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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Two festival revellers roll in the mud after they took part in a tomato fight at the Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 near Glastonbury, England. The Festival, which Michael Eavis started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid just £1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 24: A woman passes a mural that has been painted on a derelict building in Stokes Croft showing US presidential hopeful Donald Trump sharing a kiss with former London Mayor Boris Johnson on May 24, 2016 in Bristol, England. Boris Johnson is currently one of the biggest names leading the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union in the referendum which takes place on June 23 and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has also backed a so-called Brexit. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
GLASTONBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 27: The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on September 27, 2015 in Glastonbury, England. Tonight's supermoon, so called because it is the closest full moon to the Earth this year, is particularly rare as it coincides with a lunar eclipse, a combination that has not happened since 1982 and won't happen again until 2033. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
IDOMENI, GREECE - MARCH 14: Migrants try to cross a river after leaving the Idomeni refugee camp on March 13, 2016 in Idomeni, Greece. The decision by Macedonia to close its border to migrants on Wednesday has left thousands of people stranded at the Greek transit camp. The closure, following the lead taken by neighbouring countries, has effectively sealed the so-called western Balkan route, the main migration route that has been used by hundreds of thousands of migrants to reach countries in western Europe such as Germany. Humanitarian workers have described the conditions at the camp as desperate, which has been made much worse by recent bouts of heavy rain. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: British troops gesture as the board a RAF C-17 as they leave Afghanistan to go home at Kandahar airfield on November 13, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Now that British combat operations have ended and the last UK base in Afghanistan had been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, any remaining troops are leaving the country via Kandahar. As the drawdown of the US-led coalition troops heads into its final stages, many parts of Kandahar airfield - once home to tens of thousands of soldiers and contractors - are being closed or handed over to the Afghans. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
ENNISKILLEN, NORTHERN IRELAND - JUNE 18: Leaders (L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama stand for the 'family' group photograph at the G8 venue of Lough Erne on June 18, 2013 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The two day G8 summit, hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, is being held in Northern Ireland for the first time. Leaders from the G8 nations have gathered to discuss numerous topics with the situation in Syria expected to dominate the talks. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves Kandahar Airbase on December 13, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency during his visit, hailing the next few months as critical. He was on an unannounced visit two weeks after ordering 500 extra British troops into the war alongside a surge of 30,000 American forces as part of a sweeping new US strategy to turn around the eight-year war. AFP PHOTO / Matt Cardy (Photo credit should read MATT CARDY/AFP/Getty Images)
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 15: The winter sun begins to rise over mist and fog that has formed over fields on the Somerset Levels on November 15, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. After being battered by strong winds and heavy rain last week, parts of the UK are enjoying cold, fine winter weather. However more wind and rain is forecast to hit later in this week. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
WARMINSTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: The sun shines on trees that are displaying their autumn colours surrounding Palladian bridge and the lakeside Pantheon at the National Trust's Stourhead on November 3, 2010 near Warminster, England. The UK is currently enjoying one of the best autumn displays for years, due in part to the long drought of this year's spring, and the wet and cool of the late summer that followed. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: Mourners react as the courtege carrying the bodies of seven British soldiers and Marines killed in Afghanistan pass along the High Street on June 29, 2010 in Wootton Bassett, England.The bodies of Sergeant Steven Darbyshire, Lance Corporal Michael Taylor, Marine Paul Warren, all of 40 Commando Royal Marines, Lance Corporal David Ramsden of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, Colour Sergeant Martyn Horton, Private Alex Issac and Private Douglas Halliday, all of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, passed through the town after they were repatriated to nearby RAF Lyneham. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 08: (L-R) Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg, Conservative Party leader David Cameron and Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Gordon Brown attend the VE Day 65th anniversary tributes at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on May 8, 2010 in London, England. The ceremony commemorates Victory in Europe day, declared on May 8, 1945. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BRISTOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: A balloonist checks ropes inside his balloon as he prepares to take-off at the dawn mass ascent at the 31st Bristol International Balloon Fiesta on August 7, 2009 in Bristol, England. Perfect flying conditions allowed over 100 balloons, of all shapes and sizes, to fly this morning at what has become Europe's largest hot air balloon festival. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
CAEN, FRANCE - JUNE 05: Normandy Veteran Eric Buckley, 85, from Leicester weeps as he walks on what was the British Sword beach at Colleville Montgomery on June 5 2009 near Caen, France. Ex-Royal Navy sailor Eric Buckley lost two of his mates on the beach 65 years ago on D-Day. Several hundred of the remaining veterans of the Normandy campaign are travelling to France to take part in commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1944. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BASRA, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 09: British airmen from 51 Squadron RAF Regiment conduct a dawn airborne counter insurgency patrol on February 9, 2009 in Basra, Iraq. Using a RAF Merlin helicopter airmen set up vehicle checkpoints close to the main British base at Basra Airport where they are primarily used as force protection for the base but also regularly patrol the outlying areas. British Forces are looking to leave Iraq later this year and the recent peaceful elections have been seen by many as an indicator of how secure and stable the country has become. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BASRA, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 07: Children watch as a British soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, conducts a joint foot patrol with soldiers from the Iraqi Army at the Al Harthah market on February 7 2009 in Basra, Iraq. Living alongside the Iraqi Army a number of Military Transition Teams (MiTTs) from the British Army's 20th Armoured Brigade (The Iron Fist) have been concentrating their efforts on training and mentoring the Iraqi Army's 14th Division in a number of locations across Basra Province. The Brigade is likely to lead the drawdown of British troops, who are widely expected to leave Iraq by the summer. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
GLASTONBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 28: Amy Winehouse performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28 2008 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Nearly 175,000 people were expected to be on site for the three-day music festival which started yesterday and features headline acts Kings of Leon, rapper Jay-Z and Britpop veterans The Verve. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
GLOUCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 24: Norman Aitken surveys the damage to his home close to the River Severn on July 24, 2007 in Gloucester, England. Flooding has caused wideswept disruption across the country. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BELFAST - JULY 11: A boy climbs on a bonfire made from pallets and old tyres on the Loyalist Ballycraigy estate in Antrim on July 11, 2007 near Belfast, Northern Ireland. The bonfires - which are seen by the Protestant community as a celebration of loyalist culture in the province - are lit on the eve of July 12, which is the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne at which the Protestant King William of Orange defeated the Catholic King James. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
THE WELSH GUARDS MARCH THROUGH PEMBROKE,AFTER RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF THE TOWN
3 YEAR OLD BETHANY CARTER WAVES A FLAG AT HER FATHER CPL BRIAN CARTER DURNG THE 14TH SIGNAL REGIMENT PARADE IN HAVERFORDWEST
24/10/2016. Calais, France. A group of young migrants sit around a camp fire on the eve of the demolition of the migrant camp in Calais, known as the 'Jungle'.
19/03/2017. London, UK. Anti-terror Police board a tourist boat, taken hostage by people playing armed terrorists during an ant-terror training exercise on The River Thames in London. It is the first time that an exercise of this type has taken place on the river.
03/06/2017. London, UK. Police officers attend to a man collapsed on the floor near London Bridge, following reports of a vehicle being deliberately driven at pedestrians crossing London Bridge.
03/06/2017. London, UK. Armed police approach a building with caution following reports of a vehicle being deliberately driven at pedestrians crossing London Bridge.
© Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/06/2017. London, UK. A woman looks out from her balcony at the scene of a huge fire at Grenfell tower block in White City, London. The blaze engulfed the 27-storey building with 200 firefighters attending the scene. There were reports of people trapped in the building. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
© Licensed to London News Pictures. 19/06/2017. London, UK. Firefighters who attended the scene of the fire join relatives of the victims and members of the public to observe minutes silence held near the scene of the Grenfell tower block fire. The blaze engulfed the 27-storey building killing dozens - with 34 people still in hospital, many of whom are in critical condition. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
© Licensed to London News Pictures. 24/10/2016. Calais, France. A group of migrants queue to board busses as the evacuation and demolition begins at the migrant camp in Calais, known as the 'Jungle'. French authorities have given an eviction order to thousands of refugees and migrants living at the makeshift living area of the French coast. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
© London News Pictures. 27/01/2013. Competitors being pushed to the limits as they compete in the 2013 Tough Guy Challenge on January 27, 2013 in Wolverhampton, England. The event has been widely described as "the toughest race in the world", with up to one-third of the starters failing to finish in a typical year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra
© London News Pictures. Thousands of students march through the streets of London as part of a national protest against tuition fees, education cuts and student debt on November 19, 2014. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra/LNP.
© London News Pictures. 05/05/2013. Malden, UK. Competitors take part in the Maldon Mud Race in Maldon, Essex on May 05, 2013. The race originated in 1973 and involves competitors racing around a course on the mudbanks of the river Blackwater at low tide. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP.
© London News Pictures. 26/08/2012. London, UK. Revelers and carnival-goers arriving to take part in day two of the Notting Hill Carnival in West London on August 26, 2013. The annual carnival, which is the largest of its kind in Europe, is expected to attract around 1 million people. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra/LNP
© London News Pictures. 05/06/2013. London, UK. REBEKAH BROOKS (centre), Former CEO of News International and former editor of the News of The Worlds leaving Southwark Crown Court in London after pleading not guilty charges relating to phone hacking at the News of The World. . Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
© London News Pictures. File picture dated 19/05/2012. Tenerife, Spain. Three time Olympic gold medalist, Bradley Wiggins training with the SKy Pro Cycling team on the roads surrounding volcanic Mount Teide in Tenerife, Spain ahead of the Tour De France which starts on June 30th. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
© London News Pictures. 25/05/2014. Pat deconstructing the Chair-o-planes ride at night at Battersea Park in South London. This series of images documents the colourful people that work tirelessly all year round maintaining the history of the steam fair, which is struggling to survive in the face of rising costs, council charges and other hardships. For almost 40 years family run CarterÃs Steam Fair, based near Maidenhead in Berkshire, has travelled the spring and summer months around the UK offering a glimpse of steam powered history to the public. Most of their work goes unseen in the winter months working to maintain and restore the rides to full glory while back at the yard. Carters showcases rides dating back almost 120 years, with the centre piece ride, The Gallopers, dating back to 1895. All of the rides are carefully hand painted and can take days to construct. **COPY AVAILABLE HERE** - https://tinyurl.com/nm687ma Photo credit : Ben Cawthra/LNP
Children play under a banner reading "Liberation" at Hyde Park mass on day 3 of Pope Bendict XVI's four day visit to the UK. It is the first time the head of the Catholic church has visited Britain since 1982.
Hugh Grant (centre) lit by photographers flashes as he leaves The Royal Courts of Justice today after giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.
HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales being given a demonstration in how to fire a paintball gun by members of the 1st Battalion The Welsh Guards at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, London on St David's Day.
© London News Pictures. 11/05/2013. Hemsby, UK. A couple walk hand in hand dresses in 1950's outfits past classic American cars as Rock and Roll enthusiasts gather at the Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender in Hemsby, Norfolk. Twice a year rock and roll enthusiasts gather in the grounds of the Authentic 1950s Seacroft Holiday Site to re-live the 50's by dressing in keeping with the period and listening to live bands playing jive, hop, bop and Rock 'n' Roll. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
04/03/2014. Ashbourne, UK. Shops in the Town of Ashbourne boarded up ahead of the game. The Up'Ards and the Down'Ards, fight for the ball during the second day of the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. For two days, over Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, hundreds of participants battle it out in a 'no rules' game dating back to the 17th Century where the aim is to get a ball into one of two goals that are positioned three miles apart at either end of Ashboune. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra
11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi fighter holds his hat on to keep it from blowing off in the downdraft created by an Iraqi Air Force Mi-171E Hip helicopter during a mission to drop supplies and evacuate families on the top of Mount Sinjar. Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters.
28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. Two fighters belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG react to incoming fire from Islamic State insurgents, as they wait for an order to return fire in the Iraqi border town of Rabia. Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other.
28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. A Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighter watches television in the Syrian town of Al-Yarubiyah. Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other.
16/08/2014. Jalawla, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter keeps watch at a defensive outpost outside the Islamic State (IS) held town of Jalawla, Iraq. Control of the town of Jalawla has switched sides several times, but is now in IS hands after the peshmerga withdrew on the 11th of August.
27/07/2014. Erbil, Iraq. Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDP's) are seen at the Kalak refugee camp near the Iraqi-Kurdistan's capital city Erbil.
27/07/2014. Erbil, Iraq. Refugees from southern Iraq collect drinking water from a stand pipe at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP's) at the Kalak Checkpoint near Erbil in Iraqi-Kurdistan.
09/07/2014. Piramagrun, Iraq. A portrait of Shakr Mahmood Maha, an Iraqi refugee from Samarrah, at the Shazad Saeeb primary school in Piramagrun, Iraqi-Kurdistan, where he now lives with 84 members of his extended family.
12/12/2012. London, UK. The London skyline is seen at dawn through a freezing winter mist from Primrose Hill in North London. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts
24/10/2011. LONDON, UK. Ballet dancers pose as part of 'Dance GB' in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Maritime College in Greenwich, London. 'Dance GB' is set to be one of the highlights of the 2012 London Olympic Games and will see the UK's three national dance companies working together for the first time. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts
A sandstorm moves in across a parched minefield east of Kirkuk, Iraq. The minefield was laid to protect Iraqi Army positions dug in on the border between Iraq and Iraqi-Kurdistan during the 2003 coalition forces invasion.
08/08/2011. LONDON, UK. Police stand in front of a burning shop on London Road in Croyden after it was set alight by rioters. The fire took place as Croydon was hit during a third night of violence across London which also spread to at least three other cities in the United Kingdom. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts
WINDSOR, UK 25/06/11. The wheelchair of triple amputee Guarsdman Lamin Manneh, who lost both legs and part of one arm in his units recent operational tour of Afghanistan, is seen line of his fellow Guardsmen during a medals parade. The First Battalion, The Irish Guards, recently returned from operation Herric in Afghanistan, were parading at their current base, Victoria Barracks, in Windsor to receive the Afghanistan Campaign Medal from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Photo credit should read Matt Cetti-Roberts
One of the Titan Fighter instructors, Mark Smith, stands in the middle of the main training areas as pupils warm up by running around the gym.
Anti government graffiti sprayed on the side of a police van at the second set of student protests in central London. The police van, left on Whitehall amidst the kettled marchers, became the focus for media and demonstrators alike. 24/11/10
A young girl looks up at her father, an RAF squadron leader, newly returned from Iraq. The return of his squadron marked the end of almost two decades of RAF operations in the Middle East that began with the 1991 Gulf War.
A Severn class lifeboat manned by Falmouth RNLI volunteers powers it's way through the swells in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall 2008.
Octagenarian Wendy Roughan who was a nanny during the second world war
The Independent - Author Toby Young in his office in London
Film Director Nicolas Roeg, London, UK
Barclays float at Gay Pride, London
David Milliband MP speaking at the CBI Action for Jobs summit London
Institute of Directors Annual Convention Delegates enjoying lunch outside the O2
Channel Four Television -Secret Millionaire - Mike Greene
James Watson, PHD, DNA pioneer, photographed in London
Guinness at the2014 Cheltenham Festival. Wednesday 12 March 2014. Cheltenham, UK.
Connie Ramsay, Bronze Women's 57 Kg Judo in the Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games, for Team Scotland. August 07 2014
Guinness at the2014 Cheltenham Festival. Wednesday 12 March 2014. Cheltenham, UK.
Charlotte Du Jardin(GBR) riding Valegro wins the REEM ACRA World Cup Dressage leg - Grand Prix Freestyle and breaks the world record in the process on day two of the London International Horse Show at Olympia, London. 17/12/2013
Jonathan Paget (NZL) and Clifton Promise complete the Show Jumping phase to win the 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. Monday 06 May 2013. Badminton, Gloucs, UK.
An E-Type Jag in front of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, prior to the start of Annual London to Brighton Jaguar Run. 25/04/2014
The 2013 European Triathlon Union, Triathlon Junior European Cup at the Eton Dorney Boating Lake. Saturday 31 August 2013. Windsor, UK.
Georgina Hockenhull of Wales competes in the Women's Beam final on Day 9 of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Joseph Townsend of Team GB wins the Men's 100m Wheelchair IT4 race during the Invictus Games Athletics at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Edmonton. 11/09/2014
Barbarian's Juan Martin Hernandez fails to prevent England's Henry Slade from scoring a try during the Barbarians v 'an' England XV at Twickenham. Sunday 01 June 2014.
Jessica Taylor of England competes in the Long Jump of the Women's Heptathlon on Day 7 of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. July 30, 2014 in
North Yorkshire Press Photographer: Jump with joy at Saltburn Pier voted National Piers Society ‘Pier of the Year’
Stockton on Tees record fair.
Gratte Ciel’s show TAWA. TAWA is an evergreen monumental tree with long willow like branches. Live music fills the air, aerialists and acrobats spin in a spectacular explosion of colour, with incredible acts of human strength and resilience. SIRF is committed to creating an environmentally friendly festival. The paper explosions that are used as part of this event are 100% biodegradable and some will be repurposed by SIRF Carnival artists in 2023. Gratte Ciel will also be planting tree saplings in Stockton-on-Tees which will offset the weight of the paper used in the show.
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Taken: Saturday 26th Jan 2013 Snow images around Stockton on Tees and south County Durham. Wynyard Hotel ducks. Photographer/Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Mobile: 07753 559235 Office: 01642 586269
Taken: 14th June 2017 South Gare (Paddy's Hole) filming Sky's Landscape Artist of the Year Photographer/Byline Dave Charnley Photography www.davecharnleyphotography.com
Taken: Wednesday 25th Feb 2015 Get your head into Digital launch in Middlesbrough Thistle Hotel and Darlington Teesside University Campus. Gadget Show Jason Bradbury was one of the key speakers at both venues. Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Ltd Website Link: www.davecharnleyphotography.com All Rights Reserved 2015 Mobile: 07753559 Office: 01642 586269 Email: [email protected]
Legend on a Bench
Legend on a Bench
Nottinghill Carnival returned to the streets of West London after a two year absense due to Covid pandemic.
Portrait of a trans demonstrator outside of Downing Street after the UK government blocked Scotland's gender reform legislation.
Wedding guests dance at the bar in an English pub
Iranian revolution demonstration in Trafalgar Square following the killing of Mahsa Amini and calling for Women Life Freedom as well as regime change.
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February - 24 March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues Exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
London Blues exhibition. National Theatre. 6th February-24th March 2007 ©Nobby Clark +44(0)7941-515770 +44(0)20-7274-2105 [email protected]
Israeli Tank, Nablus, Occupied West Bank, Palestine.
Israeli Soldiers, Beit Sahour, West Bank, Palestine.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.
Mass, Garvaghy Road, Portadown. Northern Ireland
Funeral, Beit Sahour, West Bank, Palestine.
Travis, Abbey Road Studios, London.
The Author and Journalist A.A Gill.
A member of the Orthodox Neutrei Karta sets light to an Isreali Flag whilst protesting outside a Zionist Federation Conference..
An elderly Palestinian Christian couple stand in the remains of their house after being shelled by the Israeli Army. Beit Sahour, Occupied Palestine...
Lady Antonia Fraser at home in Kensington, London.
Phil Tufnell, Lords Cricket Ground. London
Vinnie Jones, Edinburgh.
The Scottish Grand National, Ayr.
Sisters Ahlaa and Masra at their first day back at Abi Tamam school in Mosul. They survived the bombardment on the city by hiding in a cave under their home for three months with 47 other members of their family.
The battle for Mosul lasted from November 2016 until July 2017. It is estimated that at least ten thousand civilians were killed in the fighting, many by the so called Islamic State but also in the fighting between IS and Iraqi Army but also by western coalition air strikes. Most of the fighting was in the Old City district of west Mosul where I.S. were holed up in the narrow alleys. I shot these photographs on assignment to mark the 1st anniversary of the battle for Mosul to retake IraqiÕs 2nd largest city from Isis. Over 8 thousand homes were destroyed during the conflict and even today a lot of the buildings remain destroyed and have yet to be rebuilt.
Photo:Philip Coburn
© ©Philip Coburn
Pope Francis’s body is moved from his residence to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City.
Photo:Philip Coburn/Daily Mirror
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Yemeni Army check point on the road to front line position near Houthi rebel positions near Sanaa in Yemen.
Over 377,000 people have died as a result of the conflict in Yemen since 2015 of these 10,200 children have been killed or seriously injured. Over 4 million people mainly women & children have been forced to flee their homes due to the fighting.
Many have gone to neighbouring countries but many more live in spartan and difficult conditions in make shift refugee camps. Houthi rebels have forcibly recruited 10,300 children aged 10 yrs and above to fight in the conflict. Testimonies from former boy soldiers tell of harsh treatments & severe punishments including violent assaults and imprisonments with some being sexually assaulted. In 2020 alone 1,500 child soldiers were killed in battles. Starvation and disease is rife and there is no end in sight to the conflict to date.
Photo:Philip Coburn
© ©Philip Coburn
French troops bury Rwandan refugees at Kibumba camp, a major Rwandan refugee camp located in Goma, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo who died from cholera and other diseases in the make shift camps that people made after fleeing the genocide in their homeland.
©PhilipCoburn1994
© ©Philip Coburn
Rwandan refugees at Kibumba camp, a major Rwandan refugee camp located in Goma, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo Cholera and other diseases reulted in the death of over 50,000 peoplei n the make shift camps after many had fled the genocide in their homeland.
©Philip Coburn
©PhilipCoburn1994
© ©Philip Coburn
Two models stand in front of an Armoured Personnel Carrier at ShieldAfrica Arms Fair 2017, the International Security and Defence Exhibition that took place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire from the 24 to 26 January 2017.
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British soldiers are caught in the down draft of an R.A.F. chinook helicopter during a re-supply run on the desert plains west of Musa Qala during fighting to retake the Helmand province town from the Taliban. They were part of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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French troops bury Rwandan refugees who died from cholera and other diseases in the make shift camps outside Goma, Zaire (as it was then), that people made after fleeing the genocide in their homeland.
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Najin one of the last two surviving northern white Rhinos in the world at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya are watched over by armed rangers.
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Guard tower at Auschwitz-Birkenau is lit up during a memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the WW II Nazi run concentration/death camp in Poland. 1,080,000–1,085,000 men, woman and children were murdered there
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Najin and Fatu the last two surviving northern white rhinos in the world at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya are watched over by armed rangers.
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Abubaker Abdelkarim from who fled Sudan with his family pictured at his school in Nottingham. His objects are photographs of his family in Sudan
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Pope Francis’s body is moved from his residence to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City.
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Divine Mbaloula – Enfield, North London
Divine has an older sister, 18, and twin brothers, 15. One twin contracted meningitis aged four and is now non-verbal. Divine cares for him along with her mother. Her brother also has autism and learning difficulties. Her mother, Augustine, 52, originally from Congo, moved to the UK in 2001. The family live in temporary accommodation, and are forever being moved around between emergency accommodation
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World leaders from all over the globe attended the funeral of Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City.
President Trump, Prince William, President Zelensky, Manuel Macron, Keir Starmer were among many others who attended the service.
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Sir Keir Starmer M.P. for Holborn and St. Pancras who is running for the leadership of the Labour Party pictured in his constituency office.
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Wagons from 52 Brigade Reconnaissance Force move through the desert plains west of Musa Qala.
(BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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Mortar team from 2Yorks part of Brigade Reconnaissance Force on down time beween fighting the Taliban during the battle for Musa Qala. They were part of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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Marines of Whiskey Company 45 Commado Royal Marines move through the cover of smoke in the ‘green zone’ on their way back to their base F.O.B. Jackson Sangin district centre, Helmand Afghanistan.The smoke had been laid down to cover their return to the relative safety of their base.It was Whiskey company’s first patrol out of their base since their sergeant major was badly injured in an I.E.D. blast a few days before.He was seriously wounded losing a leg, an arm and any eye in the blast. They had recurred to the scene of the blast to gather evidence and detonate other I.E.D.s in the area.
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MARINES FROM X-RAY COMPANY 45 COMMANDO PATROL IN A VILLAGE NEAR THEIR FORWARD OPERATING BASE IN NOLAY. IT WAS THEIR FIRST PATROL THERE AFTER THEY HAD RELOCATED FROM F.O.B. ROB. ON THIS PATROL THREE MARINES FROM X-RAY COMPANY WERE KILLED WHEN A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD BOY DETONATED A BOMB IN THE WHEEL-BARROW HE WAS PUSHING. THE MARINES THAT WERE KILLED WERE PART OF THE QUICK REACTION FORCE THAT WERE GUARDING A BRIDGE TO ENSURE THE REST OF THE PATROL GOT BACK TO THEIR BASE SAFELY. THE THREE MARINES THAT DIED THAT DAY WERE SGT. JAHN MANUEL, CPL. MARK BIRCH AND MARINE DAMIAN DAVIES. ANOTHER MARINE FROM X-RAY COMPANY, L. CPL. STEVEN FELLOWS, WAS ALSO KILLED THAT DAY ON A SEPARATE PATROL
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Image shows B.R.F. moving through the Afghan plains west of Musa Qala as a family ride by on a motorbike. They were part of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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British soldiers look over a sheer drop in a waddi near the desert plains west of Musa Qala during a break in the fighting to retake the Helmand province town from the Taliban. They were part of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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D-DAY veterans on from the Essex Normandy Veterans AssociationJuno beach in Normandy where they landed 70 years ago. Owen Butcher on Juno Beach
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The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans September 2005 Photo:Philip Coburn
The Tower of London with the Poppy Tribute at sunrise on Armistice Day.
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Jewish W.W.II and D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh who also witnessed the horrors of the Belsen concentration camp pictured at home in north London on the eve of Armistice Day.
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Family living in their partially destroyed home in Gaza. Six months after the last Gaza war with Israel many homes have not been rebuilt or repaired.
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15-year-old Majad one of three cousins who were injured when a legacy shell went off near where they were playing in Gaza City. Palestinian and British surgeons at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza helped to save his life despite his severe injuries.
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The 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz represented an obvious opportunity to reflect on the ultimate evil of war, especially against a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the UK. This was a crowded, slightly chaotic event, at which heavy security for Polish dignitaries threatened to overshadow the poignancy of the occasion and the stories of the survivors themselves. It was against the odds that I spotted 94-year-old Igor Malickij wiping away a tear in the throng, and ducked around a security guard's shoulder to take the picture. I think it demonstrates how perseverance - indeed, stubbornness - are just as important as an excellent eye when it comes to getting the best possible photograph to tell a story.
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Young recruits undergo training at The Army Foundation College in Harrogate, Yorks. U.K. It is the only British Army establishment that gives basic training to young soldiers aged between 16 years and 17 years and 5 months.
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Children return to school in the Shuja'iyya area of Gaza City for the first time since the last war between Hamas and the Israeli army
14/02/2015
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French troops bury Rwandan refugees who died from cholera and other diseases in the make shift camps that people made after fleeing the genocide in their homeland.
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People gather at Victoria Park in Hong Kong for a protest against being subject to the more draconian laws that exist on the Chinese mainland. The Park holds 100,000 people and twice that amount were outside. Over two million people protested on that day in Hong Kong despite a ban on any form of non licensed protests on that day.
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Dalal aged 8 years who along with her family has moved back to her devastated home in the Old City district of west Mosul.
The battle for Mosul lasted from November 2016 until July 2017. It is estimated that at least ten thousand civilians were killed in the fighting, many by the so called Islamic State but also in the fighting between IS and Iraqi Army but also by western coalition air strikes. Most of the fighting was in the Old City district of west Mosul where I.S. were holed up in the narrow alleys. I shot these photographs on assignment to mark the 1st anniversary of the battle for Mosul to retake Iraqi’s 2nd largest city from Isis. Over 8 thousand homes were destroyed during the conflict and even today a lot of the buildings remain destroyed and have yet to be rebuilt.
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A girl carries wood kindling for a brick factory in Nepal near the Indian border in Banke District. Many school age children and young women from poor families work in brick kiln factories in Nepal to help earn income for their families which has a detrimental effect of their schooling and their health. Due to gender inequality in Nepal girls and young women are more likely to be involved in labour intensive jobs and also work longer hours.
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Child refugee at a make shift refugee camp in woodlands near a motorway in Calais, northern France. Her parents had fled their homeland due to religious persecution in Iran. They plan to make the perilous crossing from the French coast across the Chanel to the U.K.
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BRF motar team fire on Taliban compound to destroy DShK machine gun which was attacking Apache helicopts during the Battle for Musa Qala. They were part of the British Reconnaissance Force (BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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School pupils from Christchurch schools attend a youth rally in support of the victims of the Christchurch mosque murders in Christchurch, New Zealand. Some pupils performed an impromptu Haka opposite the Al-Noor mosque.
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The Morandi Bridge in Genoa where a 200 metre section of the bridge collapsed killing 43 people.
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Royal Navy Submarine H.M.S. Torbay on the surface of the St George's Channel before diving and heading out to the Atlantic.The vessel and her crew make ready for a mission by under going weapons drills and manoeuvres in the Atlantic. HMS Torbay was decommissioned this year after 26 years of service.
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Marines from 45 Commando X-Ray Company prepare a memorial to their three comrades who were killed the day before by a suicide bomber near F.O.B. Nolay, Sangin, Afghanistan. Marines carry a cross which was erected by 2 Parachute Regiment to their comrade Priv. Joe Whittaker 4th Batt. Parachute Regiment who was killed during a previous tour. Marine engineers had taken the measurements of the Para memorial so that their memorial to their fallen was the same size as the Parachute Regiment memorial as a mark of respect. Marines killed by suicide bomber 0n 12/12/08 were Sgt. John Manuel, Corpl. Marc Birch and Marine Damian Davies
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Two British soldiers take a moment to have a bottle wash on the desert plains west of Musa Qala during fighting to retake the Helmand province town from the Taliban. They were part of the British Reconnaissance Force (BRF) 52 Brigade were a specialist observation unit and mobile fighting force in Helmand province, Afghanistan used against the Taliban in late 2007 and early 2008. They lived and slept in the open air under the Helmand skies from their vehicles and wagons and rarely returned to base. They were resupplied by air or land convoys and reputedly were involved in the longest desert patrol by British forces since WWII. They were called the ‘Warriors whom God protects’ by the Taliban due to their lightly armoured and slightly ramshackle wagons. They could rarely wash or shave and were a fairly wild bunch to look at. On one of the few occasions they retired to Camp Bastion a senior British commander told them that they looked a disgrace and made them shave their beards off. The BRF had become supersicious and believed that this took some of their mystic and luck away and never forgave the Colonel concerned. In December 2007 they secured a safe route into Musa Qala to retake the town from the Taliban, probing their units and fighting against them as they tried to avoid the many I.E.D.s and countless legacy mines laid by the Russians during their time there in the 1980’s. As well as clearing the way for a 400 vehicle convoy they co-ordinated air support for U.S. Forces and provided fire support for them during the battle to drive the Taliban from the Helmand town. I spent two weeks with the B.R.F. living and sleeping under the stars on the Helmand plains.On the evening that we joined them by a re-supply convoy they had suffered the death of one of their comrades in an IED blast which also resulted in serious injury to two others. A few weeks after I left them I was added to hear that a young soldier called Cpl Darryl Gardiner was killed by an I.E.D. blast. He was the driver for the wagon which I lived in for the time I spent with them and had got to know him fairly well. He died after a Land Rover WIK was blown up by a legacy mine and as his vehicle was the Brigades company ambulance if needed he was killed as he took the survivors to a helicopter landing strip in the desert when his open vehicle struck an I.E.D. killing him and injuring the survivors from the first blast.
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RWANDAN REFUGEES FLEE THE GENOCIDE INTO ZAIRE. THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE IN 1994
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FOUR HUNDRED PLUS PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT CHURCH IN NTARAMA, RWANDA DURING WAVE OF GENOCIDAL KILLINGS BY HUTU MiLITIA
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Image shows brother and sister as they walk past U.S. Marine patrol in Helmand. Last dispatch with Rupert Hamer from FOB Geronimo and FOB Fiddlers Green with 1/3 U.S. Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan shortly before the convoy in which we were travelling in was attacked. The MRAP we were in was hit by a targeted IED strike at noon 9th January 2010
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9 year old Salah al Wahbel who lost his lower left leg when he stood on a anti personel mine near his home in Yemen when he was playing with his friends and his brother. He is pictured as he waits for an appointment with his prosthetist at a hospital in Marib, Yemen.
Over 377,000 people have died as a result of the conflict in Yemen since 2015 of these 10,200 children have been killed or seriously injured. Over 4 million people mainly women & children have been forced to flee their homes due to the fighting. Many have gone to neighbouring countries but many more live in spartan and difficult conditions in make shift refugee camps. Houthi rebels have forcibly recruited 10,300 children aged 10 yrs and above to fight in the conflict. Testimonies from former boy soldiers tell of harsh treatments & severe punishments including violent assaults and imprisonments with some being sexually assaulted. In 2020 alone 1,500 child soldiers were killed in battles. There is currently a cease fire in the conflict.
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RWANDAN REFUGEE AT NDOSHO ORPHANAGE IN ZAIRE ONE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO LOST
PARENTS DURING MASS KILLINGS AND CIVIL WAR IN THEIR HOMELAND.
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FRENCH TROOPS BURY RWANDAN REFUGEES AT CAMP
OUTSIDE GOMA, ZAIRE, (AS IT WAS KNOWN THEN). MOST OF THE DEAD WERE VICTIMS OF DISEASE, MAINLY CHORELA.
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Leader of The Labour Party Ed Miliband at Bentley Brothers cafe in Doncaster
EDITORIAL USE ONLY Television personality Alesha Dixon joined the Thomson Airways team to celebrate the inaugural long haul flight of the Thomson 787 Dreamliner from Manchester airport to Orlando. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday July 8, 2013. Thomson Airways, the first UK airline to fly the state-of-the-art 787 Dreamliner, will also fly the aircraft from Glasgow, London Gatwick and East Midlands airports, on long haul routes to Florida and Cancun in Mexico. Photo credit
A model has her hair dried backstage at the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show, as part of London Fashion Week, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday September 19, 2010. Photo credit should read: Katie Collins/PA Wire
A model backstage has her hair done at Somerset House as part of London Fashion Week. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday September 21, 2010. Photo credit should read: Katie Collins/PA Wire
SHOT IN B AND W. Model Daisy Lowe has her make-up applied backstage at the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show, as part of London Fashion Week, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday September 19, 2010. Photo credit should read: Katie Collins/PA Wire
Tokyo twins Ami & Aya on the front row during the Ports 1961 show at the Tate Modern as part of Spring/Summer 2020 London Fashion Week. Photo credit should read: Katie Collins/PA Wire
Photographer Annie Leibovitz at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station at the launch of her exhibition ' Women: New Portraits '
Early Morning swimmers enjoy the warm water (27c) at Hampton Pool today Kana Ono practices butterfly stroke. Picture by Glenn Copus©
Rainbow over Amhuinnsuidhe - Isle of Harris Picture by Glenn Copus©
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge arrive for a Tour of the Gandhi Smriti museum at Old Birla House in New Delhi, India.
Queen Elizabeth II, Patron, Berkhamsted School, inspects a Guard of Honour formed from the school's Combined Cadet Force, as part of the school's 475th Anniversary celebrations, at Berkhamsted School on Berkhamsted
Prince Harry takes part in sports activities during a visit to celebrate the expansion of Coach Core at Lord's Cricket Ground in London
Sophie, Countess of Wessex accompanied by her trainer has her final training session ahead of her Edinburgh to London bike ride on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Farnham
National Service of Thanksgiving as part of the 90th birthday celebrations for The Queen at St Paul's Cathedral in London
The Royal Windsor Horse Show
The Official Ceremonial Welcome for the Colombian State Visit at Horse Guards Parade in London, England. The President of the Republic of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and his wife Maria Clemencia Rodriguez de Santos are paying their first State Visit to the UK as official guests of Queen Elizabeth.
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits the production line at Abergavenny Fine Foods in Blaenavon, Wales.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge takes part in The Jerudong Park Trophy at Cirencester Park Polo Club in Cirencester
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh wave from the balcony of the Town Hall in Liverpool
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit the Oval Maidan ground for children's cricket match and meeting with local children in Mumbai, India.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attends The Sovereign's Parade at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Camberley. Today is the first time The Duchess has represented Her Majesty The Queen at the annual event that marks the passing out of Officer Cadets on completion of their Commissioning Course.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attend the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother during a visit to Poundbury
Queen Elizabeth II attends the Ascot QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse.
King Willem - Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands on the balcony at the Noordeinde Palace waving to the crowds on Prince's Day in The Hague in Netherlands.
The 39th birthday celebrations for Crown Princess Victoria at Solliden in Oland, Sweden.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George of Cambridge visit The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford
Chelsea Flower Show Press Day
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the Land Rover BAR team in Portsmouth and joins the team on board their training boat, as they run a training circuit on the Solent
Prince Harry receives a traditional welcome as he attends a ceremony to celebrate the bicentenary of relations between the UK and Nepal at Embassy of Nepal in London.