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  • The fishing fleet of Tarbert on Scotland's Mull of Kintyre lies moored at the dock of this pretty coastal village in the Western Isles. Their colourful hulls shine in late afternoon sunshine as they are tied up awaiting another outing at sea to provide for this small fishing community a living and a livelihood for its families. But in the foreground sit a young couple whose prospects are not so positive: they rest on a bench in silhouette, one smoking a cigarette while turned to the friend who stares out to distant rolling hills. It is a scene of hopelessness that reflects modern life for the youth in remote communities where jobs are scarce and their futures far from secure. In an otherwise idyllic Scottish landscape, we guess at the disintegration of society up here - the scourge of economic downturn and future social problems.
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  • A detailed close-up of a trader in the central fish market of Malé, Republic of the Maldives. It is located to the west of Republic Square. This area is the main hub of trade and is a hive of activity through out the day. The waterfront and the by-lanes in the area are crowded with shops stocked with a variety of good. Grasping tight a handful of slippery skipjack tuna tails, the unseen man is carrying the fishes over to a stall table for a customer who wants them gutted and filleted, a scene that is familiar in similar markets across the world. The skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), represents 50-75% of all fish caught. The main method is pole and line in the Indian Ocean and fishery is the main occupation and major livelihood of the Maldivian people.
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  • With his boat in the background, a fishermen repairs his nets on the quayside after a night at sea in Tarbert, Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, a quiet community in the western Isles. The trawlerman fishes around the Scottish western isles on the edge of the Atlantic in a well-maintained boat that helps him make his livelihood dependent of fisheries policy and EU quotas that dictate how much they're allowed to catch per day/per week.
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  • A fishermen looks at rope, nets and tackle in his home port of Tarbert on the western Scottish Mull of Kintyre, a quiet community in the western Isles. Inhaling on his pipe, the middle-aged man is surrounded by the equipment that keeps his fishing business at sea to prive him with a livelihood. The boat is rusty, having seen many miles on inland seas around the western isles, the edge of the Atlantic, dependent of fisheries policy and EU quotas that dictate how much they're allowed to catch per day/per week.
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  • A fisherman returns to his home port of Tarbert on the western Scottish Mull of Kintyre, a quiet community in the western Isles. Looking towards the quay that will receive his boat called Prospector and where he is to unload their catch of shrimp. The man is probably the breadwinner who supports the family - his livelihood dependent of fisheries policy and EU quotas that dictate how much fishermen are allowed to catch per day/per week. But he is safe after a period at sea and appear happy to have returned with a catch to sell.
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  • With his home village seen in the background across the bay, a fishermen unloads his catch of Scottish shrimp watched by an elderly gent in at Tarbert, Mull of Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland UK.. The boxful of freshly-caught shrimp is being landed on the quayside of this quiet community in the western Isles. The trawlerman fishes around the Scottish western isles on the edge of the Atlantic in a well-maintained boat that helps him make his livelihood dependent of fisheries policy and EU quotas that dictate how much they're allowed to catch per day/per week.
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  • A rural Slovenian woman tends crops, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • A rural Slovenian church and a local woman tending crops, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • A local fisherman using a jetwash hoses down the seawater off shellfish pots overlooking the harbour, on 14th July 2017, at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
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  • Loading sacks of rice onto a boat on the Bilu river in an Intha ethnic minority village in Kayah State, Myanmar on 15th November 2016
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  • A young woman crushes betel nut on the streets of Mandalay on 25th May 2016 in Myanmar
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman processes millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman processes millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • Stick fishermen otherwise known as stilt fisherman fishing in the Indian Ocean on 17 April 2016 in Sri Lanka. Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to Sri Lanka, located off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean. The fishermen sit on a cross bar called a petta tied to a vertical pole and driven into the sand a few meters offshore. From this high position, the fishermen casts his line, and waits until a fish comes along to be caught. Although the approach looks primitive and ancient, stilt fishing is actually a recent tradition believed to have started during World War II when food shortages and overcrowded fishing spots prompted some men to try fishing on the water. Today, many fishermen rent their stilts to “actors” who pose as fishermen for photographers and tourists.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman sews traditional clothing, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman spinning cotton, Ban Pakha, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China.  Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • A Lanten ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing makes paper outside her home, Ban Houey Liey, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. The Lanten or Yao Mun are a small but distinctive group of the Yao ethnic minority residing in northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Maintaining a strong cultural identity, they are easily recognised by their hand woven, indigo dyed attire. Unlike many other ethnic groups who have relinquished their traditional dress, each Mun family still cultivates cotton and indigo for spinning, weaving, dyeing and sewing into clothing. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • An elderly Phu Tai ethnic minority woman weaves handspun cotton, Ban Lahanam, Savannakhet province, Lao PDR. Cotton has been grown in Laos for centuries, mostly on a small scale for household use. The people of the Phu Tai ethnic group have a long standing tradition of cotton production which they hand weave for clothing and household use. Cotton is planted by hand and watered by the monsoon rains. It takes 8 months for the plant to produce the cotton flower, then it is picked by hand, ginned by hand and then spun into yarn by hand.
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  • Handweaving organic cotton with a mutmee/tie dye design in Ban Lahanam, Savannakhet province, Lao PDR. In Savannakhet most textiles are dyed with natural dyes according to longstanding traditions. 'Mutmee' is a tie-dye weaving technique that is special to the Phu-Tai ethnic group where the string is tied  in each row wherever the colour is not wanted and then removed after dyeing.
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  • Young boy manhandles haymaking machine on the Alpe di Siusi (German: Seiser Alm) plateau, above the South Tyrolean town of Ortisei-Sankt Ulrich in the Dolomites, Italy. The youngster helps his family bring in the hay using machinery but also hand rakes. The Alpe di Siusi is the biggest high-alpine pasture in Europe with a surface of 57 km² and its altitude range from 1680 to 2350 m above sea level. This high-alpine pasture is located in the heart of the Dolomites. A mostly older generation of farmers work the land in this high area, known for its summer hiking trails and skiing pistes.
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  • A gondola ride in a narrow canal in Venice, Italy. The first mention ever of an Italian gondola was in Venice in 1094 and, of course, there have been gondoliers as long as there have been gondolas - so it’s one of the oldest professions in the world. Until August 2010, there had never been a single woman gondolier in Venice as licences were always passed down to male family members. Current prices (2015) is 80 Euros for a 40-minute journey (earning them approx 130,000 Euros a year) along the waterways of this old city but rarely do gondoliers wear their straw hat.
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  • A gondola ride in a narrow canal in Venice, Italy. The first mention ever of an Italian gondola was in Venice in 1094 and, of course, there have been gondoliers as long as there have been gondolas - so it’s one of the oldest professions in the world. Until August 2010, there had never been a single woman gondolier in Venice as licences were always passed down to male family members. Current prices (2015) is 80 Euros for a 40-minute journey (earning them approx 130,000 Euros a year) along the waterways of this old city but rarely do gondoliers wear their straw hat.
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  • Early morning transport of goods on Venice's Grand Canal seen from Ponte Accademia. It is dawn in the Italian city on the sea and the wide expanse of the Grand Canal curves around the districts of San Marco on the left (north) bank and Dorsuduro on the right (south). At this time of day, the waterways are used heavily for deliveries of supplies, goods being sold and consumed before the influx of tourists who, in their own way, flood the narrow streets and smaller canals with gondolas. The delivery man chugs towards the church of Santa Maria della Salute at the end.
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  • A Sasak fisherman fishing with a rod and line off Senggigi beach, Lombok, Indonesia. The predominantly Muslim Sasak people are the native inhabitants of Lombok where they form 85% of the population.
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  • Along the coast of Central Vietnam, fishermen in small round traditional bamboo fishing boats known as coracles set their nets in the early morning. In the evening they will bring any fish caught to be sold in the local fresh market in Ninh Hai village, Ninh Thuan province.
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  • Fisherman's wives carry the freshly caught fish back to Tamiao village, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Drying seaweed after harvesting, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Seaweed is fast growing and can be harvested in 1-2 months. After drying the seaweed is then sold to local buyers and a commercial processing plant in Cebu, where it is turned into powder; a high value product used by many industries including cosmetics and food. Before Typhoon Haiyan, Bantayan Island was the largest seaweed producer in Cebu province. The typhoon destroyed seaweed farms leaving over 2000 farmers without essential equipment and seedlings. Oxfam awarded cash grants to around 700 families to finance the purchase of seaweed seedlings and farming equipment including ropes, poles and floaters.
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  • Marta Layaog (77), fish saleswoman carrying fish for sale on her head, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Fishing boats preparing to go out fishing, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who live in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Erlinda Barsaga (71), fish saleswoman, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Roel Layaog (25), fisherman, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Romel Landao (28), fisherman with a freshly cooked fish, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Myrna Layaog (58), fish saleswoman, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Salvador Layaog (48), fisherman with his catch, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Michael Illustrismo (25), fisherman, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Silvacian Rayco (67) meets her husband Diosdado (66) and son Donato (27) as they return from fishing, Talisay, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations.
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  • Noveline Pinote (20), the pregnant wife of a fisherman prepares the fishing nets on her husbands pump boat, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Gloria Mandawe (56) repairs her husband’s fishing nets, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Gloria Mandawe (56) repairs her husband’s fishing nets, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Seaweed farmers Zosima Yeliganio (37) and Marissa Gegante (30) cleaning the seaweed of algae by hand, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Seaweed is fast growing and can be harvested in 1-2 months. The seaweed is then dried and sold to local buyers and a commercial processing plant in Cebu, where it is turned into powder; a high value product used by many industries including cosmetics and food. Before Typhoon Haiyan, Bantayan Island was the largest seaweed producer in Cebu province. The typhoon destroyed seaweed farms leaving over 2000 farmers without essential equipment and seedlings. Oxfam awarded cash grants to around 700 families to finance the purchase of seaweed seedlings and farming equipment including ropes, poles and floaters.
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  • Gloria Mandawe (56) seaweed farmer, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.  Gloria starts work at 5 am to remove the algae from the seaweed by hand so that it will grow faster. Seaweed is fast growing and can be harvested in 1-2 months. The seaweed is then dried and sold to local buyers and a commercial processing plant in Cebu, where it is turned into powder; a high value product used by many industries including cosmetics and food. Before Typhoon Haiyan, Bantayan Island was the largest seaweed producer in Cebu province. The typhoon destroyed seaweed farms leaving over 2000 farmers without essential equipment and seedlings. Oxfam awarded cash grants to around 700 families to finance the purchase of seaweed seedlings and farming equipment including ropes, poles and floaters.
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  • Gloria Mandawe (56) seaweed farmer, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.  Gloria starts work at 5 am to remove the algae from the seaweed by hand so that it will grow faster. Seaweed is fast growing and can be harvested in 1-2 months. The seaweed is then dried and sold to local buyers and a commercial processing plant in Cebu, where it is turned into powder; a high value product used by many industries including cosmetics and food. Before Typhoon Haiyan, Bantayan Island was the largest seaweed producer in Cebu province. The typhoon destroyed seaweed farms leaving over 2000 farmers without essential equipment and seedlings. Oxfam awarded cash grants to around 700 families to finance the purchase of seaweed seedlings and farming equipment including ropes, poles and floaters.
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  • Gloria Mandawe (56) seaweed farmer, Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines.  Gloria starts work at 5 am to remove the algae from the seaweed by hand so that it will grow faster. Seaweed is fast growing and can be harvested in 1-2 months. The seaweed is then dried and sold to local buyers and a commercial processing plant in Cebu, where it is turned into powder; a high value product used by many industries including cosmetics and food. Before Typhoon Haiyan, Bantayan Island was the largest seaweed producer in Cebu province. The typhoon destroyed seaweed farms leaving over 2000 farmers without essential equipment and seedlings. Oxfam awarded cash grants to around 700 families to finance the purchase of seaweed seedlings and farming equipment including ropes, poles and floaters.
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  • Imelda Esgana, fish vendor, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am Imelda meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing,  Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations.
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  • Imelda Esgana, fish vendor discussing the day's catch with a fisherman, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am Imelda meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing,  Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations.
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  • Fishermen Dudong Batiancila (60) and Alex Gidocos (40) prepare their fishing nets before going fishing, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish vendor Imelda Esgana selecting freshly caught crabs, Talisay, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am Imelda meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations.
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  • Fisherman Roberto Cabrara (59) sits on his fishing boat before heading out to sea, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. The storm had a devastating impact on the fishing and seaweed industry and caused extensive environmental damage which will have a long term impact on ecosystems and the communities who rely on them for food and employment. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations in Bantayan.
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  • A fisherman preparing to take his boat out to sea, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. The storm had a devastating impact on the fishing and seaweed industry and caused extensive environmental damage which will have a long term impact on ecosystems and the communities who rely on them for food and employment. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations.
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  • Farmer Gary Castanares polishes his hand milled SRI rice at home in Daguma village, Bagaubayan, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Gary attended Oxfam’s field school where he learnt about SRI (System of Rice Intensification) farming. Hand milling rice retains all of the vitamins and minerals and tastes better but it is very labour intensive.
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  • Farmer Gary Castanares hand mills SRI rice at home in Daguma village, Bagaubayan, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Gary attended Oxfam’s field school where he learnt about SRI (System of Rice Intensification) farming. Hand milling rice retains all of the vitamins and minerals and tastes better but it is very labour intensive.
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  • Farmer Gary Castanares prepares to hand mill SRI rice at home in Daguma village, Bagaubayan, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Gary attended Oxfam’s field school where he learnt about SRI (System of Rice Intensification) farming. Hand milling rice retains all of the vitamins and minerals and tastes better but it is very labour intensive.
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  • Home-grown organic cucumbers from Geronio and Teodora Ayson's garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.
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  • Teodora Ayson holds freshly picked green beans from her garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, The Philippines. Teodora and her husband Geronio have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.
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  • Vegetable and rice farmer, Geronio Ayson picks a pumpkin from his garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.
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  • Vegetable and rice farmer, Geronio Ayson holds loofahs from his garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.
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  • Vegetable and rice farmer, Geronio Ayson picks loofahs from his garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.
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  • Vegetable and rice farmer, Geronio Ayson picks cucumbers from his garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.
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  • Organic radishes for sale by members of the Women's Rural Improvement Group at Alamada market, Cotabato Province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • Organic peppers for sale by members of the Women's Rural Improvement Group from Sitio Matinao at Alamada market, Cotabato Province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • Grilled fish for lunch at the Climate Resiliency Field School, Cotabato Province, The Philippines. Oxfam has set up a number of Field Schools, giving local farmers the opportunity to learn about new farming techniques and practices, grow new vegetable varieties, learn about climate change and making their own organic fertilisers.
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  • A woman from the local Women's farmer group in Sitio Matinao holding a home-grown pumpkin she is selling at Alamada market, Cotabato Province, Mindanao Island, The  In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • A woman from the local Women's farmer group in Sitio Matinao holding a fruit she is selling at Alamada market, Cotabato Province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • Helen Jawil, a member of the "Women's Rural Improvement' group with her garden produce in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • Helen Jawil, a member of the "Women's Rural Improvement' group harvests tomatoes in her garden in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • Melba Barawid, a member of the "Women's Rural Improvement' group takes care of the strawberry plants on communal land in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Women in the group make use of a small piece of land which they use to grow new vegetables and crops before trying them at home in their own gardens. 
The women are currently growing their first strawberry crop which so far has been a success. 
All profits from the sale of the vegetables and fruits grown on the land goes back into a communal pot and is used to initiate the next crop.
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  • Josephine Alad-Ad (47), a member of 'Women's Rural Improvement Group' harvests onions from her farm in Sitio Matinao, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. In the Philippines climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons as well as a general rise in temperatures and rain leading to an increase in droughts, flash floods and landslides. This is having a huge impact on smallholder farmers who depend on one cash crop leaving them vulnerable to any changes in weather patterns. If their crops fail they are left with no other source of income for that year. In central Mindanao Oxfam is working with local partners and governments to increase awareness of climate change in poor communities and reduce the risks it creates to vulnerable farmers by supporting them in crop diversification.
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  • Mr Yang, a Bai ethnic minority man, one of only 6 cormorant fisherman remaining on Er Hai, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China since about 960 AD. To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. This prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, but the birds can swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish up. Though cormorant fishing once was a successful industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.
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  • Mr Yang, a Bai ethnic minority man, one of only 6 cormorant fisherman remaining on Er Hai, Xizhou, Yunnan Province, China. Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China since about 960 AD. To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. This prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, but the birds can swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish up. Though cormorant fishing once was a successful industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.
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  • Snatching a well-earned lunchtime snooze, a young office worker in Broadgate in the City of London. The young man sits with legs wide apart, oblivious to his posture.<br />
The bench which is owned by the Corporation of London, provided in this public space for those emerging from their offices to enjoy mid-day sunshine, a chance to steal a few precious minutes sleep before re-entering their office buildings and returning to desks.
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  • After the riots of London and other UK cities, Sri Lankan-born Sivaharan (Siva) Kandiah expresses shock in his looted shop 'Clarence Convenience Store' in Clarence Road, Hackney. After the riots of London and other UK cities, Sri Lankan-born Sivaharan (Siva) Kandiah expresses shock in his looted shop 'Clarence Convenience Store' in Clarence Road, Hackney. During the riot in London on Monday 8th August, local youths and older residents of nearby estates ransacked the business and either removed Siva’s stock or left the rest to spoil on the unrefrigerated floor. In alcohol and cigarettes alone, he lost £50,000 in stock but during the campaign top help him recover, more than £16,000 was raised by his customers and friends.
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  • English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
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  • High in the Nepali Himalayan foothills, travellers may be greeted by the welcoming relief of a group of mountain inns and hotels offering lodging to weary legs after many hours walking uphill in this gruelling landscape. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • A fisherman from the Maldives sits making a call on his mobile cell phone on the bow of a dhoni boat which heads along on a calm Indian Ocean. After a hard day's fishing he gazes forward to open sea where an almost uninterrupted view of sea and horizon is seen beyond except for a small island is faintly in view. Even small remote atoll communites in the Maldives have strong phone signals and many also have good Wi-Fi connections. He and his crew have been catching Yellow Fin Tuna in the seas north of the capital Male in this Islamic Republic. Their catch is for export to the EU and in particular, the UK's supermarkets. There is no limit and no obvious destination, just infinity and the thought of tomorrow.
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  • Fishermen from the Maldives haul aboard a yellow fin tuna to the deck of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. The tuna has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth but after being dragged up with hooks, the 50kg fish will be clubbed to death by smashing its skull with repeated blows. Next it will be gutted efficiently with sharp knives and immediately plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • Facing its own blood and guts on the blue deck, a yellow fin tuna is dead on the floor of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. After clubbing it death, fishermen from the Maldives have removed its respiratory organs with sharp knives and washes it down with a hose. Next it will be plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught (often weighing 50kg) before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • Lone fishing boat makes its way through Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job. Small boats today still operate this way. Loch na Keal National Scenic Area (NSA) embraces the coastline on the West of Mull, from Gribun cliffs to Ulva and Loch Tuath and also includes Inchkenneth, Staffa and the Treshnish Isles.
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  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron shows creel-caught velvet and Green Crab caught between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
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  • Creel-caught Velvet and Green Crab fished between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps(creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs( cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job. Small boats today still operate this way.
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  • As a sleeping homeless man lies curled up in his sleeping bag on a central London pavement, two window cleaners have carefully placed their ladders at his feet to clean a Boots the chemist sign. Each wearing identical blue working overalls and each wiping the frontage with their left hands, the men are symbolic of the working man versus that of a homeless person without a job, prospects or perhaps a future. The wide gap between hopelessness and the pride of one's achievement is shown here on the sidewalk of modern-day Britain. London is home to some 50,000 homeless people whose place of rest can often be recesses and shop doorways where they seek sanctuary from the cold and street violence. On the opposite end of the wealth and social divides are those who seek work with a positive outlook on life.
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  • Young Nepali boys stride past poor elderly man in Kathmandu street after recruitment into the British Gurkhas. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Nepali boys pose for a group photo under Kathmandu's Boudhanath Stupa after recruitment into the British Gurkhas. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys in army red march though a Pokhara street after being recruited for the Gurkha Regiment.  Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys watch how to perform sit-ups in Himalayas, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • With a dark, weathered face, an elderly man carries a harvest of straw on his back - a traditional way of bringing in the harvested - in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The man is close to the viewer, looking directly at us while other members of his community appear around a bend. Agriculture accounts for about 40% of Nepal's GDP, services comprise 41% and industry 22%. Agriculture employs 76% of the workforce, services 18% and manufacturing/craft-based industry 6%. Agricultural produce — mostly grown in the Terai region bordering India — includes tea, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops, milk, and water buffalo meat. Industry mainly involves the processing of agricultural produce, including jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain.
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  • Seen from St Catherine's Church in the old city of Gdansk, Poland, the famously sprawling shipyard is seen from across the city's old housing and trees. Once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • A woman street beggar prostrates herself on a pavement, ignored by Italian shoppers and pedestrians in Florence. As shoppers and tourists walk past in a hurry, pulling suitcases or carrying shopping, the people walk around the kneeling body whose stick lies on the ground with a paper cup to collect any spare change offered. There seems to be a mixture of indifference, pity and shame for what has become the modern face of Italian society in this once-grand medieval city. The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
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  • After the riots of London and other UK cities, volunteers and friends of Sri Lankan-born Sivaharan (Siva) Kandiah's looted shop 'Clarence Convenience Store' in Clarence Road, Hackney. During the riot in London on Monday 8th August, local youths and older residents of nearby estates ransacked the business and either removed Siva’s stock or left the rest to spoil on the unrefrigerated floor. In alcohol and cigarettes alone, he lost £50,000 in stock but during the campaign top help him recover, more than £16,000 was raised by his customers and friends.
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  • After the riots of London and other UK cities, volunteers and friends of Sri Lankan-born Sivaharan (Siva) Kandiah's looted shop 'Clarence Convenience Store' in Clarence Road, Hackney. During the riot in London on Monday 8th August, local youths and older residents of nearby estates ransacked the business and either removed Siva’s stock or left the rest to spoil on the unrefrigerated floor. In alcohol and cigarettes alone, he lost £50,000 in stock but during the campaign top help him recover, more than £16,000 was raised by his customers and friends.
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  • A local lady passes-by the looted Clarence Convenience Store belonging to Sri Lankan-born Sivaharan (Siva) Kandiah. During the riot in London on Monday 8th August, local youths and older residents of nearby estates ransacked the business and either removed Siva’s stock or left the rest to spoil on the unrefrigerated floor. In alcohol and cigarettes alone, he lost £50,000 in stock but during the campaign top help him recover, more than £16,000 was raised by his customers and friends.
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  • The damage and detritus of shop stock in the damaged Clarence Road Convenience Store belonging to Sri Lankan-born Sivaharan (Siva) Kandiah during the riots of London and other UK cities of August 2011. The local newspaper Hackney Gazette lies in shreds on the floor of the premises along with various other paper and goods, even electrical wiring that was ripped out. During the riot in London on Monday 8th August, local youths and older residents of nearby estates ransacked the business and either removed Siva’s stock or left the rest to spoil on the unrefrigerated floor. In alcohol and cigarettes alone, he lost £50,000 in stock but during the campaign top help him recover, more than £16,000 was raised by his customers and friends.
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  • Two businessmen - one younger than the other, who may be his superior - pace through the Broadgate Estate during a break in the working day in the City of London, the capital's financial centre - otherwise called the Square Mile. Seen as they walk fast under a covered alleyway, the warm sun strikes their faces while they are deep in conversation - perhaps discussing a strategy while fetching a local coffee. Deep shadow allows us to focus in on their dark suits, their pink skin and the similarly orange colour of the strong vertical columns that form this urban architecture completed in the Bishopsgate development of the mid-1980s. Broadgate is a large, 32 acres (129,499 m2) office and retail estate in the City of London, owned by British Land and managed by Broadgate Estates.
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  • A trader from the LIFFE futures exchange takes a break in the street during a weekday lunchtime. Alongside him on another bench is a homeless man in the City of London in a scene of wealth with prosperity versus the fate of poverty and loss. Wearing the orange jacket of this once thriving financial instutution, we see a scene of wealth and prosperity, from an era of growth during the industrial revolution to the arrogance and self-indulgence during the government of John Major - a political inheritance from Margaret Thatcher. The LIFFE exchange was synonymous with Thatcherite capitalist money-making ethos in the City of London of the 80s and early 90s before the takeover by Euronext in January 2002. It is currently known as Euronext.liffe. Euronext subsequently merged with New York Stock Exchange in April 2007.
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  • Wearing braces, striped shirt and sitting on a block, a young lawyer studies a legal book during a mid-morning break in the Inner Temple in the historic City of London. The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice which may call members to the Bar and so entitle them to practise as barristers. The Temple was occupied in the twelfth century by the Knights Templar, who gave the area its name but was heavily bombed during the Blitz of 1940-1 and the reclining marble memorial to predecessor, John Hiccocks who held the office of Master in Chancery between 1702 and 1723 (d 1726) behind the young law student is marked by the partially-demolished Goldsmiths Chambers on the north side of Temple Church where Hiccocks is buried. An assortment of potted red plants add to an otherwise dark courtyard
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  • Two young men dressed in office suits casually stuff their lunches during a hot lunchtime break in the Broadgate Estate in the City of London. Both with legs across knees, the lads in their 20s sit on a bench beneath a tree alongside the statue of a traditional gardener, slightly bent and equipped with hoe and wearing a wastecoat, hobnailed boots and flat cap, an iconic salt-of-the-earth workman. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-exhausted man whose life has been spent working the honest land.  The English social divide is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus the youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
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  • As two city office workers walk briskly towards the viewer, we also see an artwork, a series of statues of commuting people are also striding as one, making their homeward journeys. The two gentlemen however appear to be taking a lunchtime break from their desk jobs and carrying sports holdalls with the 90s sports brand Head, are probably on their way to any number of city-based gyms. They look successful and wealthy, products of a healthy economy and a business culture of bonuses and high prospects of affluence whereas the statues lend a feeing of suppression and the treadmill of their anonymous daily lives as if they were part of some Orwellian society.
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  • The Broadgate Venus by Fernando Botero in Exchange Square, Broadgate, City of London.
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  • Mothers push cilds buggies past a career bus ad and a graffiti-covered bus stop in Brixton, on 30th january 2019, in Lambeth, south London, England.
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  • A middle-aged woman florist sells flowers at her stall in Alfama, on 21st March 1994, in Lisbon, Portugal.
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