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  • Four members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are on tactical manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough airfield, England. These Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves. The nearest to the camera points his weapon past the viewer with a yellow blank cover attached.
    army04-15-12-2007 _1.jpg
  • A newly-recruited Nepali boy is about to leave his homeland for the UK, where the British army is to make him a fully-trained soldier in the Gurkha Regiment. Daubed with saffron and paint, the sign of good luck on a journey to come, he stands with absolute pride with garlands of fresh flowers draped around his neck by well-wishing relatives before they wave good bye to their son or brother for his two years absence away from home. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the flight to the UK. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    RB-0079.jpg
  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
    RB_142-16-01-1997.jpg
  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
    medals_gurkha01-16-1997.jpg
  • Red identical t-shirts of young Nepali boys walk in single-file through a dry valley near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0216-01_1997_1.jpg
  • Akba has been a soldier and guard for fifteen years. He originally fought  in the Mujahideen against the Soviets with the warlord Gulbuddin before most recently, joining Majad Maly to fight against the Taliban in Khandahar province. Now he is a security guard working for WRN (Witan Risk management ).
    afghan27_10_093_1.jpg
  • In neat diagonal rows, young Nepali boys are crouching on the ground at the British Army's Gurkha base in Pokhara, Nepal where the Britain's Ministry of Defence recruits the best choices to become fully-trained soldiers in the UK's Gurkha Regiment. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the flight to the UK. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    RB_052-20-11-1996.jpg
  • A detail of a second world war Canadian veteran's chest, festooned with gleaming military campaign medals that symbolise an era of conflict, warfare and especially of survival. Seen as a close-up of polished silver, gold and zinc-alloy, we see only the upper body minus the face of this old soldier whose campaigns include the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944 because at the bottom of his rack of fine insignia is a badge denoting the Normandy Veterans Association. Elsewhere, a medal is worn for service in Palestine. The unseen gentleman wears a Canadian pin at the top and the contribution of his fellow-countrymen as members of the British Commonwealth is recognised in battlefield cemeteries around the world. But on this day, the 11th November, old soldiers like him march past London's Cenotaph to remember friends who did not return from war.
    medals_veteran11-11-1989.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0416-01_1997_1.jpg
  • For their regular river washing ritual, the red identical t-shirts of young Nepali boys walk in single-file down a valley side near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0316-01_1997_1.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment08-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0116-01_1997_1.jpg
  • Anti Brexit protester is berated by Leave protesters in a fierce debate in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 5th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190905_brexit protesters013.jpg
  • Employees use a lounge at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00180.jpg
  • An instructor with the Royal Gurkha Rifles points a recruit towards an objective while on tactical training manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough, on 5th August 1996, in Farnborough, England. Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves.
    soldier_training-05-08-1996.jpg
  • Anti Brexit protester is berated by Leave protesters in a fierce debate in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 5th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190905_brexit protesters014.jpg
  • Anti Brexit protester is berated by Leave protesters in a fierce debate in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 5th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190905_brexit protesters011.jpg
  • Anti Brexit protester is berated by Leave protesters in a fierce debate in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 5th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190905_brexit protesters012.jpg
  • Anti Brexit protester is berated by Leave protesters in a fierce debate in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 5th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190905_brexit protesters010.jpg
  • Employees uses the gym during lunch hours at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00186.jpg
  • Employees use a lounge at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00181.jpg
  • Edinburgh Festival is a busy timer for performers and the competition is fierce. New posters on new shows goes up every night, here a crew is putting the latest show up at night in the Royal Mile.
    IMG_6770_1.jpg
  • It is mid-day on the narrow stretch of river, green lilly pads float on its surface and in unbder a fierce sun overhead, three young men are lazily making their way to the viewer in a rowing boat on the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, England. The young male in the middle is the one rowing and he pulls on one oar to steer around an unseen obstacle in the absolutely calm, clear blue waters of this majestic river whose source rises in deepest Gloucestershire to its industrial estuary in the English Channel 215 miles (346 km) away. But here in Oxfordshire, we see an idyllic scene of adventure and peace on calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English midsummer day. 'Three men in  a Boat' published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
    thames_boating02-07-18-2001_1_1.jpg
  • A fan queues to get his copy of 'the Third Man'  signed by Labour Party politician Lord Mandelson in a book shop in central London, July 15, 2010. The autobiography of Mandelson has come under fierce criticism from within the Labour Party with former Labour leader Neil Kinnock accusing Lord Mandelson of becoming a "caricature of himself"  over the book.
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  • Competition is fierce during the basketball training session in Burkina Faso. It’s a very quick game and players are often thrown from their wheelchairs. This group is part of a project set up by Handicap Solidaire who are an NGO for disabled people.
    06-handsol_0287.jpg
  • Member of the public gets into a fierce debate with pro Brexit protesters in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 4th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190904_brexit protesters036.jpg
  • Member of the public gets into a fierce debate with pro Brexit protesters in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 4th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190904_brexit protesters024.jpg
  • Employees uses the gym during lunch hours at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00189.jpg
  • A man walks through a hallway at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00183.jpg
  • A sweater left on the back of an office chair seen at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00182.jpg
  • A package retrieval locker seen at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00175.jpg
  • Signages for JD.com Inc. are displayed on a pane of glass of a conference room at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00178.jpg
  • Visitors wait in the front lobby of JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00172.jpg
  • A airliner window seat view of west London as the aircraft comes in to land at London's Heathrow airport. The campaign for a 3rd runway at Heathrow is being met by fierce opposition due to the nature of constantly low-flying planes over residential areas. From the chapter entitled 'Up in the Air' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    adie_dolan438-05-06-2014_1.jpg
  • Standing near Hougemont Farm, Waterloo, Belgium, scene of some of the fiercest fighting on the battlefield on the day in 1815 when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the (Iron) Duke of Wellington, we see the current Duke, Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL, FKC (born in Rome on 2nd July 1915). He is a British hereditory peer and a retired officer in the British Army. When he succeeded his father as Duke, he was known as Marquess Douro but is now styled His Grace The Duke of Wellington. Making an occasional visit to the battlefields, he stands on a raw winter's day on the very landscape where his ancestor's brave British men fought off a fierce French attack, the Duke gazes out over the rolling hills that proved the undoing of Napoleon and which changed the course of European history.
    duke_of_wellington02-30-01_2004_1.jpg
  • Hermit, Tom Leppard 72, has been living in seclusion at this unidentified spot on the Isle of Skye, Scotland for 22 years. He crouches as he emerges from his self-made shelter, largely cut-off from the outside world. Converting the north-facing dry-stone walls into a home against harsh Scottish winters, he uses a knowledge of survival skills to help him stay fit and largely healthy although his memory is fading and muscular ailments trouble him. Few know his exact whereabouts but concerned locals visit when weather prevents him from crossing a 2km-wide Loch in an old canoe. A tarpaulin roof is weighted down by heavy rocks as winds can be fierce this far north. His days are spent washing, cleaning and carrying out maintenance jobs that keeps his home clean and fresh. Tom is a former solder and sailor and chose this spot when he sought solitude.
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  • A portrait of a tattooed Kayan man, sitting cross-legged in his traditional longhouse, located on the Metah River, 14th March 1982, in Sarawak, East Malayasia Borneo. The population of the Kayan ethnic group may be around 27,000. They are part of a larger grouping of people, settled mainly along the middle reaches of the Baram, Bintulu, and Rajang rivers in Sarawak, Malaysia and referred collectively as the Orang Ulu, or upriver people. Like some other Dayak people, they are known for being fierce warriors, former headhunters, adept in Upland rice cultivation, and having extensive tattoos and stretched earlobes amongst both sexes.
    longhouse_man-14-03-1982.jpg
  • Member of the public gets into a fierce debate with pro Brexit protesters in Westminster on the day after Parliament voted to take control of Parliamentary proceedings and prior to a vote on a bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of October, on 4th September 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a showdown after he threatened rebel Conservative MPs who vote against him with deselection, and vowed to aim for a snap general election if MPs succeed in a bid to take control of parliamentary proceedings to allow them to discuss legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.
    20190904_brexit protesters025.jpg
  • Employees take their lunch in a canteen at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00184.jpg
  • A worker puts on the finishing touches to an employee nursery at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00174.jpg
  • An aerial view of sunbathing individuals, couples and families, on a sandy beach cove, on 12th July 2016, at Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal. A couple of parasols shade some, and others are topless but otherwise the crowd enjoy the fierce, mid-day heat and sunlight at this seaside resort, a short train ride west from the Portuguese capital. Cascais is a coastal town and a municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres 19 miles west of Lisbon. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugals royal family in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Nowadays, it is a popular vacation spot for both Portuguese and foreign tourists and located on the Estoril Coast also known as the Portuguese Riviera.
    portugal_cascais-01-12-07-2016.jpg
  • An Airbus A380 is parked nose to tail with it's rival in the airline world, a Boeing 777 belonging to the Etihad Airways. They are both static exhibits at Britain's Farnborough Airshow and are on the ground before their afternoon flying displays delighting potential buyers of these jet aircraft, and the aviation-loving general public. These are the airplane giants and their bidding for airline contracts and orders is a fierce on-going fight for dominance in the world's skies. The teo planes are low in the picture to emphasize the blue skies above. Etihad's emblem seen on the tail is that of a falcon while the Airbus is a generic demonstrator that flies around the world on a continuous marketing tour.
    farnborough_airshow04-21-07-2010_1.jpg
  • Standing near Hougemont Farm, Waterloo, Belgium, scene of some of the fiercest fighting on the battlefield on the day in 1815 when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the (Iron) Duke of Wellington, we see the current Duke, Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL, FKC (born in Rome on 2nd July 1915). He is a British hereditory peer and a retired officer in the British Army. When he succeeded his father as Duke, he was known as Marquess Douro but is now styled His Grace The Duke of Wellington. Making an occasional visit to the battlefields, he stands on a raw winter's day on the very landscape where his ancestor's brave British men fought off a fierce French attack, the Duke gazes out over the rolling hills that proved the undoing of Napoleon and which changed the course of European history.
    duke_of_wellington01-30-01_2004_1.jpg
  • With feet up on airport seating, a migrant worker awaits his homeward flight from Bahrain to South-Asia. Sitting with legs gathered and with shoes removed - in the manner that people subjected to fierce desert or tropical heat try to keep cool, although in this airpirt terminal building, air-conditioning allows more comfort. The young man works on building projects somewhere in the middle-east region and is either in transit of beginning his jounrey to India, Pakistan or perhaps Bangladesh, seen here months before the terrorist attacks on America that changed the public's attitude to flying on commercial airliners.
    bahrain_airport_passenger02-21-04-20...jpg
  • Employees uses the gym during lunch hours at JD.coms headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  JD.com is Chinas second largest online retailer and is locked in a fierce battle with rival Alibaba.
    QilaiShen_00187.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russels Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martins Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot02-31-03-1990.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat to support their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. Before each game begins the participating team fan base drum up support with a colourful diplay of fireworks and a passionate drum beat of Samba.
    20130407_football_brazil_0231_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat in support  of their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. It is wholly amateur and is funded ans supported by local businesses to the teams that participate.
    20130407_football_brazil_0099_1.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russels Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martins Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot01-31-03-1990.jpg
  • An physical education instructor tests an army recruit for concussion after a bout of Milling, a test of aggression that  recruits must pass before qualifying as a paratrooper in the Para Regiment of the British Army, on 23rd July 1996, at Aldershot, England. The controversial Milling tradition unique to the Paras is a test for young men to prove they have a killer spirit by a timed gloved one-to-one boxing fight. Within that time, they have to punch as fiercely as possible, often resulting in blooded noses and temporary concussion.
    milling_paras-23-07-1996.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat to support their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. Before each game begins the participating team fan base drum up support with a colourful diplay of fireworks and a passionate drum beat of Samba.
    20130407_football_brazil_0268_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat to support their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. Before each game begins the participating team fan base drum up support with a colourful diplay of fireworks and a passionate drum beat of Samba.
    20130407_football_brazil_0219_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat to support their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. Before each game begins the participating team fan base drum up support with a colourful diplay of fireworks and a passionate drum beat of Samba.
    20130407_football_brazil_0218_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat in support  of their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. It is wholly amateur and is funded ans supported by local businesses to the teams that participate.
    20130407_football_brazil_0143_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat in support  of their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. It is wholly amateur and is funded ans supported by local businesses to the teams that participate.
    20130407_football_brazil_0095_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat in support  of their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. It is wholly amateur and is funded ans supported by local businesses to the teams that participate.
    20130407_football_brazil_0084_1.jpg
  • Claudette, thirty-three has five kids. She is  photographed with her father, Crispin, sixty-six in their neighbourhood as it is now. She feels lucky to have escaped. "I was buying some drinking water with my son, Gito and was on the way back  when the ground started rumbling. I cried out, `wow an earthquake!` At that point I looked up to see a two- storey building falling down on me. Large blocks of masonry trapped my arm and fell on my son . My son got free and  went for help. Five men returned and tried to lift the masonry with a large stick but they couldn't do it, they left me. I was petrified, the house next door caught alight and I knew for sure I was going to die" Then I felt someone pulling my arm although no one was there. From that moment I struggled to free myself, I pulled so fiercely that I left my finger behind  It wasn't until two hours later that I realized."
    haiti_89_1.jpg
  • Claudette, thirty-three has five kids. She is  photographed with her father, Crispin, sixty-six in their neighbourhood as it is now. She feels lucky to have escaped. "I was buying some drinking water with my son, Gito and was on the way back  when the ground started rumbling. I cried out, `wow an earthquake!` At that point I looked up to see a two- storey building falling down on me. Large blocks of masonry trapped my arm and fell on my son . My son got free and  went for help. Five men returned and tried to lift the masonry with a large stick but they couldn't do it, they left me. I was petrified, the house next door caught alight and I knew for sure I was going to die" Then I felt someone pulling my arm although no one was there. From that moment I struggled to free myself, I pulled so fiercely that I left my finger behind  It wasn't until two hours later that I realized."
    haiti_87_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat to support their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. Before each game begins the participating team fan base drum up support with a colourful diplay of fireworks and a passionate drum beat of Samba.
    20130407_football_brazil_0323_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat to support their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. Before each game begins the participating team fan base drum up support with a colourful diplay of fireworks and a passionate drum beat of Samba.
    20130407_football_brazil_0232_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat in support  of their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. It is wholly amateur and is funded ans supported by local businesses to the teams that participate.
    20130407_football_brazil_0131_1.jpg
  • Sao Paulo amateur "Várzea" Championship between Colorado and Santa Cruz teams in Villa Formosa district, Sao Paulo city. Fans sing and dance to a Samba beat in support  of their team. `The amateur "Várzea"championship was born before the professional  game took hold throughout Brazil and its roots lie in the city of Sao Paulo, the creator of such a championship, which is fiercely contested by all teams that participate in the competition. It is wholly amateur and is funded ans supported by local businesses to the teams that participate.
    20130407_football_brazil_0089_1.jpg
  • The centre of town, Korçë. Korçë's proximity to Greece, which claimed the entire Orthodox population of Albania as Greek, led to its being fiercely contested in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913. The city was occupied by Greek forces in 6 December 1912. Its incorporation into Albania in 1913 was controversial, as Greece claimed it as part of a region called 'Northern Epirus'.
    Albania019_1_1.jpg
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