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Best of 2020

80 images Created 17 Dec 2020

The man in the local park was incensed: "Why are you taking pictures at a time like this!"

Encounters with various people in my south London area this year have been tense and quite often, ill-tempered. The public were nervous, worried, and were prepared to confront the media - especially photographers - to offload their frustrations at how the pandemic was being reported. After a short period of restraint and introspection, I chose to doggedly continue. It is vital to witness and report on a pandemic in all its moods and attitudes - and here is my very minor contribution.

This is a personal 'Best' of 2020 in 80 pictures. Mostly in date taken order (but with a couple of sequence tweaks), I have included some miscellaneous favourite - or simply memorable situations that have kept me on my toes throughout the year of Covid.

From January when we were first hearing about something nasty in Wuhan, to December when all we wanted, was an end to this dreadful year.

But despite all this, I found uplifting moments that filtered the misery all around. These alternatives became welcome visual reliefs - even if they took the form of English Nationalist tattooes; Extinction Rebellion oil spills; spilled pavement noodles; a beach wedding couple and a sunset bather in the Estuary and the beauty of oaks leaves under threat of felling (happily eventually saved).

Many of these images have been published in international media and absorbed into my Insta feed: @richardbakersphotos

Happy New Year.

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  • A man's head is obscured while exhaling vaping smoke next to a new cycling path, a regenerated landscape created outside Croydon College and Fairfield Hall, on 20th January 2020, in Croydon, London, England.
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  • A lady passenger's red hair glows in backlit winter sunlight through the front window while travelling on a bus along Piccadilly, on 20th January 2020, in London, England.
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  • Pedestrians avoid a noodle and sauce takeaway, dropped and discarded on the pavement during lunch-hour in the capital's financial district, on 4th February 2020, in the City of London, England.
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  • A young woman wearing a red theme of beret and scarf, walks down Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus in Soho, carrying some Valentine's Day roses, and photographs herself with a beaming smile, on 14th February 2020, in London, England.
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  • With a brief rainbow arcing overhead, a pedestrian carrying an umbrella walks along a south London residential street, passing sunlit Edwardian period homes after heavy rainfall, on 25th February 2020, in London, England.
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  • On the day that the UK Government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance said that the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak was now spreading person to person in the UK, a foreign visitor wearing a surgical face mask walks past a vendor and the latest news headline from the capital's London Evening Standard newspaper outside Charing Cross railway station, on 6th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronovirus pandemic takes hold across the UK, with 53 cases now reported by health authorities, a mother and child walks past the window of a medical equipment business in south London, displays a face masks sign and surgical masks on a skeleton mannequin, on 4th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • Seen from through the window, a male customer prepares to leave his place in Le Grand cafe on Piccadilly, the shadow of its name, an elegant and prestigious place to eat and drink in Mayfair, imprinted on his back, on 6th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • Pro-Democracy protesters with a Free Southern Cameroon group are tackled by Metropolitan police officers after dashing out from behind barriers outside Westminster Abbey during the Commonwealth Day service lead by the Queen and including members of the British royal family and Commonwealth ambassadors and dignitaries. They are holding placards saying Free President Ayuktabe Julius' (an Ambazonian separatist leader) and 'Justice for Babanki' (referring to allegations of soldier killings on villagers), on 9th March 2020, in London, England. At this, their last royal duty before stepping down for private careers, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will remain president and vice-president of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust, respectively.
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  • Reflecting the legs of other pedestrians, a workman carries a guilded mirror and a Bosch hand tool past the cartoon characters of the M&M's World shop in Leicester Square, on 12th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government lead by Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges Britons to avoid non-essential travel to EU countries, and to avoind contact with others in public places like pubs and theatres during the Coronavirus pandemic, Malaysians wearing their own surgical masks hand out free masks to commuters on London Bridge, on 16th March 2020, in London, England. Within 45mins they had given out 1,000 to passing Londoners.
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  • As the UK government lead by Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges Britons to avoid non-essential travel to EU countries, and to avoind contact with others in public places like pubs and theatres during the Coronavirus pandemic, Malaysians wearing their own surgical masks hand out free masks to commuters on London Bridge, on 16th March 2020, in London, England. Within 45mins they had given out 1,000 to passing Londoners.
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  • As the UK government urged that all Britons should avoid non-essential travel abroad in order to combat the Coronavirus pandemic in Britain, a female passenger wearing a face mask and ski goggles checks her phone outside St. Pancras rail station, the terminus for Eurostar services to mainland Europe, on 17th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government urged that all Britons should avoid non-essential travel abroad in order to combat the Coronavirus pandemic in Britain, a lone shop worker at a kiosk selling chocolates waits for customers in a very quiet concourse at St. Pancras rail station, the London terminus for Eurostar services to mainland Europe, on 17th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • After a weekend of large numbers of Britons leaving London for holiday resorts and coastal beauty spots, and crowding into the capital's parks, the UK government is considering further restrictions of movement in public places to help social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic. Indoor gyms are now closed but this open-air space in Ruskin Park, south London has attracted south Londoners including members of the Brixton Street Gym who exercise together in warm spring sunshine, on 23rd March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the number of UK Coronavirus cases rose to over 8,000, it was announced that thousands of 15-minute home tests could be made available within days to those self-isolating with symptoms, hazard tape blocks the book returns slot at a closed Southwark library in Borough, on 25th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the number of UK Coronavirus cases rose to over 8,000, it was announced that thousands of 15-minute home tests could be made available within days to those self-isolating with symptoms, A pair of feet stand at the counter of Monmouth Coffee where hazard tape is crossed on the ground to socially distance customers. Because of trading restrictions, the retailer is only selling other drinks at their Borough shop, on 25th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and the forced closure of all shops and local businesses, hairdressing gowns are draped over customer chairs in a closed mens' barber's business in East Dulwich, on 30th March 2020, in London.
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  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and local daily exercise, a used discaded surgical mask and glove lies in the grass alongside passing young child on a scooter in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, south London, on 30th March 2020, in London.
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  • As the second week of the UK government's Coronavirus lockdown ends on a fine Spring weekend, a queue of Londoners stand outside a Tesco Express in Herne Hill, on 5th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • On the first day of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, and at the end of the second week of lockdown restrictions by the UK government, a family use their daily exercise entitlement to spend a warm afternoon near a stencil for keeping 2 metres apart in Ruskin Park in a public green space in the borough of Lambeth, on 10th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, hazard tape has closed an empty landscape of outdoor cafe benches seen from the steps leading up to Hungerford Bridge on the capital's Southbank in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the number of new Coronavirus cases in the UK climbs to 201,101, with UK deaths now standing at 30,076 - the highest recorded in Europe, passengers exit a bus next to a Transport For London (TFL) sign asking the public to maintain safe social distances while travelling on the capital's public transport during the continuing Covid lockdown, on 6th May 2020, in south London, England. Front doors on London buses are now disabled to avoid exposure of drivers to the virus, plus no fares are being taken on journeys to further avoid card reader contact.
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  • With the promise of the UK government's Corinavirus lockdown being relaxed within a couple of few days, local Fine Art artist Kevin McKeon has added to his existing artwork with another tribute and thanks to NHS (National Health) workers who pass-by this location in Herne Hill in south London, on 7th May 2020, in London, England. Adding to his already popular NHS 'house' on the pavement, McKeon (whose arts practice is normally figurative and heritage carving projects) has created a circular podium attached to a traffic sign pole, of miniature healthcare employees holding placards reading 'Save Lives' and 'Help Us Help You', in the spirit of supporting the NHS during the Covid pandemic. McKeon says the piece was made during his lockdown time at home, shared with a partner who works in Mental Health.
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  • As the Coronavirus lockdown continues over the May Bank Holiday, the nation commemorates the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day, the day that Germany officially surrendered in 1945) and in Dulwich, neighbours and residents emerge from their homes to party while still observing social distancing rules. Home-owners have afternoon tea while distancing themselves by leaving a mug of tea for a neighbour to collect on the ground, on 8th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronavirus lockdown continues over the May Bank Holiday, the nation commemorates the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day, the day that Germany officially surrendered in 1945) and in Dulwich, neighbours and residents emerge from their homes to party while still observing social distancing rules. Local residents respecting social distancing, chat after together singing the wartime morale-raising songs of Dame Vera Lynn: 'White Cliffs of Dover' and 'We'll Meet Again', on 8th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, south Londoners's feet and legs pass over the now worn hazard tape that marks out safe social distancing practice at East Street Market on the Walworth Road, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, south Londoners queue for the Post Office on the Walworth Road in Southwark, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the UK, 32,313 people have now died after testing positive for coronavirus which is now the highest death toll in Europe, even exceeding that of Italy. With UK lockdown continuing with social distancing measures still in effect, a childrens' playground rocking horse is wrapped and tangled in construction netting in Lucas Gardens, a small public space in Southwark, south London, on 5th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, covered checkout tills are seen through the window of a closed Starbucks in St. Pancras station, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Easter Bank Holiday weekend begins and the UK's Coronavirus death toll rises to 7,978 with 65,077 cases testing positive by the end of the UK government's second week of lockdown, two young women talk under spring blossom while walking their dog in warm sunshine in Ruskin Park, a south London green space, on 9th April, in London, England.
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  • During the UK's government's Coronavirus continuing lockdown restrictions, when a total of 36,393 UK citizens are now reported to have lost their lives, a male runner passes two women practicing yoga in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 22 May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and Londoners - still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - enjoyed a warm evening in Ruskin Park in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • During the UK's Coronavirus lockdown, the May Bank Holiday brought warm temperatures for Londoners who stayed late in their local green space and as the sun sets over residential roofs, a person throws a frisbee in Ruskin Park, in Lambeth, on 24th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the number of UK deaths from Coronavirus reaches 37,837, a further 377 in the last 24hrs) a grandmother stands outside her house to clap for the NHS (National Health Service) key worker heroes for the last time during the UK Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 28th May 2020 in London, England.
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  • With the UK death toll reaching 38,161, a further 324 victims in the last 24hrs, and the government's pandemic lockdown still in effect, mainly walkers and sightseers now cross at what would normally be rush-hour on London Bridge, which has quickly been converted to a social distancing thoroughfare over the river Thames where pedestrians should keep to the left of a green centreline, on 29th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • With the UK death toll reaching 38,489, a further 113 victims in the last 24hrs, and the government's pandemic lockdown still in effect, friends and neighbours sit apart practicing social distancing while enjoying drinks in evening sunshine in the back garden of a south London property, on 31st May 2020, in London, England.
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  • With the UK death toll reaching 34,813, with a further 541 victims in the last 24hrs, the government's pandemic lockdown has eased to another stage and the seats of a closed restaurant are still stacked on tables in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st June 2020, in London, England.
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  • A young man in his twenties shows his completed sample to army personnel from the rear seat of a car after a self-administered Coronavirus (COVID-19) test (inserting a swab into the nose and throat) in south London. There are four steps to the self-administered Covid-19 test which the public works through in their car, and with communications with army personnel via phone or through closed windows, in a south London leisure centre, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The kit provided consists of a booklet, plastic bag, swab, vial, bar codes and a sealable biohazard bag. The swab sample is taken from the back of the throat and nasal passage with the contents sealed and returned to soldiers through a narrow window. The whole process takes between 5-10mins with results available with 48hrs.
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  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
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  • Hours before it was removed by its owner, the Canal and River Trust charity, the statue of slave merchant, Robert Milligan stands covered by Black Lives Matter activists outside the Museum of London's Docklands Museum on West India Quay, once the world's longest warehouse paid for by slavery profits, on 9th June 2020, in London, England. In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests in the US and UK Black Lives Matter groups, who are calling for the removal of statues and street names with links to the slave trade, Milligan's and other statues of British slavery profiteers, have become a focus of protest.
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  • As the UK's Conornavirus pandemic lockdown continues, but with travel restrictions and social distancing rules starting to ease after three months of closures and isolation, Transport for London is following the government's call for face coverings to be worn on all public transport from June 15th next week, on a platform at London Underground's Canary Wharf station, on 9th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • With the UK's Coronavirus pandemic lockdown easing with preparations going ahead for the opening of more public transport and services plus shops, another 151 have died from Covid-19 bringing the total in the last 24hrs to 41,279. Social distance guides ensure passengers climb the steps into Waterloo Station on the right-hand side, and descend on the opposite left side while Britons are being asked to wear face coverings and to stay apart which is in line with government requirements for all users of public trransport starting next Monday (15th June), on 11th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • A week after a Black Lives Matter protest turned to violence when the statue of wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was daubed in graffiti which called him a racist, and despite warning from police not to attend protests at all today - and to be off the streets by 5.00pm - a large group of right-wing groups and veterans gathered at the boxed-in statue to 'protect it from further vandalism' by Black Lives Matter and anti-racism protesters, on 13th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • After an afternoon of sunshine and warm temperatures during the continuing UK Coronavirus lockdown, a couple with their child shelter under a picnic blanket after being caught by surprise by a sudden and torrential downpour of rain in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, on 14th June 2020, in London, England. The current UK Covid-19 death toll now stands at 41,662, an increase over the last 24 hours of 181, although Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under pressure to review the case for a reduction of the 2 metre social distance rule, due to its effect on jobs and wider economy.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. Shoppers queue in Hannover Street to have their forehead temperatures taken with a Thermo Flash infrared no-contact thermometer before being allowed into the Apple Store around the corner in Regent Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. A police officer is positioned on an especially-built raised scaffolding platform to watch the public at this important moment of economic progress, on Regent Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus lockdown continues to ease, retailers re-open their doors to shoppers, an employee of a Levis shop on Regent Street awaits customers with hand sanitiser dispensers, and another unpeels the sticky stencil lettering telling customers that they've been missed, on 18th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • After months of a menswear retailer's forced closure during the UK Coronavirus pandemc lockdown, one of its mannequins has fallen over on to the shop floor, its head lying by the door. The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs has increased by 287 to 37,979 while the government lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions", on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England.
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  • The UK government has imposed Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules on religious gatherings so a priest accompanies two of his parishioners praying at a makeshift altar on the pavement outside St. Patrick's Catholic church in Soho Square, between construction work and some offices, on 22nd June 2020, in London, England. The government is expected soon to relax the social distance rules from two metres to one metre in a bid to restart the economy. However, in the last 24hrs a further 15 have died from Covid, bringing the total today to 42,647.
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  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. Repair and refurbishment workmen install a window at a bar on Old Compton Street in Soho, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK eases further from Coronavirus pandemic restrictions - a relaxation of rules such as 'one metre plus' distance rule and the re-opening of pubs, bars, restaurants and hairdressers - staff and customers at the Carl Campbell hairdressers get used to social distancing and the wearing of PPE (personal protection equipment) face coverings in the salon, on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, on 4th July 2020, in London, England. Under current in hair salons rules, to prevent the spread of airbourne droplets, conversation is meant to be kept to a minimum but the wearing by customers of face coverings is not actually mandatory.
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  • A rower wearing a face shield takes socially distanced visitors along a peaceful stretch of the river Stour during their boat tour of Canterbury during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 18th July 2020,  in Canterbury, Kent, England.
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  • Newlywed groom Paul and bride Zoe have just been married at a nearby beach venue and continue their wedding ceremony by eating bags of chips on the shingle overlooking the Thames Estuary at Whitstable,  on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions, large social gatherings such as weddings are currently restricted to a maximum of 30 guests and officlas so Paul and Zoe's own ceremony was witnessed by just a few family and friends.
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  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • Staff with visual merchandising supplier 'Bright Leaf' carry blue boards and materials  back to their West End premises, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • A cyclist throws a library book into a book drop-off box outside Shoe Lane Library during the Coronavirus pandemic in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • As a red London bus passes-by, a pair of legs walk past an American Stars and Stripes flag bandana lying on the wet pavement in the City of London, the UK capital's financial district, on 17th August 2020, in the City of London, England.
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  • On a rainy night in Soho, male drinkers shelter under a canopy and a warming red light outside the 'Nellie Dean of Soho' pub on Dean Street at a time when recently re-opened bars and restaurants are desperate for customer business during the coronavirus pandemic, on 27th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the week that schools open again, City workers still largely remain working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic and a few tables for those who have commuted in can eat lunch on closed streets in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district, on 1st September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, a visitor to the British Museum wearing a face covering reads decriptions of an ancient Greek vase that depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis along with imaginary animals (Athens, c580BC) by painter, Sophilos, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts at this poluar London attraction.
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  • The aftermath of a crashed Audi car that has crashed through railings of Ruskin Park, a public space in Herne Hill on 21st August 2020, in London, United Kingdom. The car was seen speeding through Ferndene Road, a residential street in Lambeth, bouncing off a speed hump at great speed, colliding with a parked car and crashing through railings. The two occupants left the scene on foot and no-one was injured. Two males were later detained.
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  • Climate Change activists take their Environmental and Economy protest called 'The Walk of Shame' to the City of London, the capital's financial district , on 4th September 2020, in London, England. According to XR, "companies and institutions have profited from the slave trade and the profit from the exploitation of people and the planet. Companies on their tour of City insitutions such as Lloyds of London, Aviva Insurance and the Bank of England, are financing and insuring major fossil fuel projects, fuelling the climate and ecological emergency."
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  • Police officers unglue the hands of environmental and Climate Change group Extinction rebellion supporters, protesting against the ethics of the fashion industry outside H&M on Oxford Street, on 9th September 2020, in London. XR say that the fashion industry produces around 10% of all humanity’s carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined and that over 800,000 tonnes of discarded textile waste annually in the UK.
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  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
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  • After a rain shower in central London - the six-month point of the Coronaviruus pandemic lockdown - a businessman wearing a suit and face covering (over his mouth but not nose), strides through Piccadilly Circus carrying a brolly, on 24th September, in London, England. New restrictions are being re-introduced by the government after a sudden climb in the Covid infection rate, a predicted 'second spike'. And after being encouraged back to the office to help local economies, workers are again being advised to work from home if possible.
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  • In an otherwise empty City of London financial district, whose workforce are largely still working from home during the second (Autumn) spike Coronavirus pandemic, a businessman walks through an urban landscape at Bucklersbury Passage, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • During the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, anti-lockdown protesters disregard social distancing rules or adhere to the terms of their own risk assessment, during their march through central London and into Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2020, in London, England. Eighteen people were arrested at the protest where they called for a return of their freedoms.
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  • Looked upon by the large eyes from a Specsavers opticians ad, a train passenger leans against the carriage window of a train stopped at Denmark Hill in south London, on 31st October 2020, in London, England.
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  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
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  • On a TV screen in Bar Italia, the famous Italian cafe in Soho, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the the UK on live TV to announce a second nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Businesses like Bar Italia will again have to close except for takeaways, from midnight on Thursday for a period of one month.
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  • Seen through a #wearekingston rectangle, middle-aged man paddles on the surface of the Thames River towards Kingston Bridge at Kingston-upon-Thames, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • Extinction Rebellion Climate Change activists dressed in City suits, vomit 'oil' outside the Baltic Exchange, home to the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) who, according to environmentalists, are co-sponsoring the IMO's non-reglation, thereby allowing fossil fuel emissions by the shipping industry, on 16th November 2020, in London, England. 'Scrubbers' then appeared to metaphorically clean-up the mess left on the pavement before City of London Police officers arrived to re-open the street during this, the second lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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  • A woodland landscape where a protest is ongoing in Sydenham Hill Woods against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 18th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
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  • As Covid tier levels for England are announced by the government, and London will go to Tier 2 after the second lockdown ends on December 2nd, traffic lights change from red to amber beneath pink spherical lanterns hanging from cables above the A11 in Stratford during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th November 2020, in London, England. In the week of 8th-14th November, the east London borough of Newham (including Stratford) reported 703 positive cases (an increase of 14.6%) with a total of 6,259 cases.
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  • The second of two giant Christmas decoration bears are offloaded from a sub-contractor's lorry and delivered to the foyer of the Cafe Royal in Air Street, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. The bears have been manufactured by Romanian Eugeniu Dumneanu's Art-Grass company, a synthetic grass and turf provider specialising in the covering of surfaces and instillations with artificial grass and Astroturf.
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  • As England finishes its second Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and London enters a Tier 2 restriction, cleaning staff at 'Galerie Richard Orlinski' in Bond Street, wipe window surfaces and floors before the first customers return to the West End to start their Christmas shopping, on 2nd December 2020, in London, England.
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  • In advance of a re-opening of businesses and before a change to a Tier 2 for London during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, shoppers walk past Christmas window displays outside Selfridges on Oxford Street, on 30th November 2020, in London, England. Retailers will once again be open for Christmas business on 3rd December.
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  • After a bleak year of Coronavirus pandemic misery, a contractor applies stars to window glass in Harvey Nichols's Christmas-themed window which urges Londoners to be optimistic for the coming year, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
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