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  • The Buddha seen as part of a shrine in the prayer room of Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. A Buddhist shrine provides a focal point for Buddhists when they are meditating, practising puja (worship) and for gatherings of Buddhists studying together. Shrines can vary from a small, simple shrine in the home or garden of a Buddhist, through to the large, ornate shrines or temples found across the globe. At the Samye Ling monastery, most visitors are westerners in this peaceful location for spiritual cleansing and often to find answers to their complicated, modern lives. And many here have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation.
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  • The Union Chapel, Islington, London. This practising church is also a well known music venue, and arts centre. With an old England charm, this is one of the best concert venues in the capital, with incredible acoustics.
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  • The Union Chapel, Islington, London. This practising church is also a well known music venue, and arts centre. With an old England charm, this is one of the best concert venues in the capital, with incredible acoustics.
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  • The Union Chapel, Islington, London. This practising church is also a well known music venue, and arts centre. With an old England charm, this is one of the best concert venues in the capital, with incredible acoustics.
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  • Street dance group BodyPolitic practise their routine downstairs in the Royal Festival Hall. With a mirrored wall set up down here it is a popular place for dancers to run through their moves. 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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  • Street dance group BodyPolitic practise their routine downstairs in the Royal Festival Hall. With a mirrored wall set up down here it is a popular place for dancers to run through their moves. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140531_south bank street danceB.jpg
  • Street dance group BodyPolitic practise their routine downstairs in the Royal Festival Hall. With a mirrored wall set up down here it is a popular place for dancers to run through their moves. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140531_south bank street danceA.jpg
  • Monks practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditate with dorje bells in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. They are a western visitors, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007. Dorje is a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. Dorje can also refer to a small sceptre held in the right hand by Tibetan lamas during religious ceremonies.
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  • A nun practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditates in silence at a shrine. Seen in almost silhouette, the young woman engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. She is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_buddhism02-16-07-1997.jpg
  • A visiting Lama teacher of Kagyu Tibetan-Buddhism greets a westerner baby and its father in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. Touching the child on its head, the Lama smiles and appears the archetypal kind leader of the Buddhist religion. The dad and baby are western visitors in this peaceful location for spiritual cleansing and often to find answers to their complicated, modern lives. And many here have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_buddhism04-16-07-1997.jpg
  • A portrait of the Tibetan-Buddhist Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche standing in gardens of Samye Ling Buddhist Centre, Scotland. Looking relaxed and at peace with himself, the spiritual leader wears the robes and necklace of a Buddhist monk with a background of green grasses and reeds. Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche is a lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and abbot of the Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland, the first and largest of its kind in the West.
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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. Their retreat centre is a Victorian house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. 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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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. In the middle on a polished parkay floor is a model of their retreat centre, a house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. 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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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. In front of the couple is a model of their retreat centre, a house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. 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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  • Tandem surfers practising prior to the semi-final, French leg, tandem surfing world tour: (Eric Andre and Ophelie foreground,  Dhelia Birou, 20 and  Clement Cetran  background).  Competitors are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty as well as general grace and surfing prowess. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930’s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran, practising lifts prior to the French leg of the tandem surfing world tour. They are hoping to win prize money of  up to $1200. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers15_1.jpg
  • One single soldier of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders regiment of the British Army, stifles a yawn, his white gloved hand covering his gaping mouth. They are all in correct position, practising for an official portrait at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, which will include the her Majesty the Queen the next day. After hours of rehearsal arriving efficiently into position, warm summer fatigue set in. The group of men are laid out in strict military lines, their heads and buttons show clearly and have been selected for even height to allow the picture to be as regimented as possible.
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  • Military regiment practise their marching band displays prior to a major event in central London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. 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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  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsJ.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsC.jpg
  • Military regiment practise their marching band displays prior to a major event in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190603_marching band_001.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsV.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Miguel Santana) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsQ.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Miguel Santana) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsP.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsN.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsM.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsL.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsK.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsI.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsH.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Miguel Santana) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsF.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsE.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsD.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsB.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Miguel Santana) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsA.jpg
  • Military regiment practise their marching band displays prior to a major event in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190603_marching band_002.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsU.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsS.jpg
  • Acrobats from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Daniel Liddiard in red shorts, and Miguel Santana in blue) practise their strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsR.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Miguel Santana) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsO.jpg
  • Acrobat from Gravity and Other Myths Circus, (Miguel Santana) practises his strength hand balancing act in Jubillee Gardens. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140601_south bank acrobatsG.jpg
  • Blind Children practise football and learn new skills from coaches, in Cape town, South Africa, through the charity ”Coaching for Hope“. Both Hope Powell and DJ Fatboy Slim work with the charity, whose innovative programme, uses football to create better futures for young people in West and Southern Africa.
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  • Marie and Julien tandem surfers exit the surf during a heat at the French leg of the world tandem tour at Seignossse. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards. It has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers22_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and Sarah Burel, 19, demonstrating a tandem Surfing lift the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards. The sport was most popular in the 50s and 60 s. It is however currently enjoying a renaissance after several decades in the doldrums thanks mainly to the work of Rico Leroy, a passionate ex-French pole vaulter who has set up the International Tandem Surfing Association  (ITSA).
    tandemsurfers8_1.jpg
  • Lebanese cluster bomb searchers working for the Danish NGO  Danish Church Aid on training on the beach in Tyre.<br />
Training ONLY.  The yellow sticks are metal detectors.The Danish Church Aid train local men and women to clear the huge number of cluster sub-munition left on the ground after the Israeli invasion and bombings in 2006.<br />
South Lebanon.
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  • Members of the Wadebridge Streetband perform at the in the town hall. They are one of the community projects supported by the money raised from feed in tariffs at WREN community energy. Wadebridge, Cornwall. UK
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  • Members of the Wadebridge Streetband perform at the in the town hall. They are one of the community projects supported by the money raised from feed in tariffs at WREN community energy. Wadebridge, Cornwall. UK
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  • Members of the Wadebridge Streetband perform at the in the town hall. They are one of the community projects supported by the money raised from feed in tariffs at WREN community energy. Wadebridge, Cornwall. UK
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  • Members of the Wadebridge Streetband perform at the in the town hall. They are one of the community projects supported by the money raised from feed in tariffs at WREN community energy. Wadebridge, Cornwall. UK
    UK-Community-Streetband-5072.jpg
  • The finalists of the French leg of tandems surfing’s world tour pose in Seignosse, Left to right: , Dhelia Birou, 20, and  Clement Cetran; Caroline and Loic; Jeremy Boisson, 24, and  Julie Desarnaud, 17 and finally Rico Leroy, 35,  and Sarah Burel, 19. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport (run by ITSA) where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers31_1.jpg
  • The finalists of the French leg of tandems surfing’s world tour pose in Seignosse, Left to right: , Dhelia Birou, 20, and  Clement Cetran; Caroline and Loic; Jeremy Boisson, 24, and  Julie Desarnaud, 17 and finally Rico Leroy, 35,  and Sarah Burel, 19. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport (run by ITSA) where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers29_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and  Sarah Burel, 19, demonstrating a tandem Surfing lift the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers27_1.jpg
  • Tandem Surfer Dhelia Birou, 20 is lifted by her partner  Clement Cetran during a training session on the beach at Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers26_1.jpg
  • Eric Andre and Ophelie; Rico Leroy, 35, and  Sarah Burel, 19 show off skills developed for competitive tandem surfing, the French leg of the world tandem tour, Seignossse. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their <br />
Boards. It has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers23_1.jpg
  • A couple examine a scoring chart at the French Tandem Surfing Finals. The competitors are competing for a share of  $3000 dollars in  prize money. Contestants are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty with certain lifts getting many more points. <br />
Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers20_1.jpg
  • Jan and Virginie return from the water not entirely happy with their performance at   the French Tandem Surfing Finals.  Surprisingly rarely for this sport, they are a couple on and off the water which might explain why they were arguing and why they left the event shortly after the picture was taken.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and  Clement Cetran, take time out at an event in Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
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  • Rico Leroy’s Surfboard Anglet, near Biarritz, South West France.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran, take time out at an event in Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers7_1.jpg
  • Half-way across the thin taut wire of a tightrope, an tightwire walker acrobat riding a monocycle pauses and wobbles to compensate his balance before continuing his journey across to safety at the other end of two supporting poles The act forms part of the Canadian circus troupe Cirque de Soleil during a show in Battersea, London. Blue and red spotlights illuminate this daredevil and we see his tights, his wide-sleeved theatrical shirt and the concentration and grim determination on his face - the look of a professional trickster at work. He may be showing a seemingly dangerous and unpredictable stunt though in truth, he will have rehearsed this simple balancing act for many years but must still keep up the illusion of danger for the sake of a gasping, gullible audience.
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  • An elderly retired couple pause on the wide but darkly lit dance floor at Blackpool Tower Ballroom, England. They are the only dancers in the empty dance space, except for the Wurlitzer organist who is playing his accompanying music at the front of the stage, in a pool of bright light. We are looking down from a balcony high above and the husband and wife are pausing during their dance routine, stopping just long enough to register as sharp figures in the picture. The light is orange and red because of the tungsten light source. The Ballroom is the traditional home of the mighty Wurlitzer Organ and complemented by the 3 Deck Wersi - the world's most advanced organ. The Wersi is a state-of-the-art Louvre organ which is played by the resident organists in this magnificent setting. The present interior of the Blackpool Tower circus  was created by the famous theatre designer, Frank Matcham and completed in 1900.
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  • Arranged on a hill with their barrels pointing upwards and lights glowing, weathered Challenger 1 tank crews of the 1st Batallion Royal Tank Regiment are stationary at Tidworth Barracks, England. Their turrets are all pointing to the viewer and the helmet heads of their commanders and drivers can be seen  protruding from their respective places. The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army but tanks were first used at Flers in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Challenger 1 was the main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army from 1983 until superseded by the Challenger 2 in the mid 1990s. Challenger 1 took part in Operation Desert Storm where the Iraqi forces failed to take a single vehicle out of combat while Challenger destroyed roughly 300 Iraqi tanks.
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  • While on ceremonial duties at the Queen's Buckingham Palace, members of the Welsh Guards prepare the finer details of uniform presentation at the Wellington barracks, opposite the Palace in central London, England. Buffing up their bearskin hats and brushing away any specks of dust from shoulders, they each help the other appear as near-perfect as they can before parading in front of thousands during the Changing of the Guard or at other times, during tropping of the Colour on the Queen's birthday occasion. Formed in 1915 by order of King George V,  have fought in every war since but are housed at the Wellington Barracks purely for ceremonial reasons, also serving on active duty in the world's trouble spots, where their professionalism is demanded by their British Ministry of Defence masters.
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  • Members of the Wadebridge Streetband perform at the in the town hall. They are one of the community projects supported by the money raised from feed in tariffs at WREN community energy. Wadebridge, Cornwall. UK
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  • Rico Leroy, 35 and Sarah Burel, 19, during a training session  the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers21_1.jpg
  • A surfer makes his way down to the beach at Seignosse, South of France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.  The sport was most popular in the 50s and 60s. It is, however, currently enjoying a renaissance after several decades in the doldrums thanks mainly to the work of  Rico Leroy who set up The International Tandem Surfing Association  or ITSA.
    tandemsurfers5_1.jpg
  • People practising yoga in the early morning at the Mehman Khana, Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi, India. The site is now protected by the Archeological Survey of India. The gardens are a hotspot for morning walks for the Delhiites.
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  • Maddy, 3, from the UK practising her walking with her two Conductors
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  • Hundreds of Haitians pray at The Church of God, Rue de Centre 3, during the Sunday service ( 07/02/10) The church was damaged during the earthquake with  many  of the choir singers entombed. Sylvie Selde remembers "The entire group of singers practising were killed. We are still recovering the bodies now, only nine so far. When we recover them we take them to the mass grave or dig a hole and put them in. This is a message from  God, a  judgement,  do the right thing. Stop being wicked".  Many believe that in Port Au Prince one Haitian Alex K Juste is more positive "That day, there was no rich, no poor, no colour, no prejudice, no racism. We were equal, they knew that God existed and their hands were up in the air praising the Lord. We held hands, we cared for each other, we supported the sick.  What a beautiful thing to see us Haitians reunited, together as one".
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  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice display using an old ship wreck as display datum (centre). Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite team, practising their display, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. The shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simulate diverse geographical features and wind directions
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  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
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  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
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  • Wooden pens belonging to Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_042_1.jpg
  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_018_1.jpg
  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice display using an old ship wreck as display datum (centre). Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite team, practising their display, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. The shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simulate diverse geographical features and wind directions
    Red_Arrows317_RBA.jpg
  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice display over a pilot officer who sits in his cool car on the cliff edge at RAF Akrotiri, a British-run RAF air base in southern Cyprus, using this coastal cliff as display datum (centre). Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite team, practising their display, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. The cliffs are but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simulate diverse geographical features and wind directions
    Red_Arrows045_RBA.jpg
  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_018_1.jpg
  • Wooden pens belonging to Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_042_1.jpg
  • Suraya Noori, calligraphy student in her third year of study practising nastaliq script at Turquoise Mountain’s Institute.  Suraya had finished her High School education in Kabul before joining the Institute.  Almost half the students learning calligraphy at Turquoise Mountain are girls. The Turquoise Mountain Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which invests in Afghanistan’s traditional crafts, historic building and landscapes in order to preserve cultural heritage, improve living conditions and create economic opportunities.
    afghan20_10_063_1.jpg
  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice display using an old ship wreck as display datum (centre). Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite team, practising their display, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. The shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simulate diverse geographical features and wind directions
    Red_Arrows283_RBA.jpg
  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice display using an old ship wreck as display datum (centre). Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite team, practising their display, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. The shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simulate diverse geographical features and wind directions
    Red_Arrows047_RBA.jpg
  • Hundreds of Haitians pray at The Church of God, Rue de Centre 3, during the Sunday service ( 07/02/10) The church was damaged during the earthquake with  many  of the choir singers entombed. Sylvie Selde remembers "The entire group of singers practising were killed. We are still recovering the bodies now, only nine so far. When we recover them we take them to the mass grave or dig a hole and put them in. This is a message from  God, a  judgement,  do the right thing. Stop being wicked".  Many believe that in Port Au Prince one Haitian Alex K Juste is more positive "That day, there was no rich, no poor, no colour, no prejudice, no racism. We were equal, they knew that God existed and their hands were up in the air praising the Lord. We held hands, we cared for each other, we supported the sick.  What a beautiful thing to see us Haitians reunited, together as one".
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  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_089_1.jpg
  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_065_1.jpg
  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_089_1.jpg
  • Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.
    SFE_180305_046_1.jpg
  • Geese practising their migrating skills agains the dark sky ahead of migrating North at the end of the summer in Landskrona, Sweden, 27th of August 2016.
    AB9A8144.jpg
  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice display using an old ship wreck as display datum (centre). Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite team, practising their display, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. The shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simulate diverse geographical features and wind directions
    Red_Arrows318_RBA.jpg
  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, UK's RAF aerobatic team readies himself before a simulated ditching in the cold sea during exercise. We see the pilot, looking nervous - happier in the air - wearing survival gear, Flt. Lt. Steve Underwood of the elite team, about to plunge into the cold Mediterranean waters for his annual Wet Drill exercise during Spring training in Cyprus. The rehearsal is to practise a helicopter recovery after a fast-jet ejection over the sea. His RAF-issue life vest (containing a vital life-raft) will inflate when in contact with the salt water and helps him stay afloat before the helicopter pick-up. This yearly event is required of all flying personnel to ensure that any accident over water can reach a positive outcome - by the rescuing of an expensively-trained pilot or navigator.
    Red_Arrows271_RBA.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. Floating upwards, the balloon is brightly coloured amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Climate Change protesters practise yoga on Westminster Bridge on 7th October, 2019 in London, Untited Kingdom. Extinction Rebellion plan to occupy 12 sites situated around key Government locations around Westminster for two weeks to protest against climate change.
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  • Atmospheric lighting helps display the reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook where bull-sacrifice was practised, now beneath Bloombergs new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-05-26-11-2017.jpg
  • Atmospheric lighting helps display the reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook where bull-sacrifice was practised, now beneath Bloombergs new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-03-26-11-2017.jpg
  • A man leads a Tai Chi class in a community centre for local elderly residents of Bath, Somerset. Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practised for defence training and health benefits.
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  • A man leads a Tai Chi class in a community centre for local elderly residents of Bath, Somerset. Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practised for defence training and health benefits.
    UK-health-tai-chi-5426.jpg
  • A man leads a Tai Chi class in a community centre for local elderly residents of Bath, Somerset. Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practised for defence training and health benefits.
    UK-health-tai-chi-5410.jpg
  • A man leads a Tai Chi class in a community centre for local elderly residents of Bath, Somerset. Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practised for defence training and health benefits.
    UK-health-tai-chi-5395.jpg
  • A Phunoi ethnic minority subsistence farmer clears her land by slashing and burning to grow hill rice and coffee as a cash crop in Ban Sinesai; Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation. The practise is gradually being taken over by the planting of permanent cash crops such as coffee.
    A0016635cc_1.jpg
  • A Phunoi ethnic minority subsistence farmer accompanied by her young son clears her land by slashing and burning to grow hill rice and coffee as a cash crop in Ban Sinesai; Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation. The practise is gradually being taken over by the planting of permanent cash crops such as coffee.
    A0016610cc_1.jpg
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