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  • A Bench depicting a scene from The Wind in the Wiillows by Kenneth Graham with the Bank of England and the WW1 memorial at Cornhill, City of London. Scottish-born Graham (1859-1932) was a city worker at the Bank of England, retiring as its Secretary in 1908 due to ill health, before writing one of the most loved pieces of English fiction about Thames river bank wildlife characters. BookBench is part of a trail of 50 uniquely designed benches around London, connecting literary locations. The benches will be auctioned off to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust, helping to raise literacy levels in the UK.
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  • A young Egyptian boy practices his English words from a textbook at his home in the village of Bairat, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. In 2012, the literacy rate in Egypt was 75.2 per cent - specifically, male (83.2) and female (67.3). Not all state schools teach English as the second language but favour instead the old colonial French.
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  • Al Ryad camp. Women’s Centre Women's literacy class student Haja Abdul Karim with her baby son. El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan.
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  • A young reader collects books to borrow in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they dont want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and its believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
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  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library29-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library12-01-04-2016.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library09-01-04-2016.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library11-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A businessman sits reading documents in sunlight by the window of a company foyer in the City of London, the capital's financial district. Seated in the foyer he has chosen the brightness in an otherwise dark location, where he can concentrate on reading the notes resting on his lap. A theme of small squares appear on the glass, currently popular in the City of London, the capital's oldest, financial district.
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  • A child in a village school, Ajajia, Ethiopia ready to write on the blackboard.
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  • A man reads a book at a table at the Zahrat al-Bustan cafe, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Men reading newspapers on the street, Jaipur, India
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  • A portrait of international award-winning Greek-born writer of fiction, Panos Karnezis in London where he lives and writes. Sitting in a favourite café near Angel, Islington, Panos looks relaxed and still young. He is the author of The Maze and is a developing writer of prize-winning fiction, shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel for the acclaimed Little Infamies. Panos Karnezis was born in Greece in 1967 and came to England in 1992. He studied engineering and worked in industry, then studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. His first book, Little Infamies (2002) is a collection of connected short stories set in one nameless Greek village, and his second book, The Maze (2004), is a novel set in Anatolia in 1922. It was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread First Novel Award. His latest novel is The Convent (2010).
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • A local man reads newspaper while sitting on steps of public building in Florence's Piazza Di Annunziata. Surrounded by city pigeons that also rest across this ground-level landscape, the man appears to be sucking a pencil while perhaps completing a tricky crossword or other media quiz. There is little colour in this image of history and urban decay but there is a peace and stillness amid an otherwise busy metropolis.
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  • Graffiti sprayed on a rendered brick wall proclaims that a higher authority ‘Can’t evict our ideas’. This message of resistance by the underdogs of a moral majority appears on a part of wasteland in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, where the residents of an estate near the city centre have been forcibly removed to make space for a new development. Before their migration, the anonymous, downtrodden people were desperate enough to write this piece of anarchical philosophy that might be seen as a metaphor for a class war against the establishment by The People; the working classes otherwise known in Marxist ideology, as the Proletariat – a kind of thought from the (Orwellian) novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell.
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  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their homes porch in late sunshine while still under the UK governments lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their homes porch in late sunshine while still under the UK governments lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their homes porch in late sunshine while still under the UK governments lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads across the UK, businesses and entertainment venues not already closed with the threat of job losses, struggle to stay open with growing rumours of a lockdown and travel restrictions around the capital. As Londoners start to work from home, shops like Doughnut Time experience a lack of trade where an employee passes time by reading his book, on 19th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • An elderly Italian man reads the latest news on the pages of El Tempo from a public display case, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy. El Tempo is a daily Italian newspaper published in Rome, Italy. was founded in Rome by Renato Angiolillo in 1944. Initially the newspaper was a conservative publication with an anti-communist stance.
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  • Seated on a park bench, as a young man approaches, a young woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Seated on a park bench, as a cyclist passes-by, a young Polish woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Seated on a park bench, a young Polish woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A young man reads a book in afternoon sunshine in the arched passageway of the Renaissance Cloth Hall on Rynek Glowny market square, on 22nd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A young man reads a book in afternoon sunshine in the arched passageway of the Renaissance Cloth Hall on Rynek Glowny market square, on 22nd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg and organised by Youth Strike 4 Climate, British eco-aware school and college-age pupils protest about Climate Change inaction in Parliament Square during their walkout from classes, on 15th March 2019, in Westminster, London England.
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  • Seen through a 1990s-era caravan, a lady reads to herself on a summers evening while holidaying on a camping site in Cornwall, on 13th August 2000, in Looe, England.
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  • Office workers enjoy a lunchtime in Leadenhall during the 2018 heatwave in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 24th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • The Slovenian Serbian Club antiquarian Slovene Serbian Club bookshop on Trubarjeva Cesta street in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 28th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • A riverside bookshop on Cankarjevo Nabrezje in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 25th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • Aerial view of passengers with reading material at a bus stop, on 17th April 2018, in the City of London, England.
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  • Young reader and his mum in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they dont want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and its believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-35-15-02-2018.jpg
  • A young reader in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they dont want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and its believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-21-15-02-2018.jpg
  • A young boy protests outside Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which re-opens for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they dont want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and its believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-16-15-02-2018.jpg
  • Young readers in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they dont want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and its believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-19-15-02-2018.jpg
  • With the brightness of overhead lighting, a bus passenger reads a book on the top deck of a Routemaster bus in central London, on 4th December 2017, in London England.
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  • A couple read their Sunday newspapers in a quiet corner of the Pony and Trap pub, October 8th 2017, in Chew Magna, Somerset, England.
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  • Surrounded by used books is an elderly gentleman reading a title the the shelves of the second-hand bookshop Barter Books in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick, on 26th September 2017, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
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  • Surrounded by used books is an elderly gentleman reading a title the the shelves of the second-hand bookshop Barter Books in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick, on 26th September 2017, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
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  • A couple read a shared book in a public park shelter, on 5th January 2017, in Ruskin Park, London borough of Lambeth, England.
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  • Elias Delgado, 17 and Cledia Ferreira Ramos, 17, are given English lessons by teacher Arsenio Dos Ramos at the Principe High School, Principe, Sao Tome and Principe<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • Young women sit reading at Bank Triangle, on 15th August 2016 in the City of London, UK. In warm summer sunshine, Londoners working in the City take a break from the desks of their financial institutions to read magazines and phone messages or social media. Near them is the WW1 war memorial that is located adjacent to the Bank of England.
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  • Members of the campaign to save nearby Carnegie Library in Herne Hill and closed by Lambeth council, organise a pop-up library and party in Ruskin Park, SE24 on 21st June 2016, in south London, United Kingdom. Shut since 31st March, children, the elderly and other adult groups have been prevented from using the building uphill from this location as Lambeth decide how to use the public space, bequeathed to the community by philanthropist, Andrew carnegie in 1911.
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  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • A portrait of the school headmaster beneath a picture of a Muslim cleric at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran during a religious class in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt372-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt371-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library33-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
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  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library21-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library18-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library13-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library09-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
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  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library04-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, in the south London borough of Lambeth on 31st March 2016 in London, United Kingdom. This has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library01-31-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A mother leads her kids past the exterior frontage of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill. Faced with the closure of its local library, Lambeth council plan to close the facility used by the community as part of austerity cuts, saying they will convert the building into a gym and privately-owned gentrified businesses - rather than a much-loved reading and learning resource. £12,600 was donated by the American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to help build the library which opened in 1906. It is a fine example of Edwardian civic architecture, built with red Flettan bricks and terracotta, listed as Grade II in 1981.
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  • A man reads his morning newspaper in Sitaram Bazar, Old Delhi, India
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  • A man reads a newspaper by a wall with political posters, New Delhi, India
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  • A man reads the morning newspaper atop a tangle of illegal water pipes in the Munika area. New Delhi, India
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  • An educated man reads a book with a City of London sculpture above his head. Concentrating on his literature, a book about dreams, the male looks carefully at the words on each page, anaware of his surroundings during a lunchtime break from his office job. The architecture of a modern city is seen above, with the characteristics of a Greek Corinthian column on the top right. We see a scene of education and pravacy, of modernity and classicism.
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  • Businesswoman sits in sunlit window beneath poster showing quality Belgian chocolates, in Manon Cafe on King William Street in the City of London, the capital's oldest, financial heart. The lady sits in sunshine, reading her newspaper while enjoying coffee and a healthy banana. The corporate illustration shows us the premium product sold by this better than average cafe chain present in London and New York and selling Leonidas chcolotaes and Illy Coffee.
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  • Members of Chinese exile community keep vigil and await more news outside their embassy a day after the Tiananmen Sq massacre. Catching up on the latest from home, the young Chinese activists read newspapers reporting of the massacre by the Chinese regime on protesting students in Beijing. The political crackdown that initiated on June 3–4 1989 became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre as troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military’s advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks.
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  • Two police officers patrol past a group of Chinese state news consumers in a Shenzhen street. Locals stop to scan headlines and the stories of the day from the sheets of newsprint posted up on street corners. The policemen in uniform patrol the area with a presence to deter petty crime in a new and prosperous China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and until the 1980s, almost all media outlets in Mainland China were state-run. Independent media outlets only began to emerge at the onset of economic reforms, although state-run media outlets such as Xinhua, CCTV, and People's Daily continue to hold significant market share.
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  • Isabel Snowden, 18, models period costume at the Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire, UK<br />
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, burlesque and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and best-loved writers in British literature.<br />
Around early 1809, Austen's brother Edward offered his mother and sisters a more settled life—the use of a large "cottage" in Chawton village that was part of Edward's nearby estate, Chawton House. The house is now a museum devoted to Austen and her work
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  • A teacher adresses schoolgirls in a classroom in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Traditionally, a girl's education was considered less important than boys - during the rule of the Taliban it was thought of as un-Islamic.
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  • Boy reads his Koran Boys in an Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDP) called Zahri Dosht
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  • The librarian of the main Mosque in Chinguetti, Mauritania reads from his Koran. Chinguetti, once one of Islam's holiest cities (today it is regarded as the seventh holiest city) it has been dated at a around seven hundred, (700) years old and is famed for it's Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Mauritania. The mosque is of a very ancient design and one that predates the later Arab minaret. From the story "The Wind and the City".
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  • Priceless Korans and Hadith (collection of the sayings of the Prophet) crumble in one of Chinguetti's many libraries. Chinguetti, Mauritania was a 'ksar' or medieval trading centre that was founded in the 6th century and for centuries the city was a principal gathering place for pilgrims of the Maghrib to gather on the way to Mecca. It is known for it's ancient libraries full of priceless books and Korans and is said to be the seventh holiest city in Islam
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  • An elderly couple read in the grounds of Danny House, one of England's finest stately homes now maintained as serviced apartments for retired people, bed & breakfast facilities and as a family business. Danny House, Hurstpierspoint, West Sussex
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  • The Fleet Street branch of bookseller Waterstone's has its stock of covers and titles on display in afternoon sunlight. The store's logo and brand name is overhead at the shop's entrance and sunlight shines onto the lower shelves containing the literature on sale. Waterstone's is a British book specialist established in 1982 by Tim Waterstone that employs around 4,500 staff throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. As well as the Waterstone's brand, the group owns the London bookseller Hatchards, founded in 1797 and Irish store Hodges Figgis, founded in 1768, retaining these names due to their historical connections.
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  • A man reads a book while sitting astride an old concrete-filled oil drums at the entrance to an East London railway tunnel. Wearing dark glasses and reading a book about successful business plans. The six solid drums serve as a heavy deterrent for any vehicles expecting to drive through the dark underpass. This is near Brick Lane, an area of now mainly the Bangladeshi and artists' community  but also of a new development of cross-London railways that have changed the area irreversibly. The tunnel is a turning off Sclater Street that formed part of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's subterranean Bishopgate Goodsyard in use between 1840 to 1964. Partly demolished in 2004, the rails now carry overland trains on the Crossrail project.
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  • Dr Safaa Elagib Adam reads documents on the journey by air to the firstever international Conference on Womens' Challenge in Darfur. Seated in a chartered Russian Antonov aircraft during flight to Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) where women from remote parts of Sudan gathered to discuss peace and political issues. The short flight saves her a hazardous five-day drive by road, known for extreme acts of violence by rebels and Janjaweed soldiers. The Sudanese Women General Union has 27,000 branches all over Sudan, including Darfur. They have representatives in all rural villages, across communities of around 80 tribes and clans. The women of Sudan are wives, mothers, farmers a real force and historically, there have been female leaders.
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  • Looking down from a high vantage point, we se boy pupils seated as they gather in front of the Headmaster during morning assembly at the City of London School for boys in central London. Individual faces in neat rows stretch into the distance as we look past the Headmaster who is addressing, facing his students. Some seem serious, a few are looking bored while one boy can be seen coughing into his hand and another looking away with a smirk.  We can see a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds, skin colours and hairstyles. The City of London School (CLS) is a boys' public school on the banks of the River Thames. It traces its origins to a bequest of land by John Carpenter, town clerk of London in 1442. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A portrait of international award-winning Greek-born writer of fiction, Panos Karnezis in London where he lives and writes. Sitting in a favourite café near Angel, Islington, Panos looks relaxed and still young. He is the author of The Maze and is a developing writer of prize-winning fiction, shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel for the acclaimed Little Infamies. Panos Karnezis was born in Greece in 1967 and came to England in 1992. He studied engineering and worked in industry, then studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. His first book, Little Infamies (2002) is a collection of connected short stories set in one nameless Greek village, and his second book, The Maze (2004), is a novel set in Anatolia in 1922. It was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread First Novel Award. His latest novel is The Convent (2010).
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  • Greek-born writer of foward-fiction, Panos Karnezis in London where he lives and writes. Here he relaxes in a north London cafe to drink coffee and read his newspaper in a somewhat calm setting where he can remain anonymous. Although, he is a largely unknown literary figure, Karnezis is already the author of Little Infamies (2002), The Maze (2004) and the Convent (2010) he is a developing writer of prize-winning fiction, shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel for the acclaimed Little Infamies. Panos Karnezis was born in Greece in 1967 and came to England in 1992. He studied engineering and worked in industry, then studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.
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  • A newspaper seller rests for a moment to eat a sandwich. With a foot resting on his stall, he bites his snack while outside the large Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in central London. The headline refers to yet another governmental mistake involving vast amounts of public money on this day in 1992.
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  • Balkh province Afghanistan. Samarkand-Dion. A mother attending adult education class. Wadjia (12) "I want to be a doctor. I'm in class 7 at school but I come here too to learn extra things."
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  • Balkh province Afghanistan. Samarkand-Dion. A mother attending adult education class.
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  • An imam leads his congregation. Also known as Qadiani's The Ahmadiyyas are the followers of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (1835-1908). According to his followers, he was the  founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at and The Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi. The Ahmadiyya (Qadiani) movement in Islam is a religious organisation with more than 30 million members worldwide. Ahmadiyyas are now banned from calling themselves Muslim in Pakistan and suffer terrible discrimination under anti-blasphemy laws and are regularly murdered for their faith.
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  • A female tourist reads from a guidebook while her male companion lies on a low wall in the Piazza dei Signori, Verona, Italy
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  • An elderly man reads his  newspaper on the street on the Rue Mouffetard.<br />
Rue Mouffetard is in the Fifth (cinquieme) arrondisement and the street is one of the oldest in Paris. A Roman road, it originally ran from the Roman Rive Gauche city all the way to Italy. Today, the market is famous for it's quality fresh produce and artisanal food shops.
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading a newspaper at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • A man reads a newspaper on the roof terrace of the Indian Coffee House, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi, India.The Coffee House dates back almost fifty years, first in central Connaught Place, then Janpath and now at the top of a rather shabby shopping centre. Still run by the Indian Coffee Workers Cooperative Society, it was a regular haunt for politicos in Delhi and It's clientelle is still well read and intellectual.
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  • A man reads a newspaper on the roof terrace of the Indian Coffee House, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi, India.The Coffee House dates back almost fifty years, first in central Connaught Place, then Janpath and now at the top of a rather shabby shopping centre. Still run by the Indian Coffee Workers Cooperative Society, it was a regular haunt for politicos in Delhi and It's clientelle is still well read and intellectual.
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  • A man reads a newspaper on the roof terrace of the Indian Coffee House, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi, India.The Coffee House dates back almost fifty years, first in central Connaught Place, then Janpath and now at the top of a rather shabby shopping centre. Still run by the Indian Coffee Workers Cooperative Society, it was a regular haunt for politicos in Delhi and It's clientelle is still well read and intellectual.
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  • Two girls read on a park bench in Pec, Hungary.Pecs has been chosen as the 2010 European City of Culture. The city is on the southern slopes of the Mecsek Hills and has a sub-Mediterranean climate. Settled by Romans as Sopianae, it was a significant Christian settlement. Later conquered by the Ottomans, it has important Turkish architecture.
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  • Two men read a newspaper by a modernist fountain, Pec, Hungary.Pecs has been chosen as the 2010 European City of Culture. The city is on the southern slopes of the Mecsek Hills and has a sub-Mediterranean climate. Settled by Romans as Sopianae, it was a significant Christian settlement. Later conquered by the Ottomans, it has important Turkish architecture.
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  • Looking down on office and business workers who are lying down and relaxing in the grass in their lunch break at Finsbury Circus, a circular green park space in the heart of London's financial district, the City of London. Surrounding them is an art instillation of steel sheep that are incongruously grazing among the assorted people, much like they once did when London was a home to livestock en-route to market. In the foreground a man in a dark suit has taken off his jacket and is lying down to complete his Financial Times (FT) crossword. Nearby, a lady and man are sitting eating a packed lunch. The City, is the historic financial core of London from which the modern conurbation grew and its one square mile (2.6 km) boundary has remained constant since the Middle Ages.
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