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  • Stacks of cigarette cartons are piled up in a display of duty free goods at Bahrain International airport . Camel Filters are featured more prominently here to suggest the importance of desert Gulf States like Bahrain in the global market. Bahrain is a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Duty free merchandise such as tobacco, jewellery, perfumes and electronics are big business here, favouring cheaper import duties and currency rates. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis09-21-04-2001_1.jpg
  • Two elderly passengers have stopped by in a retail space called World of Duty Free to taste Scottish Malt Whiskey in Terminal 5 at heathrow Airport. The two South-Africans travel widely across the world to visit their extended family and like to stop by this shop to try the various blends of Scotch with the help of a sales person who helps them decide which bottles to buy. Together they swallow the fine alcohol and taste its delicate and subtle differences. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport132-13-07-2009_1.jpg
  • With royal crests, twelve boxes of Gordon’s special Dry Gin are stacked at a duty free logistics warehouse near Heathrow airport,  destined for departing passengers. There are six one and a half litre bottles inside these yellow boxes marked with the famous Gordon’s brand, produced in the United Kingdom and under license in other former British territories, owned by the alcohol company Diageo Plc. It was developed in London in 1769 by a Scot, Alexander Gordon. The Special London Dry Gin he developed proved successful, and its recipe remains unchanged to this day. Triple-distilled, the gin contains juniper berries, coriander seeds, angelica root and one other botanical ingredients though the recipe for Gordon's is known to only four people in the world and has been kept a secret for 200 years.nt transporting of goods in and out of this logistics hub.
    gordons_gin-08-02-1999_1.jpg
  • On sentry duty at the Presidential Bodyguard HQ's, three soldiers stand to attention during the short ceremony where different soldiers take up their posts.   The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir, New Delhi, India.
    20071224_india_0450_1.jpg
  • While on ceremonial duties at the Queen's Buckingham Palace, members of the Welsh Guards prepare the finer details of uniform presentation at the Wellington barracks, opposite the Palace in central London, England. Buffing up their bearskin hats and brushing away any specks of dust from shoulders, they each help the other appear as near-perfect as they can before parading in front of thousands during the Changing of the Guard or at other times, during tropping of the Colour on the Queen's birthday occasion. Formed in 1915 by order of King George V,  have fought in every war since but are housed at the Wellington Barracks purely for ceremonial reasons, also serving on active duty in the world's trouble spots, where their professionalism is demanded by their British Ministry of Defence masters.
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  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers on sentry duty at their HQ's with the Rashtrapati Bhavan Palace in background. The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071223_india_0629_1.jpg
  • In the foreground we see the strong forearm of a British army soldier whose blood group O-Negative has been tattooed in large letters beneath an image of a Japanese Geisha girl. He also wears a watch with aq green strap matching his working army fatigues uniform. Behind him are two part-time territorial army conscripts who are sitting on their  army-issued rucksack Bergens awaiting further orders to serve on active duty from Sandhurst military academy to the Balkans during Operation Resolute, the  National Support Element to support NATO action. The dominating figure in the foreground stands upright though we don't see his face. His two conscripts sit on the ground looking dejected or perhaps worried about their forthcoming duties. They are still in civillian clothing, jeans and t-shirts but will soon change into uniform.
    army06-15-12-2007 _1.jpg
  • From high above the stacked crates and pallets of duty free merchandise at the British Airports Authority (BAA) secure facility near London Heathrow airport, a blurred forklift truck drives down a corridor moving fast away from two people in the background. In the foreground yellow boxes contain Gordon's Gin and Benson & Hedges cigarettes destined for the airports and aircraft leaving BAA terminals. We see the diagonal lane in this warehouse the size of a hangar, so vast is its scale. The workers in the distance appear dwarfed against the tall shelves of merchandise that they need to organise and keep a tally of. It is a picture of ultimate organisation and the efficient transporting of goods in and out of this logistics hub.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 10th April 2013. Police on duty outside former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's house in London.
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  • London, UK. Thursday 16th August 2012. Police on duty outside the Ecuador Embassy in London, as people await information on whether he will be granted political asylum, or be extradited from the UK.
    20120816ecuador embassy police_E_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 16th August 2012. Police on duty outside the Ecuador Embassy in London, as people await information on whether he will be granted political asylum, or be extradited from the UK.
    20120816ecuador embassy police_B_1.jpg
  • Police on duty directing traffic near to the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London, UK.
    20120725police westminster_A_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 10th April 2013. Police on duty outside former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's house in London.
    20130410police thatcher houseA.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 16th August 2012. Police on duty outside the Ecuador Embassy in London, as people await information on whether he will be granted political asylum, or be extradited from the UK.
    20120816ecuador embassy police_F_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 16th August 2012. Police on duty outside the Ecuador Embassy in London, as people await information on whether he will be granted political asylum, or be extradited from the UK.
    20120816ecuador embassy police_D_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 16th August 2012. Police on duty outside the Ecuador Embassy in London, as people await information on whether he will be granted political asylum, or be extradited from the UK.
    20120816ecuador embassy police_C_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 16th August 2012. Police on duty outside the Ecuador Embassy in London, as people await information on whether he will be granted political asylum, or be extradited from the UK.
    20120816ecuador embassy police_A_1.jpg
  • Police on duty directing traffic near to the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London, UK.
    20120725police westminster_B_1.jpg
  • Sailors on duty beneath the giant hull of their ship during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day57-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Student officers and a sailor rating on duty beneath the giant hull of their ship during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day55-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Two student officers on duty on the top deck during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day44-11-05-2013.jpg
  • A guardsman of an unknown regiment, stands on ceremonial duty in the Mall during celebrations of the Queen's official Golden Jubilee in June 2002. The soldier in resplendent red tunic and the controversial bearskin is an iconic emblem of Britain's armed forces during official events. But the officer may be a Grenadier or a Welsh Guard who share similar uniforms and perform similar duties in London. We see over his shoulder on which his regimental insignia is and also where the bayonet of his weapon is fixed and dangerously sharp. He is a sergeant major and therefore responsible for other soldiers' rank and files. The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. The Grenadier Guards celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2006.
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  • Lance Corporal Daffadar Lal from the Indian Army's Presidential Bodyguard regiment (also known as the PBG) on duty.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0233_1.jpg
  • Surrounded by personal effects and baggage, a US airman with the insignia for a Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt), awaits his flight in the terminal at Mildenhall air force base, Suffolk, England. Leaving England and a posting abroad, the man looks relaxed before a long flight back the USA after duty in Europe.
    us_serviceman01-10-01-2003_1_1.jpg
  • Metropolitan police officers stand guarding a closed underground tube entrance at London's Victoria station. There is a tube strike and capacity is vastly reduced so numbers are being strictly restricted while the tube unions ask drivers and staff not to report for duty. Passengers queue patiently behind the barriers, their faces seen with resigned expressions, as Londoners are typically want to do.
    rail_strike01-21-06-1989.jpg
  • Student officers and a sailor rating on duty beneath the giant hull of their ship during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day53-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Sailors on duty wait for a launch before going ashore during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day23-11-05-2013.jpg
  • A guardsman of an unknown regiment, stands on ceremonial duty in the Mall during celebrations of the Queen's official Golden Jubilee in June 2002. The soldier in resplendent red tunic and the controversial bearskin is an iconic emblem of Britain's armed forces during official events. But the officer may be a Grenadier or a Welsh Guard who share similar uniforms and perform similar duties in London. We see his chinstrap in polished gold leaf and his rank insignia on his epaulette as he stands silent, checking other soldier ranks. The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. The Grenadier Guards celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2006.
    grenadier_guards02-03-06-2002_1.jpg
  • Four members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are on tactical manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough airfield, England. These Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves. The nearest to the camera points his weapon past the viewer with a yellow blank cover attached.
    army04-15-12-2007 _1.jpg
  • A student officer on duty on the top deck during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day27-11-05-2013.jpg
  • A memorial to a soldier named Gary Golbey wreaths lie after Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph in Londons Whitehall, on 12th November 2019, in London, England. A Gulf War veteran who developed a brain tumour but went back on active service had died, aged 42. Colour Sergeant Gary Golbey, originally from Kidsgrove, was taken ill in 2005 when he was part way through his second tour of service in Iraq. But he fought back from his illness to return to the army while in remission. The champion Army boxer spent more than two decades with the Staffords – now 3 Mercian – and saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Iraq, where he completed two tours of duty.
    cenotaph_wreaths-05-12-11-2019.jpg
  • Diplomats duty free store in Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Gravestone for a policeman who died on duty in Stoke Newington Abney Park Cemetry, London UK. Abney Park cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. <br />
By the early 1990s the cemetery was acknowledged to be the largest woodland ecosystem in North London, close to the centre of the City of London.
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  • Duty Free customer and a picture of the Bay of Naples at Naples airport. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, or mixtures of gases and solids at high temperature which, sliding along the slopes of the volcano at high speed can destroy in a short time everything is on its way. Pyroclastic flows probably will not grow at 360 ° in the neighborhood of the volcano, but will head in one or more preferential directions
    vesuvius483-30-05-2014_1.jpg
  • 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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  • Seen from behind and from a low angle, we see the towering, imposing figure of a City of London Police officer while on duty in Trafalgar Square during England v USA World Cup match. At the half-time pause in the game, the officer stands to watch over this location noted for political protest and sporting celebrations. On this occasion though, there is no large TV screen to avoid social disorder and the City of London Police who usually patrol the capital's old financial district are helping the larger Met Police force during this sporting summer. Seemingly below him, is the 5.5 m (18 ft) statue of Admiral Nelson on its 46 m (151 ft) Foggintor granite column, built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate the heroic Napoleonic war sailor Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
    police_trafalgar01-12-06-2010.jpg
  • Detail of the Siemens Integrated Mail Processor (SIMP) operated by the Royal Mail at their Nine Elms sorting office Vauxhall, London. Developed in the mid-1990s it is the backbone of Royal Mail's system and Nine Elms is the biggest and most modern sorting office in Britain, employing 1,000 people and handling all post coming from/to south London: 1.1 million first-class items a day, 750,000 second class. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres.
    nine_elms_35.jpg
  • 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.
    met_police3-19-July-2011.jpg
  • 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.
    met_police2-19-July-2011.jpg
  • 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.
    met_police1-19-July-2011.jpg
  • Sorted letters are grouped in a drawer at Royal Mail's giant warehouse at the DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Raised from its neighbours is an Air Mail letter addressed to someone called Rodrigues and with stamps if its unknown country. Each letter faces the same direction for ease of viewing in this enormous complex where some of the UK's 82 million items pass through. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres.
    DIRFT135-20-02-2007 _1.jpg
  • On the tarmac of RAF Northolt, a military and VIP airfield in north London, the recently-deceased body of Diana Princess of Wales is borne on the six shoulders of an RAF pallbearer guard, her coffin carried away from the Royal Air Force (BAe) 146 jet belonging to the Queen's flight used by members of the Royal family to travel to location around the country. Draped in the Royal Standard which is the flag used by Queen Elizabeth II in her capacity as Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The servicemen are in full ceremonial uniforms and wear immaculate white gloves to handle this very solemn occasion in British history. Their duty as servants to the crown being respectful and professional.
    diana_coffin-31-08-1997_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 9th August 2012. London 2012 Olympic Games Park in Stratford. British army on duty to cover the shortfall in security.
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  • London, UK. Thursday 9th August 2012. London 2012 Olympic Games Park in Stratford. British army on duty to cover the shortfall in security.
    20120809olympics british army_C_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Thursday 9th August 2012. London 2012 Olympic Games Park in Stratford. British army on duty to cover the shortfall in security.
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  • London, UK. Thursday 9th August 2012. London 2012 Olympic Games Park in Stratford. British army on duty to cover the shortfall in security.
    20120809olympics british army_A_1.jpg
  • An aerial view overlooking the processing depot of Royal Mail's DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Commercial postage of catalogues, junk mail and brochures pass through this enormous complex where some of the UK's 82 million items pass through. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres such as DIRFT.
    DIRFT176-20-02-2007 _1.jpg
  • The legs of anonymous airline employees are seen from below a smoking screen that obscures their faces outside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building. In afternoon sunshine, the women wear their airline uniforms and are sharing an off-duty puff on their cigarettes as part of their working shift at this international aviation hub. Without seeing their upper-bodies, we imagine their conversation and gossip. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1058-11-08-2009_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0078_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0107_1.jpg
  • Presidential Bodyguard soldiers in early morning dust and mist filled horsemanship practice, consisting of jumping, daredevil riding and other such activities at the PBG's training grounds. This a regular activity as it requires the riders to perfect their horse riding skills and maneuvers for their official duties at ceremonial events.  The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071224_india_0086_1.jpg
  • A soldier with the Hungarian army on ceremonial duties in central Budapest, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
    hungary_people13-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A couple compare prices of cigarette carton brands while shopping before flying from Heathrow Airport, on 8th February 1999, at London, England.
    duty_frees-08-02-1999.jpg
  • Police officers from Humberside in the North east of England stand in front of the main entrance to the Olympic Park as a visible presence during the London 2012 Olympics. More than 230 officers from across the Humber region travelled to London to help police the Olympic Games. Holidays were restricted, training reduced and special constables  drafted in to provide cover in Hull and the East Riding as officers were sent to London to police the city while the Games are on. Senior officers say they have been working hard to ensure "core policing" across Hull and the East Riding is not weakened.
    olympic_park02-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of a Lance Corporal in the Rifles regiment of the British army next to the Olympic rings logo before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    canoe_slalom04-29-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Police officers from Humberside in the North east of England stand in front of the main entrance to the Olympic Park as a visible presence during the London 2012 Olympics. More than 230 officers from across the Humber region travelled to London to help police the Olympic Games. Holidays were restricted, training reduced and special constables  drafted in to provide cover in Hull and the East Riding as officers were sent to London to police the city while the Games are on. Senior officers say they have been working hard to ensure "core policing" across Hull and the East Riding is not weakened.
    olympic_park03-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Wearing a turban according to the beliefs of the Sikh faith, a Metropolitan police officer helps an Asian lady citizen outside Buckingham Palace, London England UK. At a time when the 'Met' were recruiting members of ethnic minorities to demonstrate their tolerance of other communities, this man is clearly a symbol of how Britain has changed, since the 1960s to a multi-cultural society. Pointing out direction to help the lady find her way, the officer proudly wears his turban of his religion.
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  • Soldiers of the Rifles regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster10-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster09-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army helps tourists while standing guard the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster07-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster05-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster04-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster01-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the British army stand guarding the entrance to the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster24-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the British army stand guarding the entrance to the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster02-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Police officers stand guarding the entrance of the official London 2012 merchandise shop - hours before another successful gold medal win, this time by Team GB triathlete Alistair Brownlee in the men's Triathlon during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The mid-week event surprisingly drew huge crowds into the capital's largest public (royal) park for an event, not usually attracting families with children who all enjoyed the fine weather and easy temperatures. A London 2012 merchandise shop was set up on the southern side and parents and kids used the exterior hoarding featuring iconic London landmarks such as Nelson's Column, St Paul's Cathedral and Tower Bridge, to relax against after an early start from homes around the country
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  • A Chief Petty Officer near the Navy's Ensign flag on the hangar deck during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day50-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Diplomatic protection police officer interacting with tourists at the gates of Downing Street, the Prime Minister's address in Westminster London. Pointing up the street for the benefit of a male visitor, possibly to show him exactly where the Prime Minister's official home is, the policeman is seen to be wearing a stab-proof vest and yellow-handled taser on his chest. Childern follow his gaze, interested to know about this London landmark at the heart of the UK's government.
    whitehall_police01-13-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Security patrol in an urban landscape of modern architecture at Broadgate in the City of London. A member of the security team enters a side door of a dark, shadowy corner. The figure wears a hi-visibility as he disappears inside. Broadgate Estate is a large, 32 acre (129,000 m²) office and retail estate in the City of London, owned by British Land and managed by Broadgate Estates. It was originally built by Rosehaugh and was the largest office development in London until the arrival of Canary Wharf in the early 1990s. The City is a major business and financial centre. Throughout the 19th century, the City was perhaps the world's primary business centre, and it continues to be a major meeting point for businesses
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  • Children and adults having their hair cut for free in a park as part of an NGO's social programme, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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  • Commanding as well as non-commanding officers of The  Presidential Bodyguard regiment or PBG salute their Commander -in -Chief as he arrives to inspect their headquarters. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir, New Delhi, India. different soldiers take up their posts.
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  • Two Metropolitan Police officers patrol the tidal waters River Thames near Tower Bridge in London, England. In their small boat used to police and often make searches of the river in central London, their searchlight watches for people in the water - especially on Fridays and around New year. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames).
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  • Two Metropolitan Police officers patrol the tidal waters River Thames beneath the bow HMS Belfast warship in London, England. In their small boat used to police and often make searches of the river in central London, their searchlight watches for people in the water - especially on Fridays and around New year. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames).
    thames_police-18-05-1993_1_1.jpg
  • A woman police officer (WPC) stands with white paint plashed over her uniform during a public protest over the Poll Tax policies of Margaret Thatcher's government in 1990. It is dark and the trouble has been growing throughout the evening when the paint was thrown by unknown protesters. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Thatcher's local authority tax, eventually stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    police_paint01-09-03-1990.jpg
  • A British soldier of the Royal Marines sits in a Games Maker's high chair to oversee an entrance to the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park126-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A sailor walks down the gangplank beneath the giant hull of their ship during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day52-11-05-2013.jpg
  • A detail of the arms of a Royal Marines Commando guarding the top deck of HMS Illustrious during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier in Greenwich. The weapon is an SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) a British family of 5.56mm small arms. It is a selective fire, gas-operated assault rifle. The Royal Marine Corps (RM) is the marine corps and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom and forms part of the Naval Service (along with the Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and associated organisations). The Royal Marines were formed in 1755 as marine infantry for the Royal Navy. However, it can trace its origins back to the formation of "the Duke of York and Albanys maritime regiment of foot" at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company on 28 October 1664
    navy_open_day43-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Metropolitan police officers guard the Belgravia home of the recently-deceased Baroness Margareth Thatcher, days after her death from a stroke at age 87. Her Chester Square house was Lady Thatcher's home from 1991 until she moved into the Ritz hotel in London at Christmas following an operation.
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  • Metropolitan police officers guard the Belgravia home of the recently-deceased Baroness Margareth Thatcher, days after her death from a stroke at age 87. Her Chester Square house was Lady Thatcher's home from 1991 until she moved into the Ritz hotel in London at Christmas following an operation.
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  • Royal Air Force officers formally await visiting foreign dignitaries at the BAE Systems stand during the bi-annual aerospace industry expo at the Farnborough airshow in southern England. As an important trading partner, both the RAF and BAE Systems present a united front in the marketplace, each helping the other to promote the UK-PLC  brand and urging foreign governments to buy British. In the background is a BAE Systems Hawk attack and trainer jet aircraft used by the RAF and airforces in gthe middle-east. Operators of the Hawk include the Royal Air Force (notably the Red Arrows display team) as well a considerable number of foreign military operators. The Hawk is still in production in the UK and under licence in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with over 900 Hawks sold to 18 operators around the world.
    farnborough04-07-01-2000_1.jpg
  • The backs of officers from the City of London police, man a checkpoint looking for suspect vehicles and drivers entering at Aldgate, one the city entrance points into the Square Mile, the capital's financial and historic heart, founded by the Romans in 43AD.
    city_police05-18-10-2013_1.jpg
  • A female member of a United Airlines crew flight attendant, nears the top of an escalator at the Chicago O'Hare airport terminal, USA. Holding the wheelie case with one hand, it stands upright on the travelator, ready to be pulled along the floor to the departure gate. A family picture of a little girl smiles out from behind a plastic protective sleeve - a clue that the woman's daughter might be waiting for her mother to return home safely after the next flight.
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  • Eating women and a Met Police officer on a street corner in Leicester Square in central London. In a campaign to combat street crime, Met police have increased a noticeable presence by standing on a plinth slightly above the crowds of this busy tourist location in the West End. Next to the officer, is a woman tucking in to a lunchtime sandwich while a young woman enjoys an ice cream.
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  • A Met Police officer wears a pollution mask while in traffic in central London. With elastic ties reaching behind his head, the policeman breathes easier in the presence of microscopic background bacteria particles and NO2 gas levels found in areas of heavy traffic, in large UK cities. His work takes him out into polluted areas and the Police Federation insist on protecting its union members from atmospheric harm.
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  • Beneath Corinthian pillars and columns, two Met Police officers keep a lookout from a balcony during the annual Trooping of the colour parade in the Mall. From their high vantagepoint, the two policemen watch spectator crowds as members of the armed services as they march past towards the nearby parade ground at Horseguards. Security is tight in an era of IRA terrorist activity in the early 1990s. The Sovereign's birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June.
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  • A close-up detail of a London Metropolitan police officer's face and helmet. Wearing a moustache and the famous tall helmet with the crest of the Met Police on the front.
    met_policeman01-20-03-1991.jpg
  • A marble plaque announcing the entrance to the Presidential Bodyguard regiment in New Delhi. The  Presidential Bodyguard or PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071223_india_0590_1.jpg
  • The backs of officers from the City of London police, man a checkpoint looking for suspect vehicles and drivers entering at Aldgate, one the city entrance points into the Square Mile, the capital's financial and historic heart, founded by the Romans in 43AD.
    city_police04-18-10-2013_1.jpg
  • Local men killed in WW1 are commemorated on the war memorial on the Green at Hartest, on 10th July 2020, in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
    suffolk-42-10-07-2020.jpg
  • A week after a Black Lives Matter protest turned to violence when the statue of wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was daubed in graffiti which called him a racist, and despite warning from police not to attend protests at all today - and to be off the streets by 5.00pm - a large group crowd of right-wing groups gathered at the boxed-in statue to protect it from further vandalism by Black Lives Matter and anti-racism opponents. Alongside the statue of Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the modern police force, Met Police officers also guarded the boxed-in statue of Nelson Mandela which the far-right had said they would attack, on 13th June 2020, in London, England.
    racism_protest-06-13-06-2020.jpg
  • The Streatham High Road remains closed 24hrs after the terrorist attack in south London, in which Sudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by police after stabbing people, on 3rd February 2020, in London, England. Amman had been released from prison a week ago after serving half of a sentence for terror offences, and was under police surveillance. Three people were injured but none is in a life-threatening condition.
    streatham_terrorism-03-03-02-2020.jpg
  • Two film crews record a USAF United States Air Force aviator, in training during week-long survival course held at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington, on 6th August 1995, in Spokane, Washington, USA. The course is aimed at highy-trained personnel conducting a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Held in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott OGrady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a heros Presidential welcome.
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  • Wartime wreaths lie at the Cenotaph in Londons Whitehall after Remembrance Sunday, on 12th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Wartime wreaths lie at the Cenotaph in Londons Whitehall after Remembrance Sunday, on 12th November 2019, in London, England.
    cenotaph_wreaths-01-12-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    surbiton_journey-08-07-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    surbiton_journey-07-07-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-01-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-09-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-10-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-08-06-11-2019.jpg
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