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  • Muscular man wearing a vest top reading the word Happy, Piccadilly, London, UK.
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  • Listening to an mp3 device, a man reads the Sports section of his newspaper on the top deck of a London bus. Listening to an mp3 device, a man reads the Sports section of his newspaper on the top deck of a London bus. Seated by the window of this double-decker, the man has wires from his music device protruding from his ears, listening perhaps to his favourite band or live radio as his commuting journey stops and starts in inner-city traffic. The word Sport can be seen at the top of this newspaper section and we have the idea that football is the subject that he is reading about. Another passenger sits in the row in front and she too appears to be reading, or sleeping. Affordable flats are in the distance outside.
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  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
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  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
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  • A top deck bus passenger checks messages on a smartphone. Seen from another bus' top deck, we see a lady commuter holding her phone, perhaps checking texts or emails. There are no other passengers nearby so she enjoys a degree of privacy on her journey. In the year ending March 2014, there were an estimated 5.2 billion bus passenger journeys in Great Britain – around two-thirds of all public transport journeys, of these, 4.7 billion journeys were in England, of which half were in London.
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  • Tourists on the top deck opposite L'Opera during a city tour of Paris, France. Some visitors have guidebooks and maps covering their heads, shading themselves from a hot Parisien sun - while others look down at the street below as they drive the streets of the Paris capital. In the background are the pillars and columns of the Palais Garnier (The Paris Opera). The tour company is Les Cars Rouges, a hop-on, hop-off bus tour of Paris allowing the tourist to explore the city's top tourist attractions from a high, open-top perspective. The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera.
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  • Tourists on the top deck opposite L'Opera during a city tour of Paris, France. Some visitors have guidebooks and maps covering their heads, shading themselves from a hot Parisien sun - while others look down at the street below as they drive the streets of the Paris capital. In the background are the pillars and columns of the Palais Garnier (The Paris Opera). The tour company is Les Cars Rouges, a hop-on, hop-off bus tour of Paris allowing the tourist to explore the city's top tourist attractions from a high, open-top perspective. The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera.
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  • Three silhouetted walkers (two women and one male) near the top of a hill near the village of Churchill, North Somerset, England. The image has only three tones, graduating from dark at the bottom, becoming lighter to the top. It is late in the day and the light is soft and warm in colour and the friends make their way up the gradient in single-file, each striding with legs apart as they climb the hill forming part of the Mendips. It is a scene of tranquillity, the landscape is peaceful and unspoilt for outdoor countryside pursuits like walking, one of the fastest-growing leisure activities in Britain for people who take advantage of rural England.
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  • Separated by colour-coded floors, employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, participate in informal meetings in E & Y's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Those on the top blue level 8 may be more senior to those below on the 7th purple storey of this tall, upright scene of modernity. It is busier on the upper floor then the two men beneath. Subsequent levels are vacant. Architecturally, the term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective on seniority and success as opposed to lower-ranking middle-management.
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  • Pet dog rides on top of an airline animal cargo box in the main terminal of Paris Orly airport. Perched on top of the animal transport container, the dog looks attentive and interested either before or after its flight from or to, the Paris airport, being wheeled on a baggage trolley. Another passenger walks through the terminal, amused at the strange dog. Animals have been transported by air since the early 1930's. In today's modern world, carriage of live animals by air is considered the most humane and expedient method of transportation over long distances. ATA's Live Animals Regulations (LAR) is the worldwide standard for transporting live animals by commercial airlines.
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  • Pet dog rides on top of an airline animal cargo box in the main terminal of Paris Orly airport. Perched on top of the animal transport container, the dog looks attentive and interested either before or after its flight from or to, the Paris airport, being wheeled on a baggage trolley. Other passengers walk past in the terminal. Animals have been transported by air since the early 1930's. In today's modern world, carriage of live animals by air is considered the most humane and expedient method of transportation over long distances. ATA's Live Animals Regulations (LAR) is the worldwide standard for transporting live animals by commercial airlines.
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  • At dusk a group of men and women dance on the roof top of a building, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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  • Separated by four floors, two employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, make their way along walkways in the main atrium of E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Striding confidently between offices, the two people are unaware of each other's presence but make their way from right to left of this tall, upright scene of modernity. The senior person on top may have an advantage from better opportunities, the low-ranking worker below may be needing to rise up the ranks. Morning sunlight floods through the green tinted glass that overlooks Tower Bridge on the River Thames. The term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective.
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  • Against the strong spotlight of the Big Top, a ringmaster announces the next act during an afternoon performance by the Gerry Cottle circus in North London. With his top hat perched firmly on his head and holding his microphone, the leader of his troupe smiles confidently and speaks with authority to the unseen audience who eagerly await the skills of acrobats or clowns who are about to enter the ring. In his scarlet red coat and holding a pair of gloves in his other hand, the man is the epitome of showmen – a picture of show businesses and variety, of the presenter from another era.
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  • Pedestrians cross a road in Southwark seen through the top deck window of a London double-decker bus. Its yellow seating handles are seen as reflections as traffic outside and below Pedestrians cross a road in Southwark seen through the top deck window of a London double-decker bus. Its yellow seating handles are seen as reflections as a Londoner with a bike and walkers negotiate traffic outside and below. This is the southern end of Westminster Bridge in the borough of Lambeth and we see a road sign that points the driver to Waterloo and Elephant and Castle.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • The cafe and restaurant with mountain views at the top of Vrsic Pass in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Triglav National Park, Slovenia.
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  • A mountain top footpath signpost above a Liechtenstein valley with the town of Nendeln below. The tiny landlocked alpine principality has 400 kilometers (250 miles) of well prepared and marked hiking paths high up in the mountains and down in the valley. Typically, a one-hour route starts from Nendeln post office and goes to Oberstädtle on forest paths then to Nendler on narrow mountain path, to Brunnenbühl through forest to Planken.
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  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
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  • A husband and wife make their way along a pavement towards the entrance of the Ascot racecourse where the annual Ladies' Day event is held as part of the English social season calendar. Leading the way and carrying two walking sticks and in a polythene bag, his best jacket for the dress-code is important if one is allowed access to the private enclosures. He wears a top hat and waste coat as he hobbles along with wife in tow. She is behind him rummaging through her handbag perhaps looking for tickets or cash. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
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  • Driving through the streets of Rome in a red soft top car, Italy.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Soft toy character peering out of a top floor window as if trapped inside. London, UK.
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  • With betting promo girls looking on, a lady partner of an unseen gentleman dressed in formal menswear, passes back his top hat 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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  • Silhouettes of anonymous bus commuters and a large corporate building during damp, gloomy weather in central London. Sitting with strangers on the top deck of the bus, the public travellers apear as dark shapes beneath the tall Ionic columns and pillars of a large insurance company. The people are riding south towards Holborn where offices and headquarters are located.
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  • Philip Smyth, an undertaker with Chelsea Funerals, with his top hat & silver topped cane, is an expert on Victorian funerals
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  • Cyclist on top of the Clent Hills in Stourbridge on 19th January 2020 in Stourbridge, England, United Kingdom. The Clent Hills lie 10 miles south-west of Birmingham in Clent, Worcestershire. The closest towns are Stourbridge and Halesowen, both within the West Midlands conurbation.
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  • Traffic drives northwards up Southampton Row, seen from above on the top deck of a London bus as it turns right into Theobolds Road in Holborn, on 5th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Visitors admire mountain views at the top of Vrsic Pass in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Triglav National Park, Slovenia.
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  • Ben Jamin, crouching in gorilla outfit with top hat at the Vaguely Dead Ball
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  • In the middle of a field serving as a grass car park, three couples celebrate the Ladies' Day event at Royal Ascot. Holding their glasses to toast a grand day out at this annual sporting event in the social calendar, the gentlemen are dressed in formal top hats and tails, the ladies in wide hats and summer dresses. Grinning and looking smug in their upp-class social status, they are seated eccentrically and comically around a plastic table with a tablecloth, two Candelabras and their picnic lunch plates full of fine food.
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  • The top brass of the MET is being briefed on the situation to lay a strategy for further actions. The London Stock Exchange was attempted occypied in solidarity with Occupy Wall in Street in New York and in protest againts the economic climate, blamed by many on the banks. Police managed to keep people away fro the Patornoster Sqaure and the Stcok Exchange and thousands of protestors stayid in St. Paul's Square, outside St Paul's Cathedral. Many camped getting ready to spend the night in the square.
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  • As the government announces the move from Tier 2 to Tier 3 before Christmas, a lone bus pasenger travels on the top deck through Piccadilly during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 14th December 2020, in London, England.
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  • A pink-topped plastic bottle is wedged between seats on the top deck of a London bus, on 20th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • A pink-topped plastic bottle is wedged between seats on the top deck of a London bus, on 20th November 2019, in London, England.
    bus_bottle-01-20-11-2019.jpg
  • Traffic drives northwards up Southampton Row, seen from above on the top deck of a London bus as it turns right into Theobolds Road in Holborn, on 5th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • A man stands on an open top bus in heavy rain fall and windy weather  while others around him shelter under umbrellas on Westminster Bridge in London, United Kingdom on 16th August 2019.
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  • Hackney Carnival on 8th September 2019 in London, United Kingdom. On Morning Lane, men stand under a poster advertising the TV programme, Top Boy.
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  • A man stands on an open top bus in heavy rain fall and windy weather  while others around him shelter under umbrellas on Westminster Bridge in London, United Kingdom on 16th August 2019.
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  • Street scene as a crowd of tourists of all ages gather to watch a street magic show by a street performer / busker wearing a waitcoat and a top hat in Chinatown in Soho, London, United Kingdom. The present Chinatown is in the Soho area occupying the area in and around Gerrard Street. It contains a number of Chinese restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, souvenir shops, and other Chinese-run businesses and is in itself a major tourist destination.
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  • Street scene as a crowd of tourists of all ages gather to watch a street magic show by a street performer / busker wearing a waitcoat and a top hat in Chinatown in Soho, London, United Kingdom. The present Chinatown is in the Soho area occupying the area in and around Gerrard Street. It contains a number of Chinese restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, souvenir shops, and other Chinese-run businesses and is in itself a major tourist destination.
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  • Young man wearing a multicoloured paint splat urban wear top on Kings Heaht High Street in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • Young man wearing a multicoloured paint splat urban wear top on Kings Heaht High Street in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20190206_paint splat fashion_001.jpg
  • Royal Ascot racegoers picnic on the grass of an event car park, on 18th June 1992, in Ascot, England. Trays of food and two bottles of Champagne have been consumed during a break from betting and socialising. They are dressed in formal morning dress of top hat, waistcoat, tails with two of the men wearing red roses in their lapel button holes, all traditional and obligatory dress code in the Royal Enclosures which can be seen by visitors in the public car parks near the famous Berkshire race course. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    ascot01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Visitors walk a trail beneath Prisank 2547m a mountain view near the top of Vrsic Pass in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Triglav National Park, Slovenia.
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  • A child plays with a mountain view in the distance at the top of Vrsic Pass in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Triglav National Park, Slovenia.
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  • Funicular passengers arrive at the top of Ljubljana Castle in the Slovenian capital, on 27th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • Tourists crossing south on London Bridge at rush hour at the end of the working day in the financial district of the City of London, England, United Kingdom. One tourist is vaping and wearing a top hat and round glasses and both are carrying DSLR cameras.
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  • Tourists crossing south on London Bridge at rush hour at the end of the working day in the financial district of the City of London, England, United Kingdom. One tourist is vaping and wearing a top hat and round glasses and both are carrying DSLR cameras.
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  • A bus passenger sits on the top deck of a double-decker bus as a tour bus busy with tourists passes-by, on 19th October 2017, in London, England.
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  • Chinese visitors to London push their baggage with two children riding on top, on 14th August 2017, on Tower Bridge, in London, England.
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  • A single seagull perches on top of a lamp post overlooking approaching storm clouds over the North Sea, on 13th July 2017, at Bridlington, East Riding, England.
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  • The points of a compass perches on top of a rusting post overlooking approaching storm clouds over the North Sea, on 13th July 2017, at Bridlington, East Riding, England.
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  • Pride in London, formally known as Pride London, is an annual LGBT pride festival and parade held each summer in London, United Kingdom. A crowd gathers in front of Top Shop window with Loveheart and Happy Pride.
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  • Pride in London, formally known as Pride London, is an annual LGBT pride festival and parade held each summer in London, United Kingdom. Top Shop window with Loveheart and Happy Pride. A bearded man in shorts dances with a rainbow coloured ribbon.
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  • A commuter enjoys a peaceful few minutes on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Resting his head on a hand, the man waits for the opposite river bank to get closer before continuing his journey. Plying the great African river, this cheap fare state-run ferry is used by commuters of all ages with schoolboys using the service to and from school.
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  • A young middle-class boy sits on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Plying the great African river is a cheap fare state-run ferry used by commuters and schoolboys use this ferry to and from school.
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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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  • Fashion in Knightsbridge, London, UK. This is a particularly wealthy part of West London and this is highly visible on the streets. Here a woman applies her lip gloss while walking along, wearing leopard print top and shorts outfit.
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  • The roof top car park of The Broadway, Bradford, a shopping and leisure complex built and operated by Westfield Corporation. Bradford, Yorkshire.
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  • The roof top car park of The Broadway, Bradford, a shopping and leisure complex built and operated by Westfield Corporation. Bradford, Yorkshire.
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  • Up on the top deck, we see a lone sailor brushing off the grubby surfaces of parked F/A-18C Hornets and S-3 Vikings on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. Stacked together in tight formation to fit them all together during a daytime break in operations, the man bends into his task during the hottest time of day. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the
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  • Deep below-decks, we see the highly-classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south.
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  • A young apprentice stop near the top of a city centre chimney during a steeplejack course in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Using an elaborate system of harnesses and pulleys, the young lad is learning the skills to work safely and efficiently at dangerous heights and the town stretches below. Sponsored training is offered through the Steeplejack Industry Training Group Association and CITB-ConstructionSkills for young people aged 16. Applicants for this scheme will have to pass aptitude tests, literary and Maths assessments, and problem solving. Each year, the Steeplejack Industry Training Group and CITB-ConstructionSkills offer 12 places on training courses for trainee steeplejacks and 12 places for trainee Lightning Conductor Engineers.
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  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
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  • In a grassy car park on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week, a group of men (and one unseen lady) talk and relax, one smoking a cigar surrounded by the remains of a generous picnic lunch with a bouquet of flowers on their table. Trays of food and two bottles of Champagne have been consumed during a break from betting and socialising. They are dressed in formal morning dress of top hat, waistcoat, tails with two of the men wearing red roses in their lapel button holes, all traditional and obligatory dress code in the Royal Enclosures which can be seen by visitors in the public car parks near the famous Berkshire race course. In the background we see a silver Rolls-Royce car and a lady sitting in its boot (trunk) also eating picnic food. The day is overcast, but despite this, they are in a joking and excitable mood. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
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  • Piled river bed stones on the River Calder in Glen Bauchor, Newtonmore, Scotland. An artist has spent many hours in this tranquil place, sourcing and selecting the right stones to pile up vertically on top of each other. Rock balancing can be a performance art, a spectacle, or devotion, depending upon the interpretation by its audience. Essentially, it involves placing some combination of rock or stone in arrangements that require patience and sensitivity to generate, and which appear to be physically impossible while actually being only highly improbable.
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  • Piled river bed stones on the River Calder in Glen Bauchor, Newtonmore, Scotland. An artist has spent many hours in this tranquil place, sourcing and selecting the right stones to pile up vertically on top of each other. Rock balancing can be a performance art, a spectacle, or devotion, depending upon the interpretation by its audience. Essentially, it involves placing some combination of rock or stone in arrangements that require patience and sensitivity to generate, and which appear to be physically impossible while actually being only highly improbable.
    newtonmore08-02-08-2010-1.jpg
  • The artist Janice Tchalenko throws a pot in her home studio in south London. With past creation on shelves behind, she smooths the sides of a vessel as it turns on the wheel. Tchalenko studied at Putney School of Art and Harrow School of Art then taught at Camberwell School of Art. She specialized in undecorated domestic stoneware and developed a reputation as a highly competent thrower. In the late 1970s she discovered she also had a talent for decoration and started making high-fired stoneware with bright and colourful designs. She became a tutor at the Royal College of Art in 1981 and this was shortly followed by two exhibitions - one with John Hinchcliffe the textile designer and the other as a one-woman show at the Blum Helman Gallery in New York - that established her as one of the top British potters.
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  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    crufts_rosettes03-16-1987_1.jpg
  • Up on the top deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier, parked F/A-18C Hornets and S-3 Vikings on the USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. Stacked together in tight formation to fit them all together during a daytime break in operations, the man bends into his task during the hottest time of day. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims.
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  • Looking up from beach level, we see the steps and slightly rusting railings as seaside girls use the stairs to descend from the upper Kings Road level near the West Pier. The neglected iron-work is showing the rust from exposure to numerous  salt air and water storms over the years and is need of fresh paint to brighten this seaside resort. The two ladies chat as they come down and one licks an ice-cream cone, both happy on this warm spring day. Way above them, two other women are seated on chairs, overlooking the steps and the seaside beyond and an anonymous man stands with his back to us at the very top.
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  • Arriving hoi polloi for Royal Ascot's Ladies Day parade to a private members' enclosure gate, watched by the Common People. Ladies' Day is the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June, held at the famous Ascot race course. A young boy and his mother gawp at the fashionistas - the glitterati  - of the sporting calendar who parade past in outlandish costumes, making fashion statements of their wealth and ostentation. A man has a young woman on his arm – he sears a top hat and tails and she, a purple and mauve number. <br />
They will also have on red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two humorous sides of the class system.
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  • Bhaktapur Durbar Square , one of the world heritage sites in Nepal. A man is spinning a top from one of the many temples in the square. Bhaktapur was in the past the capital of Nepal.Summer is rainy season and not many tourists visit Nepal at this time of year.
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  • A sunset from the top of the mountains of Gran Canaria, The Canary Islands, Spain. Clouds fill the valleys.
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  • Stuffed wild boar with a top hat for sale at a stall on a market street in the North Laines area of Brighton, East Sussex. North Laine—sometimes incorrectly called the North Lanes—is a shopping and residential district of Brighton, on the English  south coast immediately adjacent to the Royal Pavilion. Once a slum area, nowadays with its many pubs and cafés, theatres and museums, it is seen as Brighton's bohemian and cultural quarter.
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  • Man takes his morning exercise by turning a spinning top in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China. This park is well known as a place where middle aged or elderly Chinese come. This can take all forms including some surprising ones. Purple Bamboo Park (Zi Zhu Yuan Gongyuan) also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park largest parks in Beijing. It is located in the Haidian District. The park consist of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. Typical of the classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves. The garden has a variety of bamboos on display. Young people also believe that if they go to the park as a couple that their relationship is doomed to fail.
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  • Young people enjoy a drive in an open-top car along Ocean Drive, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
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  • From a low angle, we see the crowds of racing upper classes in the members' enclosure, gathering to watch a winning horse pass-by at the Ascot races. Top-hatted gentlemen accompanied by ladies in pink and girls in white lace dresses mingle in the area reserved for the privileged at this famous race event. The back quarters of the winning horse with its veins and muscle shine through its paper-thin skin reveal an athletic animal bred for speed and endurance.
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  • The queen bee is colored blue to make it easier to spot. Beekeeper Ian Bailey with one of his queen bees on a roof at Hackney City Far. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • Rooftop gardens overlooking Broadway, Manhattan, New York City. Tall buildings in the background (including the Woolworth building, far left) are on Broadway - the foreground are apartments with an oasis of greenery clinging to the tops of two buildings. This cityscape is about corporate headquarters and domestic high-rise homes in one of the greatest of world cities.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey collecting honey from his hives on a roof at Hackney City Farm. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey checking on his bees  on a roof at Hackney City Farm. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey checking on his bees  on a roof at Hackney City Farm. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey with one of his students on a roof at Hackney City Far. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey with one of his students on a roof at Hackney City Far. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • Beekeeper Ian Bailey with one of his students on a roof at Hackney City Far. Ian has several apiaries around East London. Keeping bees is a growing hobby in London and the hives and apiaries can be found in back gardens and roof tops across the capital.
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  • High in the Himalayan foothills, dawn arrives on a bitterly cold morning. A traveller has emerged from his rudimentary room on the left of this lodge in Nepal to stand outside staring at the spectacular landscape of snow-capped peaks in the distance. The wind is whipping snow and ice from the peaks of the Annapurna range and trekkers come from all over the world to sample the inner-peace to be discovered here in one of the most dramatic locations on the planet. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak.
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  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, with his wife Rani Saheb drive through the village of Deogarh as they head to an appointment at the local school they supoort, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Charity walkers for Help For Heroes reach the summit of the Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
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  • A young girl cartwheels near the summit of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
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  • Hill walkers climb The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
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  • A young girl climbs the last feet of granite at the summit of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
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  • Charity walkers for Help For Heroes reach the summit of the Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres 1,394 ft[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres 8.1 mi north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
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  • A strong man poses outside Gifford Circus, Marlborough, UK.
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  • High in the Nepali Himalayan foothills, travellers may be greeted by the welcoming relief of a group of mountain inns and hotels offering lodging to weary legs after many hours walking uphill in this gruelling landscape. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • High in the Himalayan foothills, dawn arrives on a bitterly cold morning at Poon Hill. Trekkers have gathered at this spot to take in the wonder of this spectacular landscape of snow-capped peaks in the distance. A sherpa has written his name in ice on a rail and western travellers continue their journey higher into the Annapurna range to sample the inner-peace to be discovered here in one of the most dramatic locations on the planet. Villages partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak.
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  • Ornate wooden rooves at the Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • A Robin Hood pay-as-you-go card that can be used on buses and trams in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
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  • A group of friends and neighbours play “baralho” a form of domino’s in Rocinha favela, latin americas largest slum. Rio de Janeiro
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