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  • A mermaid in the window of a seaside business warns in both the English and Welsh languages, of the dangers of litter on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • A warning sign in four languages telling sea swimmers of the dangers on this Portuguese beach that only one side is guarded by lifesavers, on 18th July 2016, Costa Nova, near Aveira, Portugal. The Portuguese, French, English and German writing should inform most of those thinking of entering the rough waters, especially with mist rolling in.
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  • An interactive visitors information point which offers information in a variety of European languages, such as English, Francais, Espanol, Italiano, Deutsch, for foreign tourists to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire, UK.
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  • A warning sign on an alpine mountaintop for skiers, tells them of a closed piste and of a no marked and controlled trail. From the heights of this Alpine mountain, we look down the snow-filled valleys on a beautifully clear winter’s day. Lower peaks stretch into the distance and it is a landscape of extreme beauty and wonder. Little pollution or smog is evident and we see the sign that is situated in plain view of skiers who have dismounted their cable car in Liechtenstein. The warnings are written in 4 languages: German; French; Italian and English for the sake of international skiing enthusiasts who may wish to venture off-piste, taking their own risks but enjoying as much more adventurous form of free skiing.
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  • A Muslim gentleman stands outside the Met Polices Aliens Registration Office in Holborn where the languages of six foreign nations are written on its board, on 13th February 1987, in London, England.
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  • Brick Lane street sign written in English and Bangladeshi in east London. We look up at the tall Victorian building made of bricks to a blue sky and the street sign in two languages. The neighbourhood is in east London, a largely Bangladeshi community known for its fine cuisine and Islamic culture. It runs from Swanfield Street in the northern part of Bethnal Green, crosses Bethnal Green Road, passes through Spitalfields and is linked to Whitechapel High Street to the south by the short stretch of Osborn Street. Today, it is the heart of the city's Bangladeshi-Sylheti community and is known to some as Banglatown.[
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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).
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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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  • Visitors sit overlooking Lake Tal-Y-Llin and in the distance, the 2,928ft mountain Cader Idris, on 12th September 2018, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • The menu below Chinese characters in the window of Wonder House, a local Chinese takeaway, its on 11th September 2018, in Ludlow, Shropshire, England UK.
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  • Detail of multi-language toilet signage in a Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000 at the Farnborough Airshow, on 18th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Reserved parking cones are stacked outside the Intercontinental Hotel in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 25th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • Classical literature on bookshelves in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • Modern English and ancient Latin marks the re-burial place of an unknown Roman girl near afternoon drinkers enjoying warm summer sunshine beneath the architecture of the Swiss Re building aka The Gherkin, on 17th Juy 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • A lone male figure makes his way along a corridor of power in the newly-opened European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. As the new head-quarters of the EU and an administrative home to the Members of European Parliament (MEPs), it is a contemporary architectural symbol of infuence and modernity. We see the man walking towards an open atrium. The viewer can see three floors though there are many more out of sight and on two of the levels there are TV screens with the stars denoting the number of member states at that time. The interior is grid-like with warm and inviting lighting, making for a productive environment in which office workers can feel comfortable when dealing with European political business.
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  • A local Polish building project for sale, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
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  • Landscape on the perimeter of the Port of Ramsgate, a closed but once busy ferry terminal, 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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  • A landscape from the car park overlooking Lake Tal-Y-Llin and in the distance, the 2,928ft mountain Cader Idris, on 12th September 2018, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • Signposts and the clocktower in Machynlleth, on 12th September 2018, in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. To celebrate the 21st birthday of Viscount Castlereagh, the townspeople subscribed to the erection at the towns main road intersection of the clock tower, which has become widely known as the symbol of Machynlleth. The tower, which stands on the site of the old town hall, is the first thing many visitors will notice. The foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1874.
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  • Signpost pointing down towards Barmouths pedestrian and rail bridge on the Mawddach Estuary, on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • The Chinese and British flags side-by-side on an exhibition stand at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • A south Tyrolean chapel above the village of Eppan-Appiano in south-west Bolzano wine-growing valley region. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • Families examine a map of the Hong Kong region, with outlying islands and Mainland Chinese territories. An older family member (probably the grandfather) points to his grandchildren various locations including Kowloon where they may live within the territorial limits of the ex-British colony. This scene is still 2 years before the British Handover to China and each place is written in English first then Chinese characters beneath, a sign that Britain still ruled administratively. The granddad’s memories of British rule before the Handover will remind those of the 99-year lease that China offered the British and which ended in July 1997.
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  • Alongside the official portrait of a member of the Bahraini royal family, the smiling face of a blonde Dutch KLM airline girl adorns a poster in the airline's office in Bahrain airport. This European airline is showing the greatest of respect to the ruling classes in this Gulf State. Similar portraits of kings and princes are seen throughout the arab world, especially where business is being conducted and contracts being sought. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines), known by its initials KLM, is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM's headquarters is in Amstelveen near its hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. KLM operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 90 destinations. It is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.
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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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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.
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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.
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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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.
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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-04-06-08-2018.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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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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  • 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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  • The window of a shoe discount business, on Milady Horakove, Holesovice district, Prague 7, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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.
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  • Sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. 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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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • Bargain-hunters look through antiques in the flea market at the Marché du Jeu de Balle, in the Marolles district, Brussels. Two momen admire a small glass that one holds in her hand, in front of a sign written in Belgian French telling visitors that furniture, coins, books, dolls, games can be bought and sold here. At Place du Jeu de Balle Flea Market, you can find an extraordinary mix of household items, vintage clothes, crockery and furniture. This market is open daily from 6am to 2pm and is in the heart of the “Marolles” district, a working-class neighbourhood built in the 17th century.
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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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  • Five customers are seated in the window of the Manhattan Coffee Company on Shaftesbury Avenue, in London's Chinatown. 3 of the 5 are of Chinese ethnicity, one is talking on a mobile phone and the other two seem to be girlfriends. To their left is a man in deep thought but in front of every person there are red beakers. It is a successful shop with plenty of customers. The interior lighting is orange and red, making a cosy and welcoming atmosphere and two large signs in English indicate there are 30 more seats downstairs allowing more to spend their money and for more business to be made.
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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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  • An elderly man of South-Asian descent stands waiting for a bus in Southall, West London. To his right is a Bollywood action-hero poster, the tough-man actor is posing with his biceps bulging and in anothr picture, is hugging a beautiful girl. The movie advertised is by Rakesh Roshan, a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films. It is an image of paradox, the old gentleman using a walking stick and dressed against a British multicultural winter, with hat and overcoat - and a tropical romance played out on the movie poster. It may be sunny but the biting winter day is raw with cold.
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  • On the eve of transfer of law in Hong Kong from the UK to China, construction workers in Central Hong Kong carry on their tasks during a monsoonal rain shower on the last day of British rule. Some are dressed in yellow waterproof coats and hard hats, we see a British-style sign warning drivers of Men at Work resembling a man holding an umbrella. Lastly, on the right another man on a wall, also holding an brolley. In the foreground a car park sign states that the space is full in red letters and a local authority sign saying "Working for a better environment" is written in Chinese and English lettering. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "The Handover" occurred at midnight on June 30, 1997, signifying the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China.
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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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  • Graffiti sprayed on a rendered brick wall proclaims that a higher authority ‘Can’t evict our ideas’. This message of resistance by the underdogs of a moral majority appears on a part of wasteland in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, where the residents of an estate near the city centre have been forcibly removed to make space for a new development. Before their migration, the anonymous, downtrodden people were desperate enough to write this piece of anarchical philosophy that might be seen as a metaphor for a class war against the establishment by The People; the working classes otherwise known in Marxist ideology, as the Proletariat – a kind of thought from the (Orwellian) novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell.
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  • The national flag of Columbia hangs outside the Columbian embassy in Hans Crescent, London SW1. The sign below reads Embajada, Republica de Colombia with the country's crest. This coat of arms contains a shield with numerous symbols. Perched on top of the shield is an Andean Condor holding an olive crown and the condor symbolizing freedom. The national motto, Libertad y Orden (Spanish for Liberty and Order), is on a scroll in between the bird and the shield in black font over golden background. The condor is depicted facing front with his wings extended and looking to the right.
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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.
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  • 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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