on 30th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • A hand in an open doorway of a property in the heart of the Jewish Kazimierz district of Krakow - the location of Nazi Holocaust evacuations during WW2 and where Steven Spielberg filmed scenes for his film Schindlers List, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. The Jewish community were systematically removed from Kazimierz and taken to what became the Krakow Ghetto across the Vistula river in the Podgorze district where Oskar Schindlers factory was located and where he went on to save 1,100 Jews from concentration camps all over Poland and Germany. Before the war, 64,000 Jews lived in Krakow but after liberation, only 3-4,000 survived.
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  • An army Chinook military helicopter takes off over Edwardian period homes line Finsen Road on Ruskin Park, on 25th October 2017, in south London, England. RAF and Army helicopters occasionally land in this public space in order to familiarise air crew to potential evacuation zones in times of national crisis.
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  • An army Chinook military helicopter takes off over Edwardian period homes line Finsen Road on Ruskin Park, on 25th October 2017, in south London, England. RAF and Army helicopters occasionally land in this public space in order to familiarise air crew to potential evacuation zones in times of national crisis.
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  • An army Chinook military helicopter takes off over Edwardian period homes line Finsen Road on Ruskin Park, on 25th October 2017, in south London, England. RAF and Army helicopters occasionally land in this public space in order to familiarise air crew to potential evacuation zones in times of national crisis.
    ruskin_choook-02-25-10-2017.jpg
  • The floral memorial shrine in memory of two young victims killed by an IRA bomb in the centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England, on 27th February 1993, in Warrington, England. Two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside a Boots store and a McDonalds restaurant, killing two children and injuring many other people. Although a warning or warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time. Both attacks were perpetrated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army IRA. Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while his babysitter survived. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, who received the full force of the blast, was gravely wounded but died weeks later.
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  • With homes beneath, a Royal Air Force Puma troop-carrying helicopter takes-off again after a brief landing in Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth. It is believed that the RAF use various public spaces as part of emergency landing/evacuation location familiarisation in readiness of a future national emergency.  The Puma (registration XW216 from 230 Squadron, RAF Benson) is used as battlefield helicopters within the Joint Helicopter Command and provide tactical troop and load movement by day or by night.
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  • With homes beneath, a Royal Air Force Puma troop-carrying helicopter lands in Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth. It is believed that the RAF use various public spaces as part of emergency landing/evacuation location familiarisation in readiness of a future national emergency. The Puma (registration XW216 from 230 Squadron, RAF Benson) is used as battlefield helicopters within the Joint Helicopter Command and provide tactical troop and load movement by day or by night.
    ruskin_puma01-04-12-2015_1.jpg
  • An Royal Air Force Puma helicopter takes off after only a few moments on the ground in Ruskin Park, a public space in the south London borough of lambeth. The RAF often land their helicopters here as part of air crew training and familiarisation - rumoured to be part of emergency evacuation/extraction landing locations around the capital. Otherwise, the Puma is used in the battlefield within the Joint Helicopter Command and provide tactical troop and load movement by day or by night.
    ruskin_puma02-27-05-2015_1.jpg
  • An Royal Air Force Puma helicopter takes off after only a few moments on the ground in Ruskin Park, a public space in the south London borough of lambeth. The RAF often land their helicopters here as part of air crew training and familiarisation - rumoured to be part of emergency evacuation/extraction landing locations around the capital. Otherwise, the Puma is used in the battlefield within the Joint Helicopter Command and provide tactical troop and load movement by day or by night.
    ruskin_puma01-27-05-2015_1.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The local population is 4m and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. The De Simons family have owned this land for generations and would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Lemons grow on fertile soil on a smallholding located on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano, seen in the distance which last erupted in 1944. Growing on land near Somma Vesuviana, the family have owned for generations would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • Local farmer tends crops in a fertile field on his smallholding, located on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano, seen in the distance which last erupted in 1944.   Tending his plants on land near Somma Vesuviana, his family have owned for generations, he and his elderly family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • Plant life growing in lava rock on slopes of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy. 70 years after the last major eruption in 1944, nature reclaims the landscape with fragile yet resilient plant life. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • On the crater edge of the Vesuvius volcano, Italy, writer Polly Morland interviews volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano, Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo for the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
    vesuvius149-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Locals gather to pay their respects to a growing mound of a floral memorial in memory of two people killed by an IRA bomb in the centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England. On 20 March 1993 the explosion by Irish republican terrorists in Bridge Street in the town centre precinct. Two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside a Boots store and a McDonald's restaurant, killing two children and injuring many other people. Although a warning or warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time. Both attacks were perpetrated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while his babysitter survived. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, who received the full force of the blast, was gravely wounded but died weeks later.
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  • Wrecked property in a flooded caravan park in the north Welsh coast community of Towyn, UK. On the fence is the reminder of what this summer holiday site would normally be like, where owners remind holidaymakers not to hang their washing on the broken fence. A combination of gale-force winds, a high tide and rough seas caused Towyn's flood defences to be breached at about 11.00am on 26 February 1990. 4 square miles (10 km2) of land was flooded, affecting 2,800 properties and causing areas of the resort to be evacuated.
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  • A C-17 Globemaster belonging to the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wing of the US Air Force. Seen at the Farnborough Airshow in England, this airlifting jet transporter is manufactured by the Boeing Company. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases  throughout the world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The C-17 is operated by the US Air Force, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada,NATO and Qatar.
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  • A C-17 Globemaster belonging to the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wing of the US Air Force. Seen at the Farnborough Airshow in England, this airlifting jet transporter is manufactured by the Boeing Company. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases  throughout the world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The C-17 is operated by the US Air Force, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada,NATO and Qatar.
    farnborough_airshow01-21-07-2010_1.jpg
  • A pilot of the US Air Force holds the throttle levers in the cockpit of a C-17 transport jet at the Farnborough Air Show, UK. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas; the company later merged with Boeing. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout the world. It can also perform tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948.
    C-17_cockpit06-09-07-2012_1.jpg
  • A pilot of the US Air Force holds the throttle levers in the cockpit of a C-17 transport jet at the Farnborough Air Show, UK. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas; the company later merged with Boeing. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout the world. It can also perform tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948.
    C-17_cockpit01-09-07-2012_1.jpg
  • A green emergency evacuation assembly meeting point for staff outside the British Library in London, United Kingdom.  The sign also shows the international symbol of access signposting people to the disability meeting point.
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  • The floral memorial shrine in memory of two young victims killed by an IRA bomb in the centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England, on 27th February 1993, in Warrington, England. Two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside a Boots store and a McDonalds restaurant, killing two children and injuring many other people. Although a warning or warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time. Both attacks were perpetrated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army IRA. Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while his babysitter survived. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, who received the full force of the blast, was gravely wounded but died weeks later.
    warrington_bombing-27-02-1993.jpg
  • As a local dog-walker passes-by, we see a Royal Air Force Puma troop-carrying helicopter land briefly in Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth. It is believed that the RAF use various public spaces as part of emergency landing/evacuation location familiarisation in readiness of a future national emergency.  The Puma (registration XW216 from 230 Squadron, RAF Benson) is used as battlefield helicopters within the Joint Helicopter Command and provide tactical troop and load movement by day or by night.
    ruskin_puma03-04-12-2015_1.jpg
  • A notice of power outage posted outside Somerset House in the Strand, central London. Partially open, business and access to this venue for the Arts is disrupted because of an electrical fire in a subterranean substation on nearby Kingsway which cause major disruption to local businesses and throughroutes for traffic as flames from ruptured gas pipes vented through pavement and road manholes. Loss of electrical power to local bars and businesses meant the closure of shops and evacuation of offices.
    closed_somerset02-02-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The local population is 4m and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. The De Simons family have owned this land for generations and would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius451-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine featuring Jesus and the Madonna, Naples, Italy. On a street corner in the city, whose urban area has a population of 3.7 million, and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Around 4 million people live in the Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea. It is also within the administrative evacuation zone should the nearby Vesuvius volcano erupt again, as it last did in 1944. Naples has a total of 448 historical churches, making it one of the most Catholic cities in the world in terms of the number of places of worship.
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  • In the evacuation centre of Macondary, villagers  receive fresh water from mobile trucks 6 months after the disater caused by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo which diplaced thousands of people, Philippines.
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  • A female security officer has spotted an abandoned bag with the words 'Giraffe To Go' on the side, inside a lift of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5. The woman talks urgently but calmly using her walkie-talkie. She needs to report it to her controllers as a suspicious package but may turn out to be an innocent lunch bag left by a hurrying and absent-minded passenger, realising their flight is about to close, instead of a bomb left by a malicious terrorist. The lady bends down to give as accurate description as she can before airport police arrive to determine how serious the treat is and possibly order a costly evacuation. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A pilot of the US Air Force holds the throttle levers in the cockpit of a C-17 transport jet at the Farnborough Air Show, UK. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas; the company later merged with Boeing. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout the world. It can also perform tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948.
    C-17_cockpit04-09-07-2012_1.jpg
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