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  • A group of cruise ship passengers prepare for a morning scuba diving in the blue waters off Cancun, Gulf of Mexico. Having left their ship for a few hours excursion into the warm tropical sea, the men and women ready themselves before submerging below the floating platform. With masks and snorkels already in place, they take turns to sit on a step and take the plunge. Many look unfit and unused to diving – especially the fatter, older man in the foreground. But for many this holiday is a trip of a lifetime so they won’t want to miss such an opportunity. The skies are blue and they are miles from land and the worries of work and home. They are here for adventure and have the money to make it happen.
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  • An accumulation of badges show where a passenger on board a Heathrow Express train to Heathrow Airport has travelled to. Sewn onto the traveller's rucksack, the countries represented by these patches show a much-travelled young person who has amassed a collection of world air miles and travel experiences, with their national flags and emblems on display in a way that adventurers show their routes and wanderlust to others, perhaps as proof of a lifetime wandering the world's borders and airports. As each badge is added, it accounts for new travel companions and the hazards and joys of modern air travel. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An elderly couple sleep on a seaside shelter's bench on the promenade at the southern English resort of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. As the gentleman clasps both hands and with his stick propped up on the seating, the lady has hooked her handbag around an elbow, her arms folded over themselves as she snoozes for an afternoon catnap. They are the epitome of marital loyalty, a lifetime commitment of stability, love and affection.
    elderly_couple01-17-11-2000_1_1.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius343-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius315-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius311-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Immediately after their graduation ceremonies, new graduates meet relatives and family outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-27-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-24-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-26-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics LSE after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-10-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-02-22-07-2019.jpg
  • A young black graduate stands beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after his graduation eremony, in celebration of his university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
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  • Lady graduates fling their rented mortarboard hats into the air after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-03-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-27-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-22-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards look at social media in the central hall of their university, waiting for their graduation ceremony to start, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-06-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards smile for their selfie photo at a private party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-12-13-07-2017.jpg
  • A couple climb steps next to the shadows of other anonymous people on a wall in Southwark, on the south side of London Bridge. They may be married or part of a long-term relationship, seen as silhouetted figures, we see their shape and form against the constructed modern wall of an office development on the southern side of London Bridge in the borough of Southwark.
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  • Virgin boss, Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic directors Will Whitehorn and Stephen Attenborough, talk to the media during the unveiling of their SpaceShipTwo concept model's unveiling at the New York Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.  Now under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like a Stanley Kubrick movie set from '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than the future for everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starts in around 2009.  <br />
Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness.<br />
Launched in September 2004 by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic will invest up to $250 million to develop the world’s first commercial space tourism business with the building, testing and flying of five space shipShipTwos and two mother ships.  It is expected that within the first full year of commercial operations Virgin Galactic will enable 500 people to fulfil their dreams of becoming astronauts; in the last 4 decades the world has seen fewer than 500 astronauts. Flights start around 2009.<br />
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  • A replica model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo during its unveiling Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC. Under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like a Stanley Kubrick movie set from '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than the future for everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starts in around 2009. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. From these circular portholes, astronauts will be able to see 1,000 miles having taken off from the new Spaceport America, New Mexico.
    baker_virgin09_1.jpg
  • Ordinary husband and wife Mark and Christine Easterfield stand awkwardly with their Volvo car outside their large home near Cambridge, England. They are among the thousands of people who have each paid the $200,000 fare for seats on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space flights. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness.   Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters and mission control facility near Las Cruces.
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  • A portrait of space-suited frequent flyer astronaut Alan Watts in his north London home, England. Alan, 51, runs an electrical company and qualified for a free space space flight after being contacted by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space company, having accumulated 2 million air miles on the Virgin Atlantic flight network. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters and mission control facility near Las Cruces.
    baker_virgin02_1.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
  • Wearing numbered bibs, four Nepali boys warm-up before an army exercise trial known as the British Fitness Test (BFT) at the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara, Nepal. These boys are among those trying for a highly-valued place in 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. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment01-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman looks out from his urban cottage opposite the new Millennium Dome, soon to force him from home. 76 year-old Ronald White stands in the doorway of his home in the short row of Georgian cottages called Ceylon Place that he has lived in for many years. But the construction of the nearby Millennium Dome means that Ronald will have to leave his house and be displaced for the sake of this highly controversial building project, in time for its opening on Millennium night 1999. He looks worried and anxious about his impending move though it is not known if he was ever allowed to move back.
    elderly_resident01-25-03-1998_1.jpg
  • British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatchers political career of 11 years ends emotionally on the steps of 10 Downing Street after being deposed in a leadership challenge, on 28th November 1990 in London, England. Standing close behind her is Thatchers husband and lifelong confidente, Dennis.
    thatcher_tears-28-11-1990.jpg
  • Portrait of an elderly man living in rural France, on 11th November 1990, in Etaples, France.
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  • Immediately after their graduation ceremonies, new graduates meet relatives and family outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-32-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Immediately after their graduation ceremonies, new graduates meet relatives and family outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-28-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-20-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-23-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-22-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung,, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics LSE after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-12-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrates her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics LSE after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-15-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrates her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics LSE after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-17-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics LSE after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-11-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics LSE after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-07-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-03-22-07-2019.jpg
  • A heavily pregnant mother-to-be with her doting partner stands at the bus stop opposite St. Thomass Hospital, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-11-05-06-2019.jpg
  • A life-size standee of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with souvenirs and merchandise on sale in a the doorway of a tourist trinket window as the royal town of Windsor gets ready for the royal wedding between Harry and his American fiance, on 14th May 2018, in London, England.
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  • A life-size standee of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with souvenirs and merchandise on sale in a the doorway of a tourist trinket window as the royal town of Windsor gets ready for the royal wedding between Harry and his American fiance, on 14th May 2018, in London, England.
    royal_wedding_windsor-13-14-05-2018.jpg
  • A detail of a priests Alb outer garment after Mass was held held in a local rural Catholic church, on 15th October 1997, in Neubourg, Normandy, France.
    catholic_church-15-10-1997_3.jpg
  • A young boy watches a lady graduate taking a selfie photo of herself after her graduation eremony, in celebration of her university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-17-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young black graduates stand with a caucasian friend beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-12-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates stand beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-09-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-24-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-26-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards applaud a speech in the central hall of their university during their graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-16-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-18-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards applaud a speech in the central hall of their university during their graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-14-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards applaud a speech in the central hall of their university during their graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-11-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards applaud a speech in the central hall of their university during their graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-13-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards sit in the central hall of their university, waiting for their graduation ceremony to start, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-10-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards sit in the central hall of their university, waiting for their graduation ceremony to start, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-09-13-07-2017.jpg
  • University leaders process through rows of young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards in the central hall of their university, at the start of their graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-08-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards sit in the central hall of their university, waiting for their graduation ceremony to start, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-07-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards sit in the central hall of their university, waiting for their graduation ceremony to start, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-02-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards smile for their selfie photo at a private party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-14-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards at a private party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-16-13-07-2017.jpg
  • A devoted elderly couple show their love by holding hands as they walk in late afternoon sunshine through Ruskin Park, on 8th September 2016, south London borough of Southwark, England UK. Making their way slowly, the old people continue through the park with shadows on a brick wall behind them.
    elderly_couple-03-08-09-2016.jpg
  • A devoted elderly couple show their love by holding hands as they walk in late afternoon sunshine through Ruskin Park, on 8th September 2016, south London borough of Southwark, England UK. Making their way slowly, the old people continue through the park with shadows on a brick wall behind them.
    elderly_couple-02-08-09-2016.jpg
  • An elderly lady makes her way from her community village Memorial Hall which she has been volunteering this winter morning as part of a charity funds raising event. The lady might be old and frail but her spirit is such that she still finds the time to integrate into community life and remains active despite her years. Walking beneath the wrought-iron sign in Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire, she edges under tentatively to make her way home wearing a quilted coat and her wedding ring on her gnarled hands. A chilly late-morning sun shines across the architecture of the building and this is the look of a lady happy with her morning's activities with fellow parishioners.
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  • The back of  famous greying-blonde head belonging to Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic is seen during SpaceShipTwo's replica model unveiling at the New York Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Galactic. Under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than future everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starting in 2009/10. Aboard the space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each paying $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience 6 minutes of weighlessness.
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  • Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and former Apollo (11) astronaut Buzz Aldrin chat after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo's unveiling at the New York Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than future everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starting in 2009/10. Aboard the space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each paying $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience 6 minutes of weighlessness.
    baker_virgin14_1.jpg
  • Sam and Eve Branson, son and mother of tycoon Sir Richard, relax together on a roof terrace in Manhattan, New York. Both are queueing to join the hundreds already having paid their $200,000 for Virgin Galactic's space tourism rides in 2009. Launched in September 2004 by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic will invest up to $250 million to develop the world’s first commercial space tourism business with the building, testing and flying of five space shipShipTwos and two mother ships. It is expected that within the first full year of commercial operations Virgin Galactic will enable 500 people to fulfil their dreams of becoming astronauts. Aboard the space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each paying $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience 6 minutes of weighlessness.
    baker_virgin13_1.jpg
  • A computer-generated astronaut lies down on board a space flight on Virgin Galactic's  SpaceShipTwo's,  unveiled as a replica model during Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York. Under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than future everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starting in 2009/10. Aboard the space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each paying $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience 6 minutes of weighlessness. From these circular portholes, astronauts will see 1,000 miles having taken off from the new Spaceport America, New Mexico.
    baker_virgin12_1.jpg
  • Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson sits in the replica model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo during its unveiling of at the New York Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like a Stanley Kubrick movie set from '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than the future for everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starts in around 2009. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom paying $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. From these circular portholes, astronauts will see 1,000 miles having taken off from the new Spaceport America, New Mexico.
    baker_virgin10_1.jpg
  • Designer Phillippe Starck standing at the nose of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo during its unveiling at the New York Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Starck is design consultant for Virgin's space company and for SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA.  Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness.  Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters and mission control facility near Las Cruces.
    baker_virgin08_1.jpg
  • Ordinary husband and wife Mark and Christine Easterfield stand awkwardly at the dirty picket fence with their Volvo car parked on the gravel drive outside their home near Cambridge, England. They are among the thousands of people who have paid the $200,000 fee for a seat on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space flights. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters and mission control facility near Las Cruces.
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  • Space-suited frequent flyer astronaut Alan Watts plays moon-walker at his north London home, England. Alan, 51, runs an electrical company and qualified for a free space space flight after being contacted by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space company, having accumulated 2 million air miles on the Virgin Atlantic flight network. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness.   Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters and mission control facility near Las Cruces.
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  • In the kitchen on a Sunday morning, space-suited frequent flyer astronaut Alan Watts reads the Sunday newspaper while his wife empties the dishwasher in his north London home, England. Alan, 51, runs an electrical company and qualified for a free space space flight after being contacted by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space company, having accumulated 2 million air miles on the Virgin Atlantic flight network. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters facility near Las Cruces.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • British and Nepali-born army officers assess recruits during an army exercise trial known as the British Fitness Test (BFT) at the British Gurkha Regiment's camp at Pokhara, Nepal. The boys are among those trying for a highly-valued place in 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. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • New recruits of the Royal Gurkha Regiment swear allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen’s portrait during their passing-out parade at their camp at Pokhara, Nepal. After being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, the lucky 160 fly to the UK for basic training. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those more educated 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 youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857
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  • Officers and new recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment pose for their official photograph at their army camp at Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 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 youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment02-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • New recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment parade before taking official oaths on the Union Jack flag at their army camp in Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 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. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_inspection-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • Teenage Nepali boys await the start of 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. They have 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.
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  • Carnival princesses with local crowds at the contest for Torbay's Carnival Princess and Queen during the seaside town’s fair in Devon, England. Three young girls dressed in floral dresses await decisions near their eager families. Some wear a special sash with 'Princess for a day' across.
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  • A contestant for the next Torbay Carnival Princess and Queen is interviewed by a man as the competition thrones await their newest occupants during the seaside town’s fair in Devon, England. A crown, hat and two bouquets of flowers are for the young girls too. The theme of the stage is blue, with matching colours on both cushions and the backing curtain (drapes). We get a sense of the tacky and the old-fashioned nature of the carnival and of its princess competition.
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  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled The World Turned Upside Down, new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics LSE, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
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  • Frequent flyer astronaut Alan Watts is presented to the media and space industry commentators by Sir Richard Branson during the Wired NextFest science fair, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City in his north London home, England. Alan, 51, runs an electrical company and qualified for a free space space flight after being contacted by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space company, having accumulated 2 million air miles on the Virgin Atlantic flight network. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. Flights start around 2009/10 at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million facility near Las Cruces.
    baker_virgin05_1.jpg
  • A portrait of space-suited frequent flyer astronaut Alan Watts in his north London home, England. Alan, 51, runs an electrical company and qualified for a free space space flight after being contacted by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space company, having accumulated 2 million air miles on the Virgin Atlantic flight network. Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness. Flights start around 2009/10 from a Mojave desert test facility but therafter, at the new Philippe Starck-designed SpacePort America, New Mexico, USA. a 27 square mile, $225 million headquarters and mission control facility near Las Cruces.
    baker_virgin01_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
  • New recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment learn to parade for their official photograph at their army camp in Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 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 youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment04-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • Italian relatives on a rooftop of their home in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says one member. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • A young adventurer bends down to inspect a newly-killed forest pig whilst on a Raleigh International expedition in Brunei, Borneo. The hog is dead and the boy wears only flip-flops and shorts but this is one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet and will have been a life-changing experience for him and his friends from all over the world who will have raised several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • Sweating in tropical heat, two young men volunteers gaze up to the roof of the rainforest canopy whilst on a Raleigh International expedition in Brunei, Borneo. This is one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet and will have been a life-changing experience for them and their friends from all over the world who will have raised several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • A young girl volunteer is caked in mud after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    raleigh-international01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Grinning from ear to ear, young volunteers throw themselves over a fallen tree during a strenuous activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo, one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It has been a life-changing experience for them and their new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • Important City of London figures, one time Lord Mayor of London Dick Whittington and Thomas Gresham. Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423) was a medieval merchant and politician, and the real-life inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington. He was four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London. In his lifetime he financed a number of public projects, such as drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers. He knew three of the five kings who reigned during his lifetime. Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sisters, Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.
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  • HS2 workers survey ground clearance work for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 13th July 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Thousands of trees have been felled in the Colne Valley for the £106bn project which will remain a net contributor to CO2 emissions during its projected 120-year lifetime.
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  • An environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion climbs a mature tree expected to be felled as part of works in Denham Country Park for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 13th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The activists are seeking to hinder or prevent progress on HS2, which is currently projected to cost around £106bn and will remain a net contributor to CO2 emissions during its projected 120-year lifetime.
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  • An environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion climbs a mature tree expected to be felled as part of works in Denham Country Park for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 13th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The activists are seeking to hinder or prevent progress on HS2, which is currently projected to cost around £106bn and will remain a net contributor to CO2 emissions during its projected 120-year lifetime.
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  • A banner reading ‘Our Amazon’ is suspended from a tree house built by environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion to try to prevent the destruction of trees in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 13th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The HS2 project is currently projected to cost around £106bn and will remain a net contributor to CO2 emissions during its projected 120-year lifetime.
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  • HS2 security guards monitor a compound established to facilitate tree felling in Denham Country Park on 13th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The HS2 project is currently projected to cost around £106bn and will remain a net contributor to CO2 emissions during its projected 120-year lifetime.
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  • A High Court injunction notice is seen inside fencing around a compound in woodland recently established by HS2 workers to facilitate tree felling on 13th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The HS2 project is currently projected to cost around £106bn and will remain a net contributor to CO2 emissions during its projected 120-year lifetime.
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  • Kato - a large male orang-utan - climbs into the forest, ending almost a lifetime of captivity, at his release site in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 23rd May 2017.  Kato, and 5 female orang-utans, have come from Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation to be released back into the wild. Kato was rescued in 2003 after being kept illegally as a pet. He has undergone a long rehabiliation process that included living on a pre-release island where orang-utans learn how to survive in the wild.
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