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  • We see the head and shoulders of a man in military uniform who stands motionless beside the American flag.  he is at a graduation ceremony for United States Air Force pilots who have just passed a week-long survival courseheld at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highy-trained personel conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • Two film crews record a USAF United States Air Force aviator, in training during week-long survival course held at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington, on 6th August 1995, in Spokane, Washington, USA. The course is aimed at highy-trained personnel conducting a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Held in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott OGrady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a heros Presidential welcome.
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  • In pouring rain, United States Air Force pilots stand like canmouflaged statues in the undergrowth near Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. They are listening to a USAF survival instructor giving them advice about another challenge they are about to face, a few hundred yards ahead in the woods, so they listen intently in the saturatedconditions. They stand motionless, green figures in a green maze of foliage, wearing waterproof cagoules covering their backpacks which are shiny as the rain trickles down. They look like hunchbacks of the forest. The week-long survival course is held at the military facilities around Fairchild where the Air Force conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. This part of the lecture is held in the forest and forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment for young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • Motivational sports psychology in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. The word sacrifice appears on a high gantry in the gym. From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Starting to regain fitness after a summer break, she finds the going hard as she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Consulting with her trainer she talks about a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. <br />
Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
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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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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Helped by her trainer, she practices pull-ups to help build thigh strength while starting a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Consulting with her trainer she talks about a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. <br />
Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
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  • A poverty-stricken homeless man looks down at the pavement while a smartly-dressed professional puts a finger on his location on a steel map (and his own position in life) - a scene of wealth and prosperity and the downtrodden in society. They are both in a place known as Bank Triangle in what is called the Square Mile, London's oldest district of banking and finance businesses.
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  • Nepalese women sit and talk in the counseling room in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.
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  • A Nepalese woman sits on the floor and covers her face with her hands in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  Her 6-year old daughter has been sexually abused and she is receiving counseling and support from Voice of Children charity.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.
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  • Young Nepalese children play a game during a relationship building session facilitated by a staff member called Sandi in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.  These young children have recently been found by the charity and attend the children’s drop-in centre where they play games and activities.
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  • A children’s activity facilitator, Sandi, is running a relationship building session with children in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.  These young children have recently been found by the charity and attend the children’s drop-in centre where they play games and activities.
    Nepal-Children-psychosocial-counseli...jpg
  • A Nepalese woman sits on the floor and covers her face with her hands in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  Her 6-year old daughter has been sexually abused and she is receiving counseling and support from Voice of Children charity.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.
    Nepal-female-psychosocial-counseling...jpg
  • Young Nepalese children hold hands in a circle with a children’s activity facilitator during a relationship building session facilitated by a staff member called Sandi in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.  These young children have recently been found by the charity and attend the children’s drop-in centre where they play games and activities.
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  • Nepalese social worker, Surja Laxmi, talks with a Nepalese woman at the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal. The woman and her daughter have suffered domestic and sexual a.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.
    Nepal-female-psychosocial-counseling...jpg
  • Young Nepalese children play a game during a relationship building session facilitated by a staff member called Sandi in the Voice of Children centre in Kankeshori area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  The not-for-profit organisation supports street children and those who are at risk of sexual abuse through educational and vocational training opportunities, health services and psychosocial counseling.  These young children have recently been found by the charity and attend the children’s drop-in centre where they play games and activities.
    Nepal-Children-psychosocial-counseli...jpg
  • Sitting drunk on a mid-town sidewalk (pavement), a construction worker wipes tears from his eyes. The man has driven from his mid-west home to offer help at the hazardous Ground Zero where for the past 4 days and nights he has been uncovering debris and human remains after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Exhausted and emotional, he was sent away for his own and the safety of others and alcohol was his first purchase. New Yorkers praised their heroes for assisting their city (and America) in their hour of need but here, passers-by stepped over him complaining of his drunken state. The now lonely man is distressed, tormented and psychologically fragile but gets no help. With his few possessions, his hard hat and flag, mask and cans of Budweiser we see a man at his lowest ebb.
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  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners02-26-10-2020.jpg
  • As part of Mayfair Art Weekend, we see  through the geometric reflections of the artwork known as 'Crystal 001' by the artist Anthony James, in Bond Street, on 8th October, 2020, in London, England. Sculpture is being viewed for the first time from Regent Street to Park Lane, and Oxford Street to Piccadilly. Anthony James is a British-born, LA based multi-media artist. He studied at Central St. Martins School of Art in London. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-12-02-06-2020.jpg
  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-09-02-06-2020.jpg
  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-05-02-06-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their homes porch in late sunshine while still under the UK governments lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the country continues the UK governments Coronavirus lockdown with social distancing rules still in effect, a middle-class couple sit on the porch in the front garden outside their home in Herne Hill, south London, on 17th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The view of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and river Severn gorge, historically a commmon location for suicides and where the mental health charity Samaritans raise awareness for vulernable people over the Christmas and New year holiday, on 26th December 2019, in Bristol, England. The bridge opened 1864 is built to a design by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, based on an earlier design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Approximately four suicides per year are reported after new barriers were added in 1998.
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  • A man uses his laptop beneath the slogan Live Simply and Live in Peace has been written on a wall by an environmental activist protesting about Climate Change during an occupation of Trafalgar Square in central London, the third day of a two-week prolonged worldwide protest by members of Extinction Rebellion, on 9th October 2019, in London, England.
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  • Three men use their phones and a laptop beneath the slogan Live Simply and Live in Peace has been written on a wall by an environmental activist protesting about Climate Change during an occupation of Trafalgar Square in central London, the third day of a two-week prolonged worldwide protest by members of Extinction Rebellion, on 9th October 2019, in London, England.
    extincttion_rebellion-88-09-10-2019.jpg
  • A man uses his laptop beneath the slogan Live Simply and Live in Peace has been written on a wall by an environmental activist protesting about Climate Change during an occupation of Trafalgar Square in central London, the third day of a two-week prolonged worldwide protest by members of Extinction Rebellion, on 9th October 2019, in London, England.
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  • An environmental activist leads his pet Great Dane dog after drinking from a public fountain, while protesting about Climate Change during an occupation of Trafalgar Square in central London, the third day of a two-week prolonged worldwide protest by members of Extinction Rebellion, on 9th October 2019, in London, England.
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  • A young man sits on an exterior ledge, benneath apartments at Waterloo, on 5th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • On the first anniversary of the Grenfell tower block disaster a wall where local schoolchildren have drawn pictures and messages, on 14th June 2018, in London, England. 72 people died when the tower block in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea were killed in what has been called the largest fire since WW2. The 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, West London, United Kingdom. It caused 72 deaths, out of the 293 people in the building, including 2 who escaped and died in hospital. Over 70 were injured and left traumatised. A 72-second national silence was held at midday, also observed across the country, including at government buildings, Parliament.
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  • Emotional scenes on the first anniversary of the Grenfell tower block disaster where local schoolchildren have drawn pictures and messages, on 14th June 2018, in London, England. 72 people died when the tower block in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea were killed in what has been called the largest fire since WW2. The 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, West London, United Kingdom. It caused 72 deaths, out of the 293 people in the building, including 2 who escaped and died in hospital. Over 70 were injured and left traumatised. A 72-second national silence was held at midday, also observed across the country, including at government buildings, Parliament.
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  • On the first anniversary of the Grenfell tower block disaster a wall where local schoolchildren have drawn pictures and messages, on 14th June 2018, in London, England. 72 people died when the tower block in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea were killed in what has been called the largest fire since WW2. The 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, West London, United Kingdom. It caused 72 deaths, out of the 293 people in the building, including 2 who escaped and died in hospital. Over 70 were injured and left traumatised. A 72-second national silence was held at midday, also observed across the country, including at government buildings, Parliament.
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  • Rather than holding a conversation between themselves, three customers all use their phones inside a Soho cafe on Old Brompton Street, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
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  • A pet spaniel jumps against a tree while barking at park tree squirrels. Leaping up at the tree trunk, the dog is excited enough to think it can catch or frighten these fast-moving creatures that occupy London's parks and public spaces in their thousands. Whereas the squirrel population was once brown, these have been superceded by the grey squirrel which continue to be a recreational sport for four-legged animals in Britain. The distant sun sinks low over 100 year-old ash trees in the background making this scene one of beauty in an otherwise urban location.
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  • Barbell weights at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. The detail view of the discs are seen as they are stacked tidily in a rack on the ground of the gym. Starting from the smallest weight up to the largest of 10kg (kilos), the lifter can choose the relevant weight for the exercise. Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) was set up in 2002 as the catalyst for establishing the high performance sporting system in Northern Ireland. SINI is designed to provide high level support to Northern Ireland’s top athletes and coaches across a range of Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports along with a select number of sports that are important to the public in Northern Ireland including rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA, golf and motor sports.
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  • Kneeling in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen squinting down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle14-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle12-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • A camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle11-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Looking down a firing range towards numbered targets, seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle10-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • From 1,100m away, a shooting target at a firing range belonging to the Land Warfare Centre, has been punctured by bullet holes from a new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England.  Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1km. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The army say it's their best ever sniper rifle.
    sniper_rifle09-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth with a photographer shooting pictures, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF.
    sniper_rifle03-06-03-2008 _1_1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle02-06-03-2008 _1_1_1.jpg
  • Late at night, in a gloomy arrivals gate at Chicago O'Hare airport, a young man sits patiently on his own awaiting the arrival of his girlfriend after a holiday in Asia. It is the last flight to land and a helium balloon floats on a string bearing the words 'Welcome Home', a popular gesture for relatives in airports around the world, each having their own cultural way of showing affection for arriving family members after long absences. The balloon stands still, the only colour amid the drab interior of this sprawling airport hub. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A female passenger leans forward with head in hands amid the busy terminal at Chicago O'Hare Airport, Illinois, USA. Fellow-travellers in the background appear unworried, waiting for their respective flights in a calm manner. The lady in the foreground's body language however, suggests fatigue and distress and perhaps a fear of flying. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • The layers of advertising sheets are peeling away above the head of a female model advertising a retail brand on a billboard in Surbiton, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-17-02-06-2020.jpg
  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-08-02-06-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their homes porch in late sunshine while still under the UK governments lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their homes porch in late sunshine while still under the UK governments lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-28-20-05-2020.jpg
  • With weeks before the UKs historic Brexit date January 31st,  the Walkie-Talkie building left plus others in the capitals financial district, the City of London - aka the Square Mile - are seen from across the Thames river where a life-saving life-buoy is located to help save lives, on 16th January 2020, in London, England.
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  • A detail of a handmade package of notes at the Clifton Suspension Bridge and river Severn gorge, historically a commmon location for suicides and where the mental health charity Samaritans raise awareness for vulernable people over the Christmas and New year holiday, on 26th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    clifton_bridge-06-26-12-2019.jpg
  • A detail of a warning sign of cliff top height dangers at the Clifton Suspension Bridge and river Severn gorge, historically a commmon location for suicides and where the mental health charity Samaritans raise awareness for vulernable people over the Christmas and New year holiday, on 26th December 2019, in Bristol, England. Approximately four suicides per year are reported after new barriers were added in 1998.
    clifton_bridge-05-26-12-2019.jpg
  • The marks left by posters and flyers are left on a hoarding outside a closed entertainment venue in Dartford, on 3rd October 2019, in Dartford, Kent, England. Voters in Dartford voted 64% in favour of Brexit during the 2016 referendum.
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  • The private parts of naked women models, photographed in black and white by German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton, have been censored with post-it notes in the window of a picture framers in Bermondsey, on 15th August 2019, in London, England.
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  • The private parts of naked women models, photographed in black and white by German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton, have been censored with post-it notes in the window of a picture framers in Bermondsey, on 15th August 2019, in London, England.
    newton_censorhip-04-15-08-2019.jpg
  • The private parts of naked women models, photographed in black and white by German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton, have been censored with post-it notes in the window of a picture framers in Bermondsey, on 15th August 2019, in London, England.
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  • Emotional scenes on the first anniversary of the Grenfell tower block disaster where local schoolchildren have drawn pictures and messages, on 14th June 2018, in London, England. 72 people died when the tower block in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea were killed in what has been called the largest fire since WW2. The 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, West London, United Kingdom. It caused 72 deaths, out of the 293 people in the building, including 2 who escaped and died in hospital. Over 70 were injured and left traumatised. A 72-second national silence was held at midday, also observed across the country, including at government buildings, Parliament.
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  • Local residents on the first anniversary of the Grenfell tower block disaster where local schoolchildren have drawn pictures and messages, on 14th June 2018, in London, England. 72 people died when the tower block in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea were killed in what has been called the largest fire since WW2. The 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, West London, United Kingdom. It caused 72 deaths, out of the 293 people in the building, including 2 who escaped and died in hospital. Over 70 were injured and left traumatised. A 72-second national silence was held at midday, also observed across the country, including at government buildings, Parliament.
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  • A pet spaniel jumps against a tree while barking at park tree squirrels. Leaping up at the tree trunk, the dog is excited enough to think it can catch or frighten these fast-moving creatures that occupy London's parks and public spaces in their thousands. Whereas the squirrel population was once brown, these have been superceded by the grey squirrel which continue to be a recreational sport for four-legged animals in Britain. The distant sun sinks low over 100 year-old ash trees in the background making this scene one of beauty in an otherwise urban location.
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  • Gym equipment at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Weight balls rest on a rack by a wall and miscellaneous equipment to help the trainer's exercises. Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) was set up in 2002 as the catalyst for establishing the high performance sporting system in Northern Ireland. SINI is designed to provide high level support to Northern Ireland’s top athletes and coaches across a range of Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports along with a select number of sports that are important to the public in Northern Ireland including rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA, golf and motor sports. SINI is a partnership between Sport Northern Ireland and the University of Ulster and is based on the Jordanstown campus of the University of Ulster.
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  • Barbell weights at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. The detail view of the discs are seen as they are stacked tidily in a rack on the ground of the gym. Starting from the smallest weight up to the largest of 10kg (kilos), the lifter can choose the relevant weight for the exercise. Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) was set up in 2002 as the catalyst for establishing the high performance sporting system in Northern Ireland. SINI is designed to provide high level support to Northern Ireland’s top athletes and coaches across a range of Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports along with a select number of sports that are important to the public in Northern Ireland including rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA, golf and motor sports.
    kelly_gallagher132-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
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  • Lying on his stomach, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle08-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • On a bright summer afternoon, a young spoiled girl shows-off by riding her favourite motorized Barbie trike along The Parade, the main promenade in the north Welsh seaside town of Llandudno, Wales. Wearing a bright pink helmet and travelling on the matching pink toy bike, she trundles along with the low-tide coast over her left shoulder. Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959 and produced by Mattel, Inc. The brand's merchandising reaches far and wide to countries and cultures around the world and this little girl seems to be the happiest on the beach, enjoying a generous present perhaps from a parent. She is the exact age that Mattel are targeting when they market these toys to accompany their dolls and accessories though the industry has come under fire for its controversial stereotyping of gender and subtle sexuality.
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  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • A large sign stands on the concourse of Victoria railway mainline station urges passengers and commuters to wear a face covering while travelling on the capital's public transport system, on 24th September, in London, England. New restrictions are being re-introduced by the government after a sudden climb in the Covid infection rate, a predicted 'second spike'. Only those who have medical or psychological issues are exempt from wearing a face covering although £200 fines are in place for those flouting rules.
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  • A United States Air Force pilot attending an escape and evasion course sips from a Coke can. With a Coca-Cola drinks vending machine behind him, loaded with Coke, the military airman is taking a break from a classroom briefing held at the United States Air Force’s week-long survival course held at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highly trained personnel conduct a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and aircrew need to pass before re-joining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service.
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  • The outer wall and watchtower on Genzlerstrasse of the notorious secret police (Stasi) Hohenschonhausen prison. The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is now a museum and memorial located in Berlin's north-eastern Lichtenberg district. Hohenschönhausen was a very important part of the Socialist GDR's (German Democratic Republic) system of political and artistic oppression. Although torture (including Chinese water torture) and physical violence were commonly employed at Hohenschönhausen (especially in the 1950s), psychological intimidation was the main method of political repression and techniques including sleep deprivation, total isolation, threats to friends and family members.Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • An Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is loaded into the back of a British Army Land Rover ambulance to join the downfacing trainers of a collapsed colleague, after retiring  from an endurance race. Recruits run a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding,. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perserverence or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • Young Nepalese boys play outdoors on bikes and tricycles in the MSPN garden in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The MSPN centre is run by ‘Friends of Needy Children’ and is a residential care centre for children who are infected with HIV/AIDS.  In addition to medical and psychological support, they are encouraged to play with other children.
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  • A female prison chaplain at HMP Downview Women's Prison stands with her Perspex cross, dog collar, security cards and utility belt displayed.<br />
Prison chaplains give inmates spiritual and psychological guidance; they act as the conscience of the prison, as well as exercise a ministry of reconciliation.<br />
The chaplain is available and exists for all, staff and prisoners, often relaying important messages, between families, inmates and staff. <br />
In the words of Albert Camus: 'Do not walk in front of me, I may not follow; do not walk behind me, I may not lead; just walk beside me and be my friend.'
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