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  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of non-English-speaking young people who have just arrived off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the man hold up a name board to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. With the help of a chaperone, the man points to a young girl in the hope she might be on his list. Neither speak each other's mother tongue and the language barrier is difficult to overcome. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Greeting drivers await their passengers to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the men hold up name boards to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport403-13-07-2009_1.jpg
  • Elders from the Lepcha community look at written documents during a gathering during which they celebrate their culture and language while discusing their loss of identity, on 18th June 1995, in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. The Lepcha are also called the Rongkup meaning the children of God and the Rong, Mutunci Rongkup Rumkup beloved children of the Rong and of God, and Rongpa are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim, India and number between 30,000 and 50,000. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan, Tibet, Darjeeling, the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal, and in the hills of West Bengal.
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  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local fashion business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due. Next to mannequins wearing east European fashions and styles, we see media adverts from the Spanish-speaking world alongside money transfer companies such as Sigue and corier shippers, Ashley's.
    elephant_gentrification10-27-04-2015...jpg
  • Elisabeth Mesa Calfunao, 34 rural primary school teacher is the daughter of a white Chilean and a Mapuche mother.  She grew up in a poor neighbourhood of Santiago. At the age of 25 she opted to fully embrace her Mapuche roots and migrated to what remains of her ancestral lands in Araucania. As an adult she learned to speak Mapuzungun, Mapuche language and now teaches it in her rural classrooms, Loncoche, Chile. February 19, 2018.
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  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local fashion business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due. Next to mannequins wearing east European fashions and styles, we see media adverts from the Spanish-speaking world alongside money transfer companies such as Sigue and corier shippers, Ashley's.
    elephant_gentrification09-27-04-2015...jpg
  • A model from the Alion Couture fashion house takes part in a street parade with horses for the benefit of the media in Kensington, central London UK. We see the lower section of a horse ramp and another horse is in the background. Seen from a low angle, both the horses hoof and her foot in red high heel shoes appear to be askew in a postural echo, when two mannerisms or body language are similar.  The light is blue because of the shadow both subjects are in but her shoes and matching short red dress appear vibrant in saturation and hue.
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  • Wearing beachwear and topless in shorts are the beautiful people of Los Angeles’ famous Venice Beach. A dashing athletic male specimen, all six-pack muscles, a dark tan with white trainers, socks and leaning on a bike, flirts with a young woman whose perfect body is facing away from us, allowing us a peek at her bottom and long, slender legs and rollerblades. She wears a very small pink bikini and a tiny back-pack in the west coast sunshine. There is sexuality and machismo here between the sexes where exhibitionists and extroverts display their confidence and talents, the guy’s body language showing and facial expression giving off a keen interest in this woman’s female form.
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  • Deepak works with 16-year-old Hansa who is deaf and blind. They are learning tactile sign language. Hansa’s brother is watching in the background. Deepak is trained by Sense International in Ahmadabad, India. Hansa is also supported by the Dhanki Community Project to lead a more independent life.
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  • A young Egyptian boy practices his English words from a textbook at his home in the village of Bairat, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. In 2012, the literacy rate in Egypt was 75.2 per cent - specifically, male (83.2) and female (67.3). Not all state schools teach English as the second language but favour instead the old colonial French.
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  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local bike business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due. Against a very dirty old Victorian railway arch wall, we see the bright colours of advertising fro the Spanish-speaking world in an area of south London where migrants and travellers from around the world live and work. The titles of this media such as Latino Times and International Extra appear on the poster with the images of a Latin homeland, for expats to enjoy news from the motherland in a western country.
    elephant_gentrification08-27-04-2015...jpg
  • Abandoned and derelict premises at the rear of a former garden centre business, due soon for redevelopment. On the ground are the words "Sous les paves, la plage" - in the French language. This roughly translates as 'under the pavement, the beach', a clue to the land's former use as a garden and plant centre followed by a pop-up artists' studio. The property is now vacant, awaiting development for a future library, apartments and small supermarket. Blue panelled fencing borders the premises and faded yellow breeze blocks separate weeds.
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  • With a giant Volkswagen (VW) poster of their Lupo car in the foreground, we are viewing an aerial view of Via dei Condotti, the pedestrian street that runs west from the Spanish steps in the Italian capital, Rome. Written in the Italian language, the banner says the word Astemia which in English translates teetotaller, implying the vehicle is clean and non-polluting - in other words, zero emissions. This high viewpoint is taken from the top of the famous landmark where the height and perspective allows us to see down the street where shoppers to and fro amid the occasional vehicle crosses or is parked to make deliveries. On the corner of the poster building are balconies, terraces and the shuttered windows of apartments.
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  • Two party girls are dancing with a male friend who is apparently flirting with the girl holding a packet of cigarettes and an unlit cigarette on the far left. Their body language suggests they know each other. The lady in the middle has red hair and lips and has her eyes closed and is holding a bottle of Hooch, an alcoholic drink. The party venue is dark and chaotic and the atmosphere is energetic and lively at a club venue called Adrenaline Village in Battersea, South London.
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  • A recuperating Muslim community Imam prays at the bedside of a patient who is staying on the Phyllis Friend surgical ward, Royal London Hospital, on 23rd June 1993, in Whitechapel, London England. The Royal London is one of Londons oldest hospitals, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London. It is part of the Barts and the London NHS Trust, alongside St Bartholomews Hospital Barts, which is a couple of miles away. Because of the cultural profile of East London, patients tend to be from many faiths, speaking many languages.
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  • A Muslim community Imam prays at the bedside of a patient who is staying on the Phyllis Friend surgical ward, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London. They both hold out their hands in prayer and the patient puts them to his face. It is daylight behind the bed but the two men are lit by artificial light from a bulb. The Royal London is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London. It is part of the Barts and the London NHS Trust, alongside St Bartholomew's Hospital ("Barts"), which is a couple of miles away. Because of the cultural profile of East London, patients tend to be from many faiths, speaking many languages.
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  • Hotel and hiking route signposts in rural South Tyrol, south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. South Tyrol is the northernmost region in Italy, bordering Austria to the north and northeast, Switzerland to the northwest, and the rest of Italy to the south. This is also the only region in Italy where the majority of the population speaks German as their mother tongue and so it's officially bi-lingual, including all road signs, menus and media, and moreover even trilingual in the scenic eastern Ladin speaking valleys.
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  • In a Punjabi rural school, children take exams sitting on mats on the open ground of the school yard amidst the remnants of a cold misty winter morning, India.
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  • In a Punjabi rural school, children take exams sitting on mats on the open ground of the school yard amidst the remnants of a cold misty winter morning, India.
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  • In a Punjabi rural school, children take exams sitting on mats on the open ground of the school yard amidst the remnants of a cold misty winter morning, India.
    20071220_india_0316_1.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
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  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-02-06-08-2018.jpg
  • In a Punjabi rural school, a young girl  writes on school blackboard whilst other children look on in an open  courtyard, India.
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  • In a Punjabi rural school, children take exams sitting on mats on the open ground of the school yard amidst the remnants of a cold misty winter morning, India.
    20071220_india_0254_1.jpg
  • In a Punjabi rural school, children take exams sitting on mats on the open ground of the school yard amidst the remnants of a cold misty winter morning, India.
    20071220_india_0252_1.jpg
  • The rider of a motorbike who has been stopped by City of London Police, talks to officers at the roadside in the Square Mile, the capitals financial district, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
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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.
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  • Detail of a French Harley-Davidson motorbike belonging to a bike club with the words Pour Dieu Je Roule I ride for God in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 28th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    slovenia-553-28-06-2018.jpg
  • Two men beneath a billboard ad announcing a forthcoming TV series about nature and wildlife in the Czech Republic, on Milady Horakove street, Holesovice district, Prague 7, on 20th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
    prague-241-20-03-2018.jpg
  • The window of a shoe discount business, on Milady Horakove, Holesovice district, Prague 7, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
    prague-39-18-03-2018.jpg
  • The yellow light from a Welcome sign is reflected on the floor of the Festival Hall on Londons Southbank, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England.
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  • A local man sweeps away dust beneath a poster for healthy living with wasteground dereliction in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Faragalla group was founded in 1973 by Eng. Mohamed Farag Amer and produce over one thousand different products in the field of processed meat and chicken, frozen vegetables & fruits, concentrated fruit juices and pulp, packed fruit juices in glass and tetrapak, confectioneries, bakeries, tomato paste , jams, processed cheese, chicken stock and instant juice powder etc. The group is considered to be one of the biggest and most diversified food companies in the Middle East, exporting to more than 130 countries all over the world including USA, Western Europe, Middle east and Africa.
    egypt538-10-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • Egyptian women under sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A detail of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt154-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Gerrard Street retailer in London's Chinatown. On the corner of Gerrard Street in London's Soho, we see a shop selling Chinese foods and products, two dispensers for sweets standing outside. Chinatown is part of the City of Westminster, occupying the area in and around Gerrard Street. It contains a number of Chinese restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, souvenir shops, and other Chinese-run businesses. The area boasts over 80 restaurants showcasing some of London's finest and most authentic Asian cuisine. It's also the centre of London's Chinese community and where Chinese new year is celebrated annually.
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  • The Parnell Monument to Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, O'Connell Street, Dublin. With an inscription written in English above his head and next to an Irish harp, we see the statue of this great Irish statesman with an arm raised. Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 – 1891) was an Irish landlord, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was one of the most important figures in 19th century Great Britain and Ireland, and was described by Prime Minister William Gladstone as the most remarkable person he had ever met.
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  • At the Royal London Hospital, accident and emergency (A & E) medical staff wearing radiation-proof x-ray lead tunics very carefully move a patient to a more comfortable position after a road traffic accident in London. The patient is held firm in a splint after several fractures and his life hangs in the balance but he is the care of this team of five health professionals who give him the very best care. The Royal London Hospital is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London. It is part of the Barts and the London NHS Trust, alongside St Bartholomew's Hospital ("Barts"), which is a couple of miles away.
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  • A moment of street theatre is seen as a man seemingly gropes a young woman on the pavement (sidewalk) as three other Parisians gain an advantage by climbing higher than ground level to watch the patriotic Bastille Day Procession from a doorway on the Avenue Champs-Élysées, Paris. The young men have lodged themselves awkwardly a metre above the ground, resting their feet on various door catches and ledges, as if floating in mid-air. On a street traffic sign the French words 'Defense de Stationner' are written which in English translates as 'No Stopping', referring to vehicles not pedestrians. There is graffiti tagging sprayed on the walls and a brown stain at the bottom of a drainpipe.
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  • Seen through the window of an amusement arcade in London's Gerrard Street, Chinatown, we see the colourful neon lights that garishly shine from behind the glass. Beyond is the hustle and bustle of daily life in this famous street of London's Chinese community. We are slightly confused as to what is inside and what is out. We see the Georgian architecture reflected from behind and to the left is a slot-machine game called Hi-Roller which suggests the use of dice in this gambling activity. Passers-by can be seen outside, making their way past the many restaurants and businesses. In the middle of the scene is a yellow sign positioned by the Metropolitan Police warning against pickpockets as this area of the West End is known for petty crime.
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  • A homemade blackboard urging tourists to enter an Irish Bar stands in the road of a Florence side-street. Apparently beer and alcohol helps ugly people have sex and has done so since Neolithic times. A rough illustration of bottles line the bottom of the writing and in the background we see young men walking away into the distance. It is evening and customers are eating in an outdoor restaurant tent as the blue glow from the bar spreads onto the pavement.
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  • Peering through the steamy window of a Chinese restaurant in London's Chinatown district, we see the shapes and forms of kitchen staff and customers in this lively scene. In the window are rows of Peking Duck with their skins cooked a crispy dark brown. Meanwhile, surrounded by cooking utensils and implements, the tools of their trade, two chefs busy themselves in the kitchen area, one's face shows him to be ethnic Chinese who is rubbing his hands in a cloth before continuing his chores. Two European girls are waiting expectantly for their dishes to arrive. Obscured by the steam and heat, a waiter in green bustles about this small eaterie.
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  • A passer-by stands next to a menu from a Chinese restaurant in Gerrard Street in London's Chinatown, England. The words Dim Sum Daily are displayed in neon lights above the person's head, its translated message is written on the top in Chinese characters. In the clear window we can see rows of Peking duck. It is early evening and the street is full of colour from the artificial lighting that creates an inviting mood for those browsing the menus on offer in this lively part of London's West End. The pedestrian is partly silhouetted and she stands in profile looking straight ahead as if ignoring what is on offer.
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  • The national flag of Ecuador hangs outside the Ecuadorian embassy in Hans Crescent (at the junction of the narrow Landon Place), London SW1. These premises are the location of Julian Assange who has claimed immunity from extradition inside, remaining there since June 2012. A hidden microphone was also recently reported found inside the building where the WikiLeaks founder is holed up, according to the country's foreign minister. Ricardo Patiño said the device had been discovered a fortnight ago inside the office of the Ecuadorean ambassador, Ana Alban.
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  • Saints in stained glass in Long Melford's Holy Trinity Church, Suffolk. The Church of the Holy Trinity, Long Melford is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It is one of 310 medieval English churches dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The church was constructed between 1467 and 1497 in the late Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a noted example of a Suffolk medieval wool church, founded and financed by wealthy wool merchants in the medieval period as impressive visual statements of their prosperity.
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  • A pedestrian pulling a suitcase walks past the exterior of the British Embassy, the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Germany in Berlin. It is located on 70-71 Wilhelmstraße, near the Hotel Adlon. Upon reunification in 1991, an architectural competition was won by Michael Wilford and the new building opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 July 2000.
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  • A female teacher claps and congratulates a young African school child in his literacy class in a classroom in Prestwich Primary School, Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa.  The teacher is a volunteer provided provided to the school by Shine Centre which is a charity that aims to address the high illiteracy rate in South Africa by improving literacy levels among children in schools and disadvantaged communities.
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  • A young African school girl looks at her teacher as she discusses the exercise with a volunteer literacy teacher in a classroom in Observatory Primary School, Cape Town, South Africa. They sit at a desk and have reading sheets on the desk. The volunteer teachers have been provided to the school by Shine Centre which is a charity that aims to address the high illiteracy rate in South Africa by improving literacy levels among children in schools and disadvantaged communities.
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  • A young African school-child proudly holds his ‘A Cat in the Tree’ reading book outside his classroom in Zonnebloem School, Cape Town, South Africa.  He is learning to read independently.  The book has been provided provided to the school by Shine Centre which is a charity that aims to address the high illiteracy rate in South Africa by improving literacy levels among children in schools and disadvantaged communities.
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  • A young African school-child proudly holds his reading book and smiles in in a class room in Zonnebloem School, Cape Town, South Africa.  He is learning to read independently.  The book has been provided provided to the school by Shine Centre which is a charity that aims to address the high illiteracy rate in South Africa by improving literacy levels among children in schools and disadvantaged communities.
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  • A female teacher guides a young school-boy though a reading exercise in the reading corner in a class room in Zonnebloem School, Cape Town, South Africa.  The volunteer teacher has been provided to the school by Shine Centre which is a charity that aims to address the high illiteracy rate in South Africa by improving literacy levels among children in schools and disadvantaged communities.
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  • The names of local children are written on the grubby surface of a garage door in Dulwich, south London, on 8th December 2020, in London, England.
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  • An English / Welsh bilingual sign in front of Beaumaris Castle, the greatest castle never built, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. Beaumaris castle was a fortress built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. It is a symmetrical masterpiece that was never quite finished.
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  • A man stands next to a bright yellow beach hut and waits patiently for his family to come along on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Ciceros ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto. The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Ciceros ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto. The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-11-11-05...jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Ciceros ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto. The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-09-11-05...jpg
  • On the day that Prime Minister Theresa Mays Meaningful Brexit vote is taken in the UK Parliament, a far-right yellow jacket heckles protesting Remainers opposite the House of Commons, on 15th January 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • The words Thank You written in chalk on Ramsgates sea wall near the former ferry terminal in the Port of Ramsgate, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a Brexit Port by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UKs exit from the EU. Britains Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
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  • The words Thank You written in chalk on Ramsgates sea wall near the former ferry terminal in the Port of Ramsgate, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a Brexit Port by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UKs exit from the EU. Britains Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
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  • The word STOP sprayed on to a road surface, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
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  • Typeface Storytelling on a bench in krizevniska street  in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 27th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • Visitors admire the ancient Egyptian Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • Visitors admire the ancient Egyptian Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • A traditional Czech womens clothing fashions and repairs shop window in the Holesovice district, Prague 7, on 20th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • An elderly lady enters a shop beneath a billboard ad announcing a forthcoming TV series about nature and wildlife in the Czech Republic, on Milady Horakove street, Holesovice district, Prague 7, on 20th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • Cinema-goers buy tickets for Kino Lucerna in the marbled atrium kiosk in Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Lucerna is the most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants. Here St Wenceslas sits astride a horse that is decidedly dead; it’s safe to assume this is a reference to Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.
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  • A Bookshop displays its titles in the window in the Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • A 24-hour Doctors clinic in the Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • Winter Sale clothing in the window of a Smichov district business in Prague 5, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • A parking restriction sign and an ornate heritage building in the centre of the Czech capital, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • On the day that the British government awaits an explanation from the Kremlin over the poisoning by the nerve gas Novichok in Salisbury of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, a detail of the brass plate outside the Russian Federation Embassy and Consulate Section, on 13th March 2018, in London England.
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  • On the day that the British government awaits an explanation from the Kremlin over the poisoning by the nerve gas Novichok in Salisbury of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, a detail of the brass plate outside the Russian Federation Embassy and Consulate Section, on 13th March 2018, in London England.
    russian_embassy-02-13-03-2018.jpg
  • On the day that the British government awaits an explanation from the Kremlin over the poisoning by the nerve gas Novichok in Salisbury of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, a detail of the brass plate outside the Russian Federation Embassy and Consulate Section, on 13th March 2018, in London England.
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  • Two Jehovahs Witnesses stand with copies of the Watchtower magazine next to a shop window of assorted snacks on shelves in a corner shop convenience store on Gerrard Street, Chinatown, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
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  • With the brightness of overhead lighting, a bus passenger reads a book on the top deck of a Routemaster bus in central London, on 4th December 2017, in London England.
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  • With the brightness of overhead lighting, a bus passenger reads a book on the top deck of a Routemaster bus in central London, on 4th December 2017, in London England.
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  • A scooter rider gets close to a traffic policeman during an altercation in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
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  • A doubtful-looking miitary officer from an unknown foreign state possibly Kuwait listens to an explanation from a western genleman at the BAE Systems corporate exhibition chalet during the Farnborough Air Show, on 20th June 2002, at Farnborough, Hampshire, England.
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  • Antiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary on Historical Principles edited by Sir James Murray, line shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. Sir James Augustus Henry Murray 1837-1915 was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary OED from 1879 until his death.
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  • Antiquarian copies of the English Dialect Dictionary line the shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. The English Dialect Dictionary EDD is a dictionary of English dialects compiled by Joseph Wright 1855–1930. The English Dialect Dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years; founded on the publications of the English Dialect Society and on a large amount of material never before printed was published by Oxford University Press in 6 volumes between 1898 and 1905. Its compilation and printing was funded privately by Joseph Wright, a self-taught philologist at the University of Oxford.
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  • Shadows of French lettering outside a shop offering the retouching of textiles and leather, on 23rd May, 2017, in Narbonne, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France.
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  • The trimmed topiary forming the letters spelling Love in a public park, on 22nd April 2017, in Clevedon, North Somerset, England.
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  • Flemish First World War village memorial to local men, on 25th March, at Saint Martin of Tours Church, in Everberg, Brabant, Belgium.
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  • No entry sign at the entrance of the privately-owned de Merode Castle, out of bounds for locals, on 25th March, in Everberg, Brabant, Belgium. de Merode castle was built in the 16th century and contains three separate buildings: the residence, a building for the animals, a building for employees and the stabling of carriages. Everberg is a town in the Belgian province Flemish-Brabant and is part of the municipality of Kortenberg.
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  • Old wrought iron gates and no entry sign at the entrance of the privately-owned de Merode Castle, out of bounds for locals, on 25th March, in Everberg, Brabant, Belgium. de Merode castle was built in the 16th century and contains three separate buildings: the residence, a building for the animals, a building for employees and the stabling of carriages. Everberg is a town in the Belgian province Flemish-Brabant and is part of the municipality of Kortenberg.
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  • The word NO stencilled on a section of resurfaced tarmac in south London, on 13th January 2017 in London, England.
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  • A street sign in Tamil and French, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
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  • A street sign in Tamil and French, Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
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  • Translated into Portuguese is religious Bible scripture from Timothy 2:5 and painted onto a rock that forms part of the breakwater, on 18th July 2016, on Paredao da Praia da Barra, at Barra, near Aveira, Portugal. In English, it reads: For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
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  • Detail of a poster for Marlboro at a business selling tobacco and smoking paraphernalia in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. It is estimated that approximately twenty percent of the population uses tobacco products daily. Cigarettes are the most common form of tobacco consumption in Egypt, with an estimated twenty billion cigarettes smoked annually in the country.
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  • A company advertises dairy products of butter and cheese, in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Egypt accounts for 16.3 per cent of the  Africa & Middle East dairy market value. Although Egypt is considered one of the largest milk producers in Africa and the Middle East region, there is a negative balance  between supply and demand. Moreover, according  to <br />
BMI 2010 forecasts, consumption is expected to remain higher than local production over the 2008-2017 period.
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  • A desert highway road sign for the Egyptian town of Bagdad (not to be confused with Baghdad, Iraq) between Luxor and al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A desert highway road sign for the Egyptian town of Bagdad (not to be confused with Baghdad, Iraq) between Luxor and al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • An aerial view of schoolboys reading Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt378-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt379-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • An embroidery showing the kaaba shrine in Mecca on an exterior wall in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Kaaba, or Kaʿbah, is a small shrine near the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca and considered by Muslims everywhere to be the most sacred spot on Earth. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • An old advert for Kodak film beneath palm tree inside the enclosure of the ancient Egyptian remains of Karnak in modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Workmen repair the facade of a restaurant in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. A new bus stop sign in Arabic stands outside the the business as one man up the steps reaches for a length of wooden trim, his mate holds his support to stop them falling, a sign of safety otherwise little understood in an Egyptian city.
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