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  • Lonely sink plunger in Folkestone, England, United Kingdom.
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  • The shadow of a lonely figure descends steep steps. The person is out of sight but we see their form against the panelling of 1980s architecture, located on the south side of London Bridge in the London borough of Southwark.
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  • A middle-aged man, possibly in his late-fifties, holds the lead of his pet dog on a park bench in London England. Afternoon sun filters through nearby trees and the man is wearing a simple, plain white shirt. He sits crossed-legs on this warm afternoon gazing to a point in the distance looking lonely and hopeful of meeting someone else, or maybe of events in a long life. His dog is the man's best friend and companion and he guards him with a strong hand as a master should.
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  • Lonely tree in Clarksdale seems to echo the loneliness of the blues heritage in the town. Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith and ZZ Top are some of the many musicians who have put Clarksdale on the map: with its own blues museum on Blues Alley it is no surprise to hear that  Clarksdale it is famous for being ‘the birth place of the Blues’. However the cotton pickers migration north after the introduction of mechanization  took  something of the blues soul with them with the blues museum as important an institution as any of the remaining blues joints .
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  • Amid the deep blue skies of a summer landscape in the city, a lone figure of a woman is reflected in a large mirror as she walks through La Defence in central Paris. Reflected in a large, polished mirror we see the lone female with her back turned to us as she looks over her left shoulder. In front of her is an information post but apart from a pair of legs from an unseen passer-by, she is alone in this busy financial district of the French capital. La Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000,[1] it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux. The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris's 10 km long Historical Axis
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  • The single silhouette of woman walking through the Broadgate corporate offices development in the City of London. With both hands at her side, the lone female makes her way towards offices and corporate buildings, a backdrop of the Broadgate development within the ancient boundary of the capital's Square Mile, it's financial district founded by the Romans in AD43.
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  • A lone walker rests on a bench at Emmanuel Head on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
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  • A tree stands in the falling snow on 14th of January 2021 in Stow, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom. The snow has been falling all night and morning and the landscape is covered in the first real snow of the year.
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  • A young City worker waits for a friend on Bank Triangle in the City of London, the capital's financial district and oldest quarter. Sitting on a low decorative flower bed wall in a busy space between many company headquarters and financial and banking institutions, the youth looks successful and confident. He waits patiently for a friend who comes eventually during a lunchtime break from his job here in what is known in London as the Square Mile.
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  • A young City worker waits for a friend on Bank Triangle in the City of London, the capital's financial district and oldest quarter. Sitting on a low decorative flower bed wall in a busy space between many company headquarters and financial and banking institutions, the youth looks successful and confident. He waits patiently for a friend who comes eventually during a lunchtime break from his job here in what is known in London as the Square Mile.
    city_people30-09-10-2015.jpg
  • A young City worker waits for a friend on Bank Triangle in the City of London, the capital's financial district and oldest quarter. Sitting on a low decorative flower bed wall in a busy space between many company headquarters and financial and banking institutions, the youth looks successful and confident. He waits patiently for a friend who comes eventually during a lunchtime break from his job here in what is known in London as the Square Mile.
    city_people31-09-10-2015.jpg
  • Sheriff Woody Pride, aka Woody, the cowboy character from the Pixar/Disney CGI fantasy film Toy Story, lies forgotten outside a south London charity shop. Facing the viewer, we see the happy features of this famous movie character - whose on-screen narrative is that of a forgotten toy, now unwanted by his growing-up boy owner. As art becomes reality, Woody has been left on the pavement after being dumped by his previous family.  A common problem is that charity donors leave unwanted things outside in the street, for others to come and rifle through, leaving a mess that's difficult for volunteers to clean up.
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  • A downcast male pedestrian walks through reflected light shining from a City of London office building. Walking slowly at his own speed, the person looks downbeat, a downward-looking character in the bustle of the modern city. He walks past the pool of bright reflective lighting the City of London, known as the Square Mile after its ancient Roman walled past. They will continue through Royal Exchange Buildings in EC2, the heart of the capital's financial district.
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  • An elderly lady watches the world go by from her street doorway in Lisbon's Bica district of the Portuguese capital. Looking out from her cosy small home that open out on to the narrow street, the old woman looks thoughtful, reflecting on her life perhaps spent in the same quarter of the Portguese capital. Lisbon's Bica district is a steep gradient area of narrow streets more peaceful and atmospheric than other busier locations where cars and trams make wider roads noisier. Flights of steps dissect the quarter which remains largely unspoilt.
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  • A four year-old boy plays below beech trees on a mound in Somerset woods. Jumping and stretching up towards the treetops amid the trees, the woods look dark and menacing although sunlight is shining between the branches in the height of summer. The young lad enjoys the freedom of the great outdoors, experiencing the joys of boyhood - memories that last forever in a life lead outside in the wild.
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  • A Buddhist man on silent retreat in a private cabin at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England. As the last light from a summer's day fades into night, the cabin (a converted garden shed), the practicing Buddhist stands against the internal lamp light, pausing to think and contemplate about his life and its meaning. Long grass from a private meadow is for the sole use of someone in retreat, a period of a few days or perhaps a week, separated from the pressures of modern life. Rivendell was once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • A young City worker waits for a friend on Bank Triangle in the City of London, the capital's financial district and oldest quarter. Sitting on a low decorative flower bed wall in a busy space between many company headquarters and financial and banking institutions, the youth looks successful and confident. He waits patiently for a friend who comes eventually during a lunchtime break from his job here in what is known in London as the Square Mile.
    city_people29-09-10-2015.jpg
  • A downcast male pedestrian walks through reflected light shining from a City of London office building. Walking slowly at his own speed, the person looks downbeat, a downward-looking character in the bustle of the modern city. He walks past the pool of bright reflective lighting the City of London, known as the Square Mile after its ancient Roman walled past. They will continue through Royal Exchange Buildings in EC2, the heart of the capital's financial district.
    city_road07-21-02-2014.jpg
  • A four year-old boy plays below beech trees on a mound in Somerset woods. Running over the small hillock amid the trees, the woods look dark and menacing although sunlight is shining between the branches in the height of summer. The young lad enjoys the freedom of the great outdoors, experiencing the joys of boyhood - memories that last forever in a life lead outside in the wild.
    forest_boy04-20-08-2013_1_1.jpg
  • In his private rooms, Father Phillipe Dubos a country priest blows smoke from his pipe in the Presbytry at Equetot a local Catholic church in rural Normandy. With literature lining a bookcase and paperwork on his office table, the priest exhales from his pipe, blowing blue smoke across the study. It is a quiet moment after a busy morning of Mass and community activities. It is estimated that somewhere between 83% to 88% of France's population are Catholic. The church is organised into 98 dioceses, served by 20,523 priests.
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  • Travelling along the Magellan strait, which separates Patagonia from <br />
Tierra del Fuego and parts of Argentina and Chile.
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  • A dog walker makes her way along the Regents Canal on a misty morning, 27th of November 2020, Hackney, London, United Kingdom. The towpath along the canal is a popular route for runners, dog walkers and people in general.
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  • A person stands alone on Folkestone seafront looking out across Hythe Bay toward Dungeness Power station on the 4th of June 2020, Folkestone, United Kingdom.
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  • Mae Sumarnae talks to colleagues as they prepare to leave in convoy with 6 young adult orang-utans from Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation BOSF, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 27th May 2017. They will be taken to Salat Island pre-release site, where they will undergo the last stage of rehabilitation, during which the animals are observed as they learn how to forage for their own food and live independently. The island was established in partnership between BOSF and PT SSMS, a local palm oil company, who are both members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
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  • A large male orang-utan clings to the bars of his cage in Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 22nd May 2017. The centre houses around 450 rescued orangutans who have been displaced from their habitats by human activity. After extensive rehabilitation and preparation, many of them will be reintroduced into the wild, but some animals have illnesses or injuries that means they have to remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.
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  • Kato, a large male orang-utan sits in quarantine cage awaiting his imminent reintroduction to the wild, in Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 22nd May 2017. Kato was rescued in 2003 after being kept illegally as a pet. He has undergone a long rehabiliation process that includes living on a pre-release island where orang-utans learn how to survive in the wild. The centre houses around 450 rescued orangutans who have been displaced from their habitats by human activity. Many of them will be reintroduced into the wild, but some animals have illnesses or injuries that means they have to remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.
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  • Seen through a 1990s-era caravan, a lady reads to herself on a summers evening while holidaying on a camping site in Cornwall, on 13th August 2000, in Looe, England.
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  • A person wearing an England cap looks down at the ground in Camberwell, on 26th September 2018, in Southwark, London, England.
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  • A woman sits alone and checks her phone in a subway carriage travelling to Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America.
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  • The sun breaks through morning mist over the hills in the Borders behind trees in a garden. An empty children's swing hangs of a branch, alone in the garden. The Southern parts of Scotland, the Borders, are rolling hills and mostly farm land.
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  • Two homeless people sleep with their collected cardboard under the roofs at the harbour front. It is early morning and the first commuters have not arrived yet and the place is quiete. It is winter time and the nights are cool but dry. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Girl contemplates under a blossom covered tree. Hampstead Heath (locally known as "the Heath") is a large, ancient London park, covering 320 hectares (790 acres). This grassy public space is one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate. The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands.
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  • Taken six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a German lady from the old German Democratic Republic (DDR or GDR) looks back over her shoulder nostalgically at an abandoned Trabant car on a sunlit street in eastern Berlin, once in the eastern zone before the Communist-inspired Berlin Wall was breached in November 1989. Blocks of modern East German-designed flats line the street and a tram line can be seen in the middle of the highway. The DDR-produced Trabant suffered poor performance, but its smoky two-stroke engine regarded with affection as a symbol of the more positive sides of East Germany. Many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall. It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years. The name Trabant means "fellow traveler" in German.
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  • A Samaritans sign lending emotional support and safety for those considering suicide at an unmanned level crossing in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. Isolated railway lines like this in the UK are often locations where the desperate make serious decisions about their lives and the Samaritans make their presence known by placing signs with their phone numbers as a deterrent in this rural corner of Britain known as East Anglia, known for its flat fenland landscape, wide skies and small communities.
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  • Awaiting the visit from his local country doctor to pay him a visit to his remote French farmhouse, an elderly gentleman sits alone in his favourite armchair. Uncertain what the future may hold, the man is old and frail and he looks down to the floor of this front room with worry across his face. He is suffering from cancer and may not live long but the presence of another human being, especially a doctor, is a small comfort from. Someone to share his concerns with and to seek advice from this terminal condition. It is a bright summer morning but even with the sun, it's a gloomy part of the house in which he lives alone.
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  • An elderly gentleman prunes his precious crop of fresh red roses from his front garden that sits astride the small River Wandle at Carshalton, south London. trimming off their heads, he s dressed in a straw hat and white apron. He is a very active gardener, the nurturing of plants and flowers being his passion now that he is of retirement age after a lifetime of work. Now he enjoys the rewards of his labours from mother earth in this lush plot of his that looks every bit the perfect English cottage garden despite it being in an urban inner-city.
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  • 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.
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  • Ninety year-old Mrs Irene Spurling sits with fingers crossed looking to camera with a mild look of mild bemusement. She is actually familiar with celebrity, having been the secretary to the Australian operatic singer Dame Nellie Melba between 1919-1921. She travelled with the diva in the latter years of her singing career, and in 1993 lived in a nursing home in Winchester, Hampshire England. Irene has clear blue eyes, brushed silver hair and seemingly gnarled, arthritic hands and still wears her wedding ring. Despite her years, she is still active and interested in her surroundings.
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  • A young girl hangs from railings where her helium-filled  birthday balloons signal the party is soon to commence as her mother prepares indside their fine house in an exclusive and classically-designed location in Belgravia, London. The pastel-coloured balloons rise up in a breeze as the girl is self-absorbed on her big day. 103 Eaton Place faces Eaton Square, one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • Across the calm waters of a Scottish bay, isolated houses and crofts sit before the dramatic Cuillin Mountains that rise up in the distance on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sunlight from unusually fine weather spreads across this beautiful landscape seen from the road to Dunvegan, near the hamlet of Harlosh. Farming practices have changed irreversably in a generation and many southerners have English accents rather than that of native Scots islanders as city dwellers from the far south seek an alternative to urban lifestyles. The weather can have adverse effects on those unprepared for such wild conditions, especially during harsh winters when violent storms batter these Atlantic coasts. But old crofts have been converted to bed and breakfast homes, catering for tourist visitors who adore this form of idyllic escapism.
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  • Barbara Christie, 58, sits alone in her conservatory at Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich (The Hill of the Old Woman) mountain. It is nearly dark at this northern latitude and it looks cosy inside this house with its warm and inviting lights. Barbara's father built this family home and she has lived in this house all her life apart from when studying in Edinburgh many years ago. It sits on a tiny road near Broadford on the Isle of Skye, beneath the magnificent hill whose myth goes back to a Norse Princess saga. Barbara sits in the more recent addition to the house, a conservatory that she enjoys sitting and reading away from her Summer Bed and Breakfast guests. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Hermit, Tom Leppard, 72, has lived in seclusion at this unidentified spot on the Isle of Skye, Scotland for 22 years. He sits contemplating his quiet life in a self-made shelter largely cut-off from the outside world. Wind and rain-proof against harsh Scottish winters, his army survival skills keep him fit and healthy but his memory is fading and suffers muscular ailments. None of his possessions suffer from damp or mildew because everything he owns is wrapped in plastic containers carefully stored in special holes about his camp. Few know his exact whereabouts but concerned locals visit when weather prevents him from crossing a 2km-wide Loch in an old canoe. His days are spent washing, cleaning and carrying out maintenance jobs that keeps his home clean and fresh. Tom is a former solder and sailor and chose this spot when he sought ultimate solitude.
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  • Bhaktapur Durbar Square , one of the world heritage sites in Nepal. A man is spinning a top from one of the many temples in the square. Bhaktapur was in the past the capital of Nepal.Summer is rainy season and not many tourists visit Nepal at this time of year.
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  • A young drama student rehearses at St Paul's Way Trust School, Bow, East London. Fewer than 10% of pupils speak English as their first language and 85% are of Bangladeshi origin at the school.
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  • A delivery van drives through a snowy landscape on 14th of January 2021 in Stow, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom. The snow has been falling all night and morning and the landscape is covered in the first real snow of the year. The van is making its way down the Lauder Road towards the village Stow.
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  • A runner makes her way along the Regents Canal on a misty morning, 27th of November 2020, Hackney, London, United Kingdom. The towpath along the canal is a popular route for runners, dog walkers and people in general.
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  • A woman wearing a face mask and ear plugs makes her way past a grave yard on a misty morning on 27th of November 2020, in Hackney, London, United Kingdom. The English lockdown is almost at an end but with the pandemic still raging, many people wear face masks even outdoors.
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  • A man wearing a face covering stands outside a branch of Metro Bank that is undergoing refurbishment on the King's Road in Chelsea, during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, and when the capital is designated by the government as a Tier 2 restriction, on 20th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • A rear view of a man eating his lunch with his orange tie laying over his shoulder and down his back, at the Strand West End branch of Sushi restaurant, ITSU, on 28th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • A disabled man drives his mobility scooter past a social distance sign on the seaside promenade, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 14th August 2020, in Southwold, Norfolk, England.
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  • The owner of a pizza and grill bar waiting for costumers at dusk on a Saturday night on April 4th 2020 in Skaering, Denmark. It is two weeks into the Danish corona lock-down and business is slow on a Saturday night in the small community Skæring.
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  • An orang-utan holds the bars of its cage during a five hour boat trip up the River Bemban in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 23rd May 2017. Kato - a large male - and 5 female orang-utans, are being taken on a 16 hour journey by road and river from Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, to a release site in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. Their health is checked by vets every two hours, and they are kept sedated for the whole journey.
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  • An elderly lady walks slowly with her shopping trolley across a road on the Aylesbury Estate, on 4th September 2018, in Southwark, London, England. The Aylesbury Estate contained 2,704 dwellings in approximately 7500 residents and built between 1963 and 1977 and for decades it was seen as a symbol of the failure of British social housing. There were major problems with the physical buildings on the estate and the poor perception of estates in Britain as a whole have led to the Aylesbury Estate gaining the title of one of the most notorious estates in the United Kingdom. Demolition is in progress for the regeneration of the Aylesbury Estate to consist of 3,500 new homes, 50% of which, according to Southwark council, will be affordable.
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  • One broken window pane in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • Fashion model standing alone during a photo shoot taking place at the iconic Undercroft, a favourite place for fashion and photography students and professionals alike to use as an urban location usually with a model. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
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  • An eleven year-old girl swings with head thrown backwards in a field in Herefordshire, England. It is an image of care-free youth, of a free-spirit and without a care in the world. The young lady gazes skyward as the swing takes her on an upward trajectory, the sun sinking behind distant trees, a scene of splendid inner-peace and tranquillity, disturbed only by the creaking of the rope on the tree above that supports her as she rides. She is staying at this small camp site where tipis and yurts is the theme of this eco-friendly and carbon-neutral holiday.
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  • In fine, late-summer weather, an eleven year-old girl gingerly steps over a stile on the coastal path at Carregwastad Point, near Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Steadying herself with a walking pole, she climbs over wearing trainers rather than stout walking boots as this path is gentle for younger outdoor enthusiasts. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is the first National Trail in Wales. Opened in 1970, the path is almost entirely contained within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park that takes in 17 Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI), two nature reserves, and Wales' only marine nature reserve. The cliff tops offer wonderful expanses of wildflowers in Spring (April and May are best). Wide variety of birds nest along the cliffs, and grey seals can often be seen in the water below.
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  • A rather eccentric-looking man is seated on a bench on Blackpool's North Pier. This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. The pier has intricate cast ironwork seat backs dating from 1863 and the man sits with ankles crossed, wearing a suit and trilby hat on a warm summer's day. In the background we see families - parents and children - playing and walking on the beach at low-tide - the golden sands a much-visited aspect of Blackpool, the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
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  • A young girl dressed in a red coat and pink socks walks half-way along a bright yellow stretch of corrugated sheet metal that screens off a derelict block of flats in Toxteth, Liverpool, England. The flats' windows are also partly-boarded up in an area that saw serious rioting in 1981.  Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside. It is located to the south of the city and is synonymous with social issues, degradation and poverty with some of the most underprivileged families in the UK. Recently many streets in the worst areas have been demolished  including Beatle Ringo Starr's childhood home.
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  • Young adolescent couples kiss and cuddle in a dark corner of a Gatecrashers' Ball in London, England. Three boys and girls dressed in formal evening-wear have been consuming alcohol during the evening and are groping and snogging. The Gatecrasher Ball was an eighties phenomenon conceived by Edward Ormus Sharington Davenport whose parties catered for Public School students. Labled as excessive and out of control events, Davenport charged <br />
£14 a ticket, for often 3,000 kids although he was later fined for tax evasion.
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  • A Samaritans sign lending emotional support and safety for those considering suicide at an unmanned level crossing in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. Isolated railway lines like this in the UK are often locations where the desperate make serious decisions about their lives and the Samaritans make their presence known by placing signs with their phone numbers as a deterrent in this rural corner of Britain known as East Anglia, known for its flat fenland landscape, wide skies and small communities.
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  • Bihar India March 2011. Young boy sitting on step of Hindu temple.
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  • With fresh flowers on her bedside table and get-well cards from well-wishers, an elderly lady patient lies on her hospital bed during her recovery at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, the leading centre for complementary medicine at 60 Great Ormond Street, central London. The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital provides complementary medicine treatment to outpatient and inpatients from virtually anywhere in the UK: From allergy & nutritional medicine; a children's clinic; complementary cancer care; podiatry & chiropody; musculoskeletal medicine; pharmacy services; rheumatology; skin services; stress & mood disorders and here, a women's clinic. There are other female patients also lying in bed, chatting or knitting.
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  • Ardvergnish farmhouse (c1800) near Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Ardvergnish Farm is seen overshadowed by the southern slopes of Ben More, the mountain that dominates the Ross of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. This farmhouse is now a self-catering establishment for large groups. For those seeking solitude and with the opportunity for remote exploring of nearby moors and hills, Ardvergnish is sought by those wanting a Scottish experience. 460 metres north Dun Breac (an ancient celtic fort).
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  • In a field at the town of Boofzheim in the eastern French Alsace region, an elderly Frenchman harvests some of his self-grown carrots crop. Having left his old bicycle standing at the kerb of a narrow access road and in front of a field full of maturing maize, he bends down with much effort to dig in his fork or spade into the rich Alsace earth and lift out his vegetables to take home. This landscape is typically French or German (Alsace borders the western side of Germany and saw much tragic action in WW2) where maize is a nutritious foodstuff for cattle and also for ducks and geese who are force-fed it locally in the making of fois gras and pate.
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  • Beneath the giant, solid pillars of the Bank of England in the heart of London’s financial district – the ancient Square Mile – a man dressed in a traditional pinstripe suit has stopped to make a phone call or check for messages. Halting his journey along this street he has opted to stand in line with a traffic no waiting cone and also near double-yellow lines that restrict parking or stopping. Without the cone or lines this scene would otherwise be without colour - the columns of this financial institution and the pavement (sidewalk) are drab – so the welcome yellow gives this picture more interest. We only see the man from the rear view and so he remains anonymous, a small person set against the scale of a large-scale financial landscape.
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  • A man dressed in a dark suit and tie, shoes and socks lies down on his matching jacket for a short rest - perhaps during a lunchtime break from an office job - and stretches out on the incline of Blackpool seafront. In the background is Blackpool Tower, an architectural copy of Paris' Eiffel Tower opened to the public on 14 May 1894 and rises to 158m (518 ft 9 inches). As a sort of English eccentric character, the man looks incongruous as he sleeps in sunshine amid other holidaymakers. This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
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  • Rosettes and sheep competition mementoes adorn the wall and mantlepiece of champion breeder Vic Bull's crofting bungalow home overlooking Loch Bay, Waternish, Isle of Skye Scotland. Afternoon sunlight pours through a front window into his living room which serves as a shrine to the Sheep. Having already refused a half million Pounds for his house and spectacular view high up on a hill, he prefers to breed his beloved Blackface sheep which he shows only twice a year at local competitions in the Dunvegan area and the prizes and awards are proof of his success. Vic now lives alone rearing his livestock with four sheepdogs for training and company. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • The last light of day fades on the still waters of Sgeir Nam Biast, a bay overlooking Waternish Headland, near Dunvegan, north-west Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands. A solitary light bulb glows from an upstairs room in this isolated cottage across the calm lake. The weather is perfect but unusual for one of the wildest parts of Britain. Farming practices have changed irreversably in a generation and many residents have English accents rather than that of native Scots islanders as city dwellers from the far south seek an alternative to urban lifestyles. The weather can have adverse effects on those unprepared for such wild conditions, especially during harsh winters when violent storms batter these Atlantic coasts. But old crofts have been converted to bed and breakfast homes, catering for tourist visitors who adore this form of idyllic escapism.<br />
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  • Hermit, Tom Leppard, 72, has lived in seclusion at this unidentified spot on the Isle of Skye, Scotland for 22 years. He sits contemplating his quiet life in a self-made shelter largely cut-off from the outside world. Wind and rain-proof against harsh Scottish winters, his army survival skills keep him fit and healthy but his memory is fading and suffers muscular ailments. None of his possessions suffer from damp or mildew because everything he owns is wrapped in plastic containers carefully stored in special holes about his camp. Few know his exact whereabouts but concerned locals visit when weather prevents him from crossing a 2km-wide Loch in an old canoe. His days are spent washing, cleaning and carrying out maintenance jobs that keeps his home clean and fresh. Tom is a former solder and sailor and chose this spot when he sought ultimate solitude.
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  • A scabby dog in in the Pashupatinath Temple complex.
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  • In the privacy of her own country home, an elderly French lady is about to have eye-drops administered by her local doctor in the Vosges town of Ban de Laveline. Holding her eyelids up with a thumb in preparation of giving the woman the necessary medicine, the young health professional reaches for his equipment and the lady is left looking rather startled and uncomfortable for a few moments as her eye stares wildly. We are in her small cottage on the outskirts of town and the doctor is making his rounds to various patients unable to attend his daily surgery. The lady wears a colourful apron, typical of French working people, and is possibly in her seventies, living alone with only kind neighbours to ensure her safety. <br />
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  • A lone receptionist sits at her desk in the foyer of a central London office building. With afternoon sunlight shining into the reception desk area where visitors report for appointments, the lone female site upright in her chair surrounded by shadows and office vegetation. The glass has a green tint that perhaps cuts out the UV light that enters the pane.
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  • A lone female walker rests on top of Stanage Edge gritstone cliffs. From the summit of this escarpment, we see a wide landscape of Gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Derbyshire. This is the top of Stanage Edge gritstone cliffs. Beyond is a beautiful panorama of the Peak District National Park in England. Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside.
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  • A lone man smokes a cigarette opposite contemporary poster of young people, in London's Carnaby Street. As youths of today are seen in the window of a fashion store on this stylish street in the capital's Soho district. The man draws on his cigarette and inhales while siting on a corner step. He is in deep thought while enjoying a brief respite from a working day.
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  • Lone figure on a park bench in Highbury Park in the inner city area of Birmingham virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on 4th May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figure walks along Rea Street in Digbeth in Birmingham city centre, which is virtually deserted under Coronavirus lockdown on a wet rainy afternoon on 28th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Britains second city has been in a state of redevelopment for some years now, but with many outdated architectural remnants still remaining, on a grey day, the urban landscape appears as if frozen in time. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figure on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figure on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figure on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figures on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figures on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figures on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figures on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Lone figures on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral under Coronavirus on 23rd March 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • As the UK government announces further Coronavirus-related restrictions to its citizens, with the immediate closure of pubs, cafes, gyms and cinemas, and the worldwide number of deaths reaching 10,000 with 240,000 cases, 953 of those in London alone, two lone diners eat among empty tables at a noodle restaurant at Borough on the Southbank, on 20th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government announces further Coronavirus-related restrictions to its citizens, with the immediate closure of pubs, cafes, gyms and cinemas, and the worldwide number of deaths reaching 10,000 with 240,000 cases, 953 of those in London alone, two lone diners eat among empty tables at a noodle restaurant at Borough on the Southbank, on 20th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • A large tall lone tree amongst the bushes on the side hills on the 20th November 2019 in Mvomero district, Morogoro region, Tanzania. Many of the big trees have been cut down for the timber.
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  • A lone person hikes up the path between Gategill Fell and the summit Hallsfell of Blencathra Mountain, Lake Districts, Cumbria, UK.  The beautiful hills and valleys of the Lake District National Park surrounds the mountain. The sky is cloudy and overcast.
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  • A lone person hikes up the path between Gategill Fell and the summit Hallsfell of Blencathra Mountain, Lake Districts, Cumbria, UK.  The beautiful hills and valleys of the Lake District National Park surrounds the mountain. The sky is cloudy and overcast.
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  • A lone auburn-haired woman waits to cross the road on the corner of Duke Street, central London, outside the Piccadilly flagship branch of British fashion brand Cath Kidston. Standing still and echoed in the model featured on a large window poster on the left, she appears in a patch of winter sunlight. In the background is the entrance to Burlington's Arcade. Cath Kidston Limited is an international chain of home furnishing retail stores based in England, opened in 1993. Designer Cath Kidston opened her first shop in London's Holland Park in 1994, selling hand-embroidered tea-towels and brightly renovated furniture. In 2010, Cath Kidston sold a majority stake of the company to private equity investors TA Associates
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  • A lone female walker on a path is rural Italy, near Bozen-Bolzano, south Tyrol. Stopping on the hiking and forestry trail in the middle of the forest, the lady holds a walking stick, popular in alpine countryside where Europeans enjoy the fresh air and physical exertion of the Dolomites mountains.
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  • Lone man on central London bus and film advertising. The passenger rides on the toip top deck of the bus, distant in thought as he travels southwards in the capital. On the side of the vehicle we see the face of Charlize Theron in her role as Imperator Furiosa, a character in the remake of dystopian fantasy film Mad Max.
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  • As a departing train disappears round the corner at Bank underground station in the heart of London's financial district, a lone woman waits for the next service. This is the grim face of 90s tube travel is seen here in a wide landscape of rounded tunnel and the curve of the station platform on the Central Line. The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at 76 km (47 mi). Incorporated in 1891 it is today the longest Underground line and also the busiest with around 260 million passengers a year.
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  • A lone woman walks her pet dog while enjoying a setting sun over Edwardian pertiod homes fronting a public park. As the glow from the setting sun sinks below the rooftops and the treetops of 100 year old ash, the woman enjoys her moment of peace and tranquillity with her obedient dog alongside.
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  • A lone woman pedestrian has to walk along a grass verge to enter the outer limits of Milton Keynes.
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  • A lone woman jogger runs past purple construction hoarding and a green taxi drivers' shelter. The runner exercises on a bright afternoon in a side street in Temple Place, close to Waterloo bridge. The garish purple stripe of colour contrasts the green foreground belonging to the Victorian structure. Because cab drivers weren't allowed to leave their vehicles when parked at a stand, it was difficult for them to get a hot meal while at work, so The Earl of Shaftesbury (God bless 'im) and a few philanthropic chums decided to create a cabbie's charity in 1874. Between 1875 and 1914, a total of 61 shelters were built at cost of around £200 each. Because the shelters stood on a public highway, the police stipulated that they weren't allowed to be any larger than a horse and cart.
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  • In his boat called Idler, a lone oarsman leaves Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve for his onward journey further up river. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
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  • Lone fishing boat makes its way through Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job. Small boats today still operate this way. Loch na Keal National Scenic Area (NSA) embraces the coastline on the West of Mull, from Gribun cliffs to Ulva and Loch Tuath and also includes Inchkenneth, Staffa and the Treshnish Isles.
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  • A lone pensioner sits in one deckchair among many before an outside concert at Kenwood House, North London. Set in leafy grounds beside Hampstead Heath, these grounds were remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. English Heritage host Summer concerts here and families and music fans spend war summer evenings listening to opera, classical or series of themed performances by visiting artists and groups. Here is also the source of one of London's lost rivers, The Fleet which rises here and flows downhill into the city where it becomes part of the sewer system, emerging in the Thames at Blackfriars.
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