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  • Angled smoker stands talking plus angled reflections in sheet glass of City office entrance. The man stands talking to an unseen associate, a cigarette held in the fingers of his right hand, near the windows of a corporate office foyer whose red seat is seen on the right. The view is angled to let the straight lines become diagonals that cross the photo, in the heart of the capital's financial centre, founded by the Romans in 43AD.
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  • A group of people sit on the grass drinking and talking at the Standon Calling Festival in Hertfordshire, UK<br />
Standon Calling is a small independent festival set among the hills in Herfordshire that showcases World Music, Indie Music and dance Music. It is one of the new, small and quirky boutique festivals which have become popular in the UK.
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  • Men talking in The Harp pub. A very traditional English public house which specialises in real ale and an old fashioned friendly atmosphere.
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  • Students / friends talking amongst themselves in a classroom on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • A foreign-looking gentleman stands talking into his phones hands-free outside Laird Hatters, on 5th July 2017, on the Strand in central London, England.
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  • Students / friends talking amongst themselves in a classroom on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • Students / friends talking amongst themselves in a classroom on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • Students / friends talking amongst themselves in a classroom on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
    20120530tsinghua university beijing_...jpg
  • Students / friends talking amongst themselves in a classroom on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • Friends talking by the river. The Mayor’s Thames Festival is London’s largest outdoor arts festival and one of the most spectacular events of the year. It is a celebration of London and the River Thames, one that is free and open to all. A vibrant mixture of live music, dance, art installations, carnival, river races and street arts, the festival transforms the Thames and its banks and brings Londoners together at the heart of their city.
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  • Friends talking by the river. The Mayor’s Thames Festival is London’s largest outdoor arts festival and one of the most spectacular events of the year. It is a celebration of London and the River Thames, one that is free and open to all. A vibrant mixture of live music, dance, art installations, carnival, river races and street arts, the festival transforms the Thames and its banks and brings Londoners together at the heart of their city.
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  • A man feeling the heat of the day in the Square Mile, the capitals financial district, walks through Threadneedle Street while talking into his phone,  on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • Friends talking by the river. The Mayor’s Thames Festival is London’s largest outdoor arts festival and one of the most spectacular events of the year. It is a celebration of London and the River Thames, one that is free and open to all. A vibrant mixture of live music, dance, art installations, carnival, river races and street arts, the festival transforms the Thames and its banks and brings Londoners together at the heart of their city.
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  • Friends talking by the river. The Mayor’s Thames Festival is London’s largest outdoor arts festival and one of the most spectacular events of the year. It is a celebration of London and the River Thames, one that is free and open to all. A vibrant mixture of live music, dance, art installations, carnival, river races and street arts, the festival transforms the Thames and its banks and brings Londoners together at the heart of their city.
    20120908river thames festival_AF.jpg
  • A man stands in the road talking on his phone waiting for a white van to pass so he can cross the road on Broome Street and Mott Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America.  Snow is piled up on the side of the streets following a record breaking snow storm in January 2016.
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  • Two cellists chat in the street, opposite the Theatre Royal Harmarket, on 29th September 2016, in central London, England. With their instruments strapped to their backs, the two musicians talk, perhaps before starting a nights work at a nearby theatre im the capitals West End, the location for many stage and musical productions such as Phantom of the Opera.
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  • Two gentlemen discuss business in the street in the City of London. Standing together to talk, we see a detail of the two businessmen - one clasping the sheets of paperwork in his left arm. They remain anonymous as the busy life of the street continues around them during their quiet moment to speak about a deal or a contract outside. The City of London is the UK capital's financial heart, founded by the Romans in AD43.
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  • Two gentlemen discuss business in the street in the City of London. Standing together to talk, we see a detail of the two businessmen - one holding the sheets of paperwork in his left arm. They remain anonymous as the busy life of the street continues around them during their quiet moment to speak about a deal or a contract outside. The City of London is the UK capital's financial heart, founded by the Romans in AD43.
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  • Two gentlemen discuss business in the street in the City of London. Standing together to talk, we see a detail of the sheos and legs of two businessmen - one holding his umbrella brolly to lean on. They remain anonymous as the busy life of the street continues around them during their quiet moment to speak about a deal or a contract outside. The City of London is the UK capital's financial heart, founded by the Romans in AD43.
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  • Two Metropolitan police officers talk on duty while guarding Britain's parliament in Westminster, London. Standing beneath the main members' entrance of the Gothic tower, the two policemen talk outside the Palace of Westminster where the British Government meets and weilds its poeer. The Palace, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their business. It is therefore a potent symbol for British Governmental power.
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  • Two Metropolitan police officers talk on duty while guarding Britain's parliament in Westminster, London. Standing beneath the main members' entrance of the Gothic tower, the two policemen talk outside the Palace of Westminster where the British Government meets and weilds its poeer. The Palace, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their business. It is therefore a potent symbol for British Governmental power.
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  • Two Metropolitan police officers talk on duty while guarding Britain's parliament in Westminster, London. Standing beneath the main members' entrance of the Gothic tower, the two policemen talk outside the Palace of Westminster where the British Government meets and weilds its poeer. The Palace, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their business. It is therefore a potent symbol for British Governmental power.
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  • Two Metropolitan police officers talk on duty while guarding Britain's parliament in Westminster, London. Standing beneath the main members' entrance of the Gothic tower, the two policemen talk outside the Palace of Westminster where the British Government meets and weilds its poeer. The Palace, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their business. It is therefore a potent symbol for British Governmental power.
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  • Chairman of Ernst & Young Mark Ottey peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of E & Y staff who have congregated at an Ernst & Young Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Locals talk in a quiet place at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt. Holding seemingly serious talks about an important local matter or a business issue, the people sit on the dirt path alongside a rough wall. Amidst the bustle of this busy regular event, people from many miles around have come to trade and buy their provisions.
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  • Two mothers and neighbours gossip with arms folded outside their houses on an Essex estate in the early nineteen sixties. Wearing aprons popular for working mums in this era of early 1960s, and one seemingly pregnant, the two women talk about families and children and their lives at the beginning of a new decade. This row of houses is in the Essex suburb of Westcliff, Southend and a proud gardener has grown a colourful bed of dahlias in the front. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961.
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  • Londoners walk along central London's Oxford Street during autumnal rain. Wearing matching pink shoes and with one lady carrying a pink umbrella, two women walk and talk in the rain shower, on a damp pavement in the capital's West End - a centre for retail whose business is is under threat by covered malls elsewhere. The crowds have flocked to this old street, once the route for criminals towards the Tyburn gallows.
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  • Still in the era of being able to smoke inside public places, an elderly gentleman extinguishes his match by waving it in the air to blow out the flame, exhaling and listening to a fellow-drinker in a Newport pub in south Wales. Clouds of smoke can be seen as they waft against the back light that filters through the windows of this smoky bar in the town centre. Pints of bitter are on the table in front of them and ash trays with used butts. The scene is of an industrial town’s pub for working men where language is sharp and there is talk of realities of hard lives.
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  • Lunchtime women talk with a background panorama looking north from More London in Southwark, towards Tower Bridge, on 6th October 2016, in London, England.
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  • An elderly couple sit in a central London cafe with love hearts theme stencils. The romantic couple are seated in the window as they talk to each other across their table inside. We look across other tables and chairs with red and blue theme complimentary colours on the spectrum. Empty places take our attention to the pensioner lovers in a scene of romance, relationships and perhaps marriage too.
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  • Two women of Asian origin stand chatting outside a branch of the betting business, Ladbrokes in south London. Seen from a high perspective - from the top deck of a London bus - we look down on the people as they stop to talk outside of this betting outlet. Posters on the wall advertise the latest deals for playing machine games for prizes, hoping to lure the addictive into spending more on gambling. Ladbrokes plc is a British based gaming company founded by Messrs Schwind and Pendleton in 1886 as commission agents for horses trained at Ladbroke Hall in Worcestershire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902 when one Arthur Bendir joined the partnership and operations were moved to London. It is today listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250 Index, having been relegated from the FTSE 100 Index in June 2006.
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  • Two businessmen eat takeaway lunches in St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate churchyard. Facing each other on a low wall that borders the grounds of this historic religious site, the men talk and concentrate on forking their food during their hour off. The original Saxon church, the foundations of which were discovered when the present church was erected, is first mentioned as ‘Sancti Botolfi Extra Bishopesgate’ in 1212. St. Botolph without Bishopsgate may have survived the Great Fire of London unscathed, and only lost one window in the Second World War, but on 24 April 1993 was one of the many buildings to be damaged by an IRA bomb.
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  • Two businessmen enjoy an informal lunchtime meal outside a City of London bar in Milford Lane, WC2. Standing at a high table, the associates meet and talk business while enjoying a spring lunchtime drink of pints of beer. Above them is a borough of Westminster street sign showing the postcode and street name, a small and very old lane dating back to the medieval era when the capital was spreading westwards from the Roman walled City.
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  • In afternoon sunshine, a local mother and her child on scooter pause to talk during a walk in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. Bending down to the child's face, the mum makes her point known to the youngster who stands astride her toy before continuing their journeys around the upper paths of this Victorian public space. Brockwell Park is a 50.8 hectare (125.53 acres) park located between Brixton, Herne Hill and Tulse Hill. Brockwell Hall house and its grounds were acquired by the London County Council (LCC) in March 1891 and opened to the public the following summer. In 1901 the LCC acquired a further 43 acres (17 ha) of land north of the original park.
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  • A group of Indian women sit and talk on the banks of the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
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  • British schoolchildren on a daytrip to the capital enjoy a chance encounter with guardsmen at Horseguards on London's Whitehall. Gathering around the two troops, they talk to the caucasian man rather than the smaller man of afro-caribbean descent, both wearing the scarlet uniform tunics of the British Household Cavalry. This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
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  • Lunchtime women talk with a background panorama looking north from More London in Southwark, towards the City of London, on 6th October 2016, in London, England.
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  • Two men drink and talk in the window of Smiths Bar on Cannon Street in the heart of the Square Mile, the capitals historical and financial centre, on 1st November 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • A well-dressed young man talks on his phone while leaning on railings at a Piccadilly Circus underground station entrance  on 1st May, in London, England.
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  • Symmetrical gentlemen talk on their phones reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • An elderly lady has been accompanied on a seafront walk by her beloved pet Yorkshire terriers. It is a warm late-summer's day in, ironically, the coastal North Yorkshire resort of Scarborough and the lady is wearing her favourite pink cardigan for her afternoon stroll with her pet dogs, both  friends and companions. She has paused to sit on a promenade bench, needing a coat or two of paint or varnish, to talk to the animals before continuing home. They are both on their leads and have put their front paws on her legs with equal attention to their proud master and owner.
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  • A man chats on the phone near a shop window mannequin in central London. Featuring hundreds of decorative baubles piled into the corners of the shop window, we see them surrounding the model who seemingly looks across to the male who talks on his smartphone, a street conversation. His arm echoes the angle of the mannequin's, a coincidental and spontaneous moment in the capital.
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  • Two cigarette smokers talk at Royal Exchange on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • A man wearing a bright Adidas tracksuit-type of sports clothing walks and talks passing the pillars of the Bank of England. On an otherwise dull street minus strong colour elsewhere, the man wears the bright blue from head top foot including the 3 stripes of the sports clothing brand known throughout the world. Adolf Dassler, following the split of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik between him and his older brother Rudolf, founded Adidas in 1948. Rudolf later established Puma, which was the early rival of Adidas. Registered in 1949, Adidas is currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, along with Puma. The company's clothing and shoe designs typically feature three parallel bars, and the same motif is incorporated into Adidas's current official logo. The "Three Stripes" were bought from the Finnish sport company Karhu Sports in 1951.
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  • Two women talk outside their house. Cidade de Deus / City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro, made infamous by the film of the same name, is a bustling community of close to 100,000 inhabitants, with numerous cultural and social projects.
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  • An elderly couple sit on a wooden bench and talk looking out at the English Channel on The Leas Promenade, Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.  The bench is part of Christian Boltanski’s The Whispers sound installation initially commissioned by Folkestone Triennial arts festival 2008.
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  • Two friends of Hispanic-descent have stopped on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida to talk with associates while sitting in their SUV 4x4 pick-up-style truck. Each have hold of two Dogo Argentino mastiff puppies, one of which is hanging his chin over through the open window of the vehicle, its long claws also very clearly seen and its freckly nose pointing towards the viewer. The other young animal is being propped up by the car's driver, its belly visible to anyone leaning inside the car. Both dogs are albino-coloured with floppy ears and pink eyes while the two healthy men are dark-skinned and in good-humour, one wearing a singlet vest and prominent silver necklace and the other topless so warm is this summer day.
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  • A symmetrical gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit talks on his phone, reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • Through steamy windows, businessmen have informal talks inside a City of London bar, on 22nd January 2019, in London England.
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  • A symmetrical gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit talks on his phone, reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • A symmetrical gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit talks on his phone, reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • A symmetrical lady and a gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit talks on his phone, reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • A symmetrical gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit talks on his phone, reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • A symmetrical gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit talks on his phone, reflected in plate glass in the City of London, the capitals financial district also known as the Square Mile, on 6th April 2017, in London, England.
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  • A local man talks on his mobile phone on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Looking over his shoulder we see him holding his phone, not the latest model, to his ear as the boat approaches the pier on the West Bank where rusting wrecks are moored.
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  • Mutual Aid Volunteer Jessica Kleczka talks to a local mother who is worried about child-care provision oin the event of school closures on an estate off the Caledonian Road in North London on 17th March 2020. Mutual Aid and other community support groups have grown significantly in the last few days as people volunteer to help their neighbours who are vulnerable or self isolating, with things like shopping, getting prescriptions, and providing meals.  via Getty Images.
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  • A female outreach worker from Operation Asha visits Indian households in Delhi, India.  She is doing active case finding, trying to discover people who are suffering from pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) who are highly infectious to others especially those who live in overcrowded and poorly ventilated housing. Here she talks to a father about his cough while his wife and small child listen.
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  • A female outreach worker from Operation Asha visits Indian households in Delhi, India.  She is doing active case finding, trying to discover people who are suffering from pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) who are highly infectious to others especially those who live in overcrowded and poorly ventilated housing. Here she talks to a father about his cough while his wife and small child listen.
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  • Street scene in Monastiraki. Women sit chatting in chairs on a street corner. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Two men in conversation beneath cafe lighting on Fleet Street, on 14th December 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • At the beginning of another week of Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, when the government is considering its options for a gradual opening of business with social distancing, during their daily exercise in Ruskin Park in south London, two women friends hold a conversation while observing social distancing of the two metres recommended by the government, on 4th May 2020, in Lambeth, London, England.
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  • At the beginning of another week of Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, when the government is considering its options for a gradual opening of business with social distancing, during their daily exercise in Ruskin Park in south London, two women friends hold a conversation while observing social distancing of the two metres recommended by the government, on 4th May 2020, in Lambeth, London, England.
    coronavirus_park-01-04-05-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of another week of Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, when the government is considering its options for a gradual opening of business with social distancing, during their daily exercise in Ruskin Park in south London, two women friends hold a conversation while observing social distancing of the two metres recommended by the government, on 4th May 2020, in Lambeth, London, England.
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  • Three businessmen walk past a vaping contractor sat on the ground on Haymarket, on 13th November 2018, in London, England.
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  • Smartphone users walk past an advert for the Apple iPhone7, on 16th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • London bus drivers stationary in traffic on the Dulwich route, chat through open windows on their journeys along Walworth Road, on 11th October 2016, in Walworth, south London, England.
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  • Sir Richard Branson consults with Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides during a new space tourism presentation. Whitesides is responsible for guiding all aspects of the company to commercial operation at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Prior to this he was Chief of Staff for NASA, where he provided policy and staff support to the agency’s Administrator. Virgin Galactic is a company within Richard Branson's Virgin Group which plans to provide sub-orbital spaceflights to space tourists, suborbital launches for space science missions and orbital launches of small satellites. Further in the future Virgin Galactic hopes to offer orbital human spaceflights as well. Virgin Galactic's spacecraft are launched from a large aeroplane, giving the spacecraft more initial speed and altitude than if it were launched from the ground.
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  • On the crater edge of the Vesuvius volcano, Italy, writer Polly Morland interviews volcanologist with the Osservatorio Vesuviano, Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo for the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • A man speaks on a handheld device at the window of a vacant office building in the City of London. With the phone to his ear, the decision maker speaks to arrange the completion of these new corporate floors, currently unoccupied by the tenant or owner and with fixtures, fittings and furnishings still to be fitted by the property's management. Work has yet to be completed before the hundreds or thousands of employees can move in to this building in the heart of the UK capital's financial district, founded by the Romans in AD43.
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  • A young woman holds a conversation on her phone while standing in the foyer of The Helicon, a company office space, on 16th February 2017, on Moorgate, in the City of London, England.
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  • Three party girls chat intimately at close quarters in a couture launch event. The gathering is to celebrate the opening of the Voyage couture company's new store on the Fulham Road in a trendy area of Chelsea. The three girls are all beauties, seemingly keen to exchange gossip either about the industry in general or perhaps about mutual friends or boyfriends. It is dark and busy in this shop (store) in a very trendy locale of West London, where money is spent and the children of the social elite party and dance.
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  • A themed cafe promoting the capital as a Riviera, with a background panorama looking north from More London in Southwark, towards the City of London, on 6th October 2016, in London, England.
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  • The morning after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers Hall on London Bridge, in which Usman Khan a convicted, freed terrorist killed 2 during a knife a attack, then subsequently tackled by passers-by and shot by armed police - Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick tours Borough Market to speak with  her officers, on 30th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • The morning after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers Hall on London Bridge, in which Usman Khan a convicted, freed terrorist killed 2 during a knife a attack, then subsequently tackled by passers-by and shot by armed police - Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick tours Borough Market to speak with  her officers, on 30th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • The morning after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers Hall on London Bridge, in which Usman Khan a convicted, freed terrorist killed 2 during a knife a attack, then subsequently tackled by passers-by and shot by armed police - Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick tours Borough Market to speak with  her officers, on 30th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Two businessmen hold a conversation in front of a construction hoarding for a new Lego store, on 23rd September 2016, in Leicester Square, central London, England. Standing at the rear of a nearby police vehicle, the two men wear suits while in the background, the Lego workmen make a humorous moment.
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  • A Hungarian man stands in an open phone booth to make a call using a landline in a Budapest street. The word Telefon is overhead and this cold-war era technology is in use in 1990. According to Thomas Edison, "Tivadar Puskas was the first person to suggest the idea of a telephone exchange". Puskás's idea finally became a reality in 1877 in Boston. It was then that the Hungarian word "hallom" "I hear you" was used for the first time in a telephone conversation when, on hearing the voice of the person at the other end of the line, Puskás shouted "hallom". This cannot be confirmed by any original documents, however it has passed into Hungarian modern folklore. Hallom was shortened to Hello.
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  • A couple enjoy an intimate moment at an outdoor cafe in central London, on 21st September 1999, near Old Bond Street, london, England.
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  • A lady using her mobile phone and with painted nails passes a temporary construction hoarding for the jewellery retailer Hirsch that features a manicured hand, painted nails and an unheated Paraíba Tourmaline ring, set with fine white diamonds designed by HIRSH, on 13th August 2019, in London England.
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  • An unknown Romanian military official makes a phone call while on the Finmeccanica exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England.
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  • Delegate makes a call alongside a Spear missile of defence manufacturer MBDA at the Farnborough Air Show, England. MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with 10,000 employees working across France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain and the United States.
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  • In front of a red curtain, the stand-up comedian Chris Neill performs on stage in London. Holding a microphone (mic) to amplify his voice to the unseen audience, the comic recounts his narrative and gestures to help him make his point. This is an upright picture, weighted to the bottom to allow more blank space above his head. A double shadow is seen on the curtain (drape) from the rudimentary stage lighting. Chris Neill (born 1968) is a British comedian, producer and writer who features regularly on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland. Performing also as a stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, he has presented five solo shows on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2002 (source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Neill).
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  • Two businessmen - one younger than the other, who may be his superior - pace through the Broadgate Estate during a break in the working day in the City of London, the capital's financial centre - otherwise called the Square Mile. Seen as they walk fast under a covered alleyway, the warm sun strikes their faces while they are deep in conversation - perhaps discussing a strategy while fetching a local coffee. Deep shadow allows us to focus in on their dark suits, their pink skin and the similarly orange colour of the strong vertical columns that form this urban architecture completed in the Bishopsgate development of the mid-1980s. Broadgate is a large, 32 acres (129,499 m2) office and retail estate in the City of London, owned by British Land and managed by Broadgate Estates.
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  • A man and woman chat in the street using hand gestures, a theme echoed in an Yves Saint Laurent fragrance ad. They are in the heart of capital's financial district (founded by the Romans in the 1st Century) and are outside their offices at lunchtime for a discussion on the street. Shadows of the man's head and hand that rubs his chin is also on the wall, in the advert, the woman's arm and that of a smoker in the shadows - are all repeated in various shapes.
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  • Women use smartphones outside a corporate office entrance with city reflections in glass. As strangers, the ladies don't know each other and the one on the right walks past the other, oblivious to her presence, busily texting or dialling a number on her phone. The address shown in reverse on the window is One Wood Street in the capital's financial heart - the City of London, known as the Square Mile, founded by the Romans in AD43. Wood Street EC2, was where wood was once sold in medieval times, mentioned in the writing of Charles Dickens but devastated during WW2. The giant plane tree in the background rises over 70 feet high and fated in the annals of London history for almost 600 years.
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  • Young City businessmen in matching clothing use smartphones in warm sunshine outside an office building. The young professional on the left wears only a white shirt, minus his jacket, listening to his caller, enjoying the warmth from the sun while holding a small espresso. The male on the right is dressed in identical office clothing, walking while examining messages on his own phone. Away from their office indoors, they take the opportunity for a moment's privacy.
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  • Young City businessman holds a conversation in warm sunshine outside an office building. Standing on the steps outside a financial institution on London Wall (street) the young professional wears only a white shirt, minus his jacket. Listening to his caller with eyes closed, he enjoys the warmth from the sun while holding a small espresso. Away from his office indoors, he takes the opportunity for a moment's privacy.
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  • A lady gesticulates with her fingers, echoing the feathered wings of a bronze artwork's wings in the City of London. Spreading her fingers during an animated conversation with an unseen friend, she stands beneath the giant artwork. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • A Catholic confessional between a penitent parishioner and her local priest at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. While kneeling to face the priest, the lady speaks in absolute confidence and secrecy to a screen beyond which the man listens and offers spiritual advice. A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called confession, or Reconciliation. Usually, the priest and penitent are in separate compartments and speak to each other through a grid or lattice and a crucifix hangs over the grille. But here, a screen grille inserted in it separates the two. The penitent may be able to see the priest through the screen, but the priest can usually never see the penitent - hearing instead of the person's sinful admissions.
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  • A Catholic confessional between a penitent parishioner and her local priest at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. While kneeling to face the priest, the lady speaks in absolute confidence and secrecy to a screen beyond which the man listens and offers spiritual advice. A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called confession, or Reconciliation. Usually, the priest and penitent are in separate compartments and speak to each other through a grid or lattice and a crucifix hangs over the grille. But here, a screen grille inserted in it separates the two. The penitent may be able to see the priest through the screen, but the priest can usually never see the penitent - hearing instead of the person's sinful admissions.
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  • A Segway rider chats to a shopper with bicycle in the northern Italian south Tyrolean city of Bozen-Bolzano. We see the owner of old technology with the bicycle and the user of the next generation of green powered transport with the Segway who are the leaders in personal, green transportation, developing products. Since the introduction of their Personal Transporter (PT), Segway has established itself as a leader in the emerging small electric vehicle (SeV) space.
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  • While holding a conversation on his smartphone, a stooping gent struggles to slide a free copy of the Evening Standard newspaper into his briefcase, beneath the high walls of the Bank of England in the City of London. Bending down to stuff the newspaper into his bag, the businessman awkwardly maintains his chat on the phone. The man behind texts on his own phone too. Above them and in the distance are the walls of the Bank - known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street - the monetary regulator of Britain's economy.
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  • A female prison officer chats with a prisoner. HM Prison Styal is a Closed Category prison for female adults and young offenders, located in the village of Styal (near Wilmslow) in Cheshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Styal is a Closed Category prison for sentenced and remanded female adults and young offenders. There are also facilities for mothers with babies up to age 18 months. The education provision at Styal is contracted out to The Manchester College. Courses offered include hairdressing, information technology, art and design, ESOL, catering, industrial cleaning, painting & decorating, and Open University support.
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  • Two women chatting whilst ice swimming at Luonetjarvi lake, Tikkakoski; Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • A man kneeling down while using a mobile phone at the Barbican Centre on the 12th September in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Lady wearing an extraordinary hat makes a call on her smartphone during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
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  • Lady wearing an extraordinary hat makes a call on her smartphone during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
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  • A themed cafe promoting the capital as a Riviera, with a background panorama looking north from More London in Southwark, towards the City of London, on 6th October 2016, in London, England.
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  • Ex British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks with ex colleagues on podium during John Major's 1991 Tory party conference. A year after her colleagues deposed her, forcing her to resign from her 11 year premiership, she chats on stage after her speech with former cabinet ministers John Wakeham, Willie Whitelaw and Kenneth Baker. Thatcher has been lending her support to her replacement, the former Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, but the otherwise unknown John Major who governed until 1997.
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  • The morning after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers Hall on London Bridge, in which Usman Khan a convicted, freed terrorist killed 2 during a knife a attack, then subsequently tackled by passers-by and shot by armed police - Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick tours Borough Market to speak with  her officers, on 30th November 2019, in London, England.
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