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Jungle, Calais, France. 02 March, 2016. One of a group of desperate Iranian refugees to sew up their mouths in order to signify that their voices are not being heard by the French authorities demolishing the Calais Jungle camp in Northern France.

© 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

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. Photograph:Philip Coburn
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Displaced Yazidis pass through Faysh Kharbur in Iraqi Kurdistan on on August 9, 2014. Tens of thousands of Yazidis, members of an obscure Zoroastrianism religion, fled the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq after it was taken by Islamic militant fighters a week ago and have made their way on foot to here. Some hid out on Mt Sinjar, others walked to the Kurdish area of Syria. Tens of thousands of refugees have passed here in the last six days. ISIS threatened them with death if they did not convert to Islam. Currently many more Yazidis are sheltering on Mount Sinjar amid extremely harsh conditions. [Sam Tarling/ The Telegraph]

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London, UK. 16 March, 2017. Prince Harry attends the Veterans' Mental Health Conference at Kingís College London on Thursday 16 March, where he will lead a panel discussion with three veterans on the benefits of having open conversations and getting the right support for a range of mental health issues.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND - October 18th 2014 in Saltash, England. Picture by: Sean Hernon, Mobile 07543 648286. Walter C Parson Cup 2nd Round, Saltash United v Tavistock, Kimberley Stadium. Tavistock win 3-2 on

Drag Queen from RuPaul's Drag Race attend the opening of RuPaul's DragCon UK 2025 at ExCeL London.

A sledger's boots are visible in an explosion of snow during an attempt to jump a ramp at the Queen Elizabeth country park near Petersfield in southern England December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (REUTERS - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXVCTY

Writer Craig Brown pictured at his home in Aldeburgh Suffolk. Sunday Times Culture

Over 3000 trucks and thousands of people are set to descend on the 2022 Truckfest., EOE Showground, Peterborough Saturday 30 April 2022. Picture by Terry Harris.

Russia's Maria Sharapova plays a return to France's Severine Bremond during their singles match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 28, 2007.

© Licensed to Mercury Press & Media. 13/12/2014 Harrow, UK. MERCURY CAPTION Photo credit : Simon Jacobs/Mercury Press

London, UK, 16/05/2012 Men in Black 3 Premier, Odeon Leicester Square - Nicole Scherzinger

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A welfare and disability rights activist throws a plastic ball into Downing Street in London ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spring Statement in the House of Commons.
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© Joel Goodman - 07973 332324 . 27/12/2016 . Wigan , UK . A man in a Top Gun themed jump suit reclines on the pavement smoking a cigarette next to a man wearing a large prosthetic penis . Revellers in Wigan enjoy Boxing Day drinks and clubbing in Wigan Wallgate . In recent years a tradition has been established in which people go out wearing fancy-dress costumes on Boxing Day night . Photo credit : Joel Goodman

Mayor of London, Sadiq Kahn joins the cast of ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ to launch his Let’s Do London Summer Family Fun campaign in Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom. Photo by Cat Morley

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.

Six Nations 2017 Scotland v Ireland, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. Alex Dunbar scores Scotland's 3rd try. Neil Hanna Photography www.neilhannaphotography.co.uk 07702 246823

Starting school in Kelwara, India, in an education programme for girls funded by the Qatari charity Education Above All, a class of young Rajasthani girls excitedly begin their very first lessons. Tim Bishop 07776 187123 [email protected]

Storm waves strike Folkestone Lighthouse

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Photo by Howard Barlow 7 June 2015 A warm embrace between Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, both keynote speakers at Sunday's 10th Anniversary Dinner of the Greater Manchester Muslim Jewish Forum.

Thousands of people, many in fancy dress, took part in the annual Loony Dook New Years swim in the Firth of Forth at Queensferry in the shadow of the iconic Forth Bridges today. © Dave Johnston / EEm

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.

Mcc0087569 Olympic diver Tom Daley at the London Aquatics Centre.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage faces some tough questions from Sunday Mirror reporter Pamela Owen today at the launch of his book 'THE PURPLE REVOLUTION' (18/03/15) - Image © Matt Sprake Photography (07770 365302) www.mattsprake.co.uk

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Jeremy Keeling, co founder of Monkey World, with 'Joly' the Orang-Utang

Jessica Chastain arrives for the "Interstellar" European premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, London ©Ash Knotek D2905 29/10/2014

Clown/circus performers protest about new licensing act. by marching through Birmingham City `Centre.Picture shows l-r Silkie,Little Nick and Conk all members of clowns international. Contact Chris Maddocks 07050 269133. PICTURE BY SIMON HADLEY