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  • The legs and feet of foreign students standing over Europe on a map of the world at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
    europe_map05-07-09-2014.jpg
  • The legs and feet of foreign students standing over Europe on a map of the world at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
    europe_map04-07-09-2014.jpg
  • The legs and feet of foreign students standing over Europe on a map of the world at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
    europe_map02-07-09-2014.jpg
  • The legs and feet of foreign students standing over Europe on a map of the world at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
    europe_map03-07-09-2014.jpg
  • Accompanied by a City of London police officer, members of a Druid sect walk through the street as part of their Spring Equinox celebrations. The Ancient Druids were once Judges, Kingmakers, Scientists, Magicians and Priests and their modern counterparts may be viewed likewise. The word itself comes through both Brythonic tongues (Cornish and Welsh) meaning either knowledge of the oak or wizard - or wise man in Gaelic (Irish and Scots.) Druidry itself is both a philosophical viewpoint and a religious world view, although many Druids view themselves  also as Pagan Priests. A druid was a member of the priestly class in Gaul and possibly other parts of Celtic western Europe during the Iron Age. Following the invasion of Gaul by the Roman Empire, the druids were suppressed by the Roman government.
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  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy24-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy23-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy19-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy18-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy17-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy12-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Apples behind screens on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy37-12-07-2015.jpg
  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares.
    appiano_italy22-11-07-2015.jpg
  • An exterior of Europe's very first completely Unleaded petrol station, seen in 1989 on Park Road, NW8 London. Customers' cars able to use this newly-introduced fuel such as this Volvo, Volkswagen Golf and Saab could use this station to use the commercially-available cleaner fuel.
    unleaded_fuel01-12-10-1989.jpg
  • Local school childrens' artwork of Europe printed on large hoardings on perimeter wall of 2012 Olympic construction site.
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  • Prices at the pumps in the Jet petrol station, Europe's first completely unleaded forecourt in London in 2001. The detailed picture shows us the amounts we paid for fuel in the early part of the 21st century when the UK's economy was still very prosperous, before the crashes and recessions of the following decade. This forecourt was the first to offer exclusively Unleaded petrol which wasn't then available across the country. Drivers were forced to journey to specially-converted stations far apart. On this day, it cost 36.8p a litre whereas 13 years later it would cost roughly £1 more for the same amount.
    unleaded_pump01-04-09-2001.jpg
  • An exhibition panel in the Holocaust museum and memorial, showing only some of the 500 Nazi concentration and labour camps, ghettos and the sites of mass shootings across Europe and Africa during the second world war.
    holocaust_camps01-05-04-2013.jpg
  • Local school childrens' artwork of Europe printed on large hoardings on perimeter wall of 2012 Olympic construction site.
    stratford36-14-10-2011.jpg
  • In Europe's largest currency trading floor at National Westminster Bank, a 1990s female banker works at her computer at  in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th May 1993, in London, England.
    90s_banker-20-05-1993.jpg
  • Hungarian gentlemen play chess in the thermal healing spa waters of Budapest's famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
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  • A middle-age husband pours thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapest's famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people07-18-06-1990.jpg
  • Hungarian spa customers enjoy warm pavement and thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapest's famous Széchenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Szechenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people04-18-06-1990.jpg
  • An exterior of the Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Debno Podhalanskie, Malopolska, Poland. The church is one of the most highly regarded examples of wooden Gothic architecture in Europe. The ceilings and walls are covered with geometric, figural and floral motifs painted in around 1500.
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  • An exterior of the Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Debno Podhalanskie, Malopolska, Poland. The church is one of the most highly regarded examples of wooden Gothic architecture in Europe. The ceilings and walls are covered with geometric, figural and floral motifs painted in around 1500.
    poland-148-19-09-2019.jpg
  • An E balloon (representing the concept of remaining in Europe) blows in the wind on railings during a pro-EU brexit protest opposite Parliament, on 11th March 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • An E balloon (representing the concept of remaining in Europe) blows in the wind on railings during a pro-EU brexit protest opposite Parliament, on 11th March 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_protest-06-11-03-2019.jpg
  • Religious sculpture on the Capuchin Bridge in Skofja Loka, on 25th June 2018, in Skofja Loka, Slovenia. The Capuchin Bridge dates back to the 14th century making it the oldest preserved bridge in Slovenia and one of the oldest monuments of this architectural style in the Middle Europe.
    slovenia-348-25-06-2018.jpg
  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow, VTB Group’s Corporate Investment Business is a leader in the international investment banking sector in Russia. VTB Bank is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia is the Bank of Moscow.
    city_finance-10-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow, VTB Group’s Corporate Investment Business is a leader in the international investment banking sector in Russia. VTB Bank is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia is the Bank of Moscow.
    city_finance-04-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The 360 degree Panorma showing the Battle of Waterloo at the battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-19-25-03-2017.jpg
  • The 360 degree Panorma showing the Battle of Waterloo at the battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-18-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Exhibits inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-16-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Waxwork models of Napoleon's generals (incl Marechal Soult, centre), re-enact the night before the Battle of Waterloo forming an exhibit inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-17-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Waxwork models of Napoleon's generals (incl Marechal Soult, centre), re-enact the night before the Battle of Waterloo forming an exhibit inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-14-25-03-2017.jpg
  • The Prince of Orange sits on his horse, a waxwork exhibit inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-13-25-03-2017.jpg
  • The elderly Prussian commander Blucher sits on his horse, a waxwork exhibit inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-12-25-03-2017.jpg
  • The Duke of Wellington sits on his horse, a waxwork exhibit inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-07-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Exhibits inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-06-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Exhibits inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-05-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Exhibits inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-04-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Exhibits inside the Memorial 1815 exhibition at the Waterloo battlefield, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. Inaugurated on the battle's bicentenary, visitors experience the history of Napoleonic Europe and the armies of both the French and allied armies on that day. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-03-25-03-2017.jpg
  • On polling day of the UK's EU (European Union) Referendum Day, is an IN (or Vote Remain in Europe), displayed in the window of a cottage in Dulwich Village, on 23rd June 2016, in south London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    EUreferendum_polling_day-21-23-06-20...jpg
  • On polling day of the UK's EU (European Union) Referendum Day, is an IN (or Vote Remain in Europe), displayed in the window of a cottage in Dulwich Village, on 23rd June 2016, in south London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    EUreferendum_polling_day-16-23-06-20...jpg
  • On polling day of the UK's EU (European Union) Referendum Day, is an IN (or Vote Remain in Europe), displayed in the window of a cottage in Dulwich Village, on 23rd June 2016, in south London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    EUreferendum_polling_day-17-23-06-20...jpg
  • Exterior of an Odeon cinema in central London. The Saville Theatre is a former West End theatre at 135 Shaftesbury Avenue in the London Borough of Camden. The exterior of the theatre retains many of the 1930s details, although the wrought iron window on the frontage has been replaced by glass blocks. A sculptured frieze by British sculptor Gilbert Bayes around the building for nearly 130 feet (40 m), remains and represents 'Drama Through The Ages'. The theatre opened in 1931, and became a music venue during the 1960s. In 1970 it became the two cinemas ABC1 Shaftesbury Avenue and ABC2 Shaftesbury Avenue, which in 2001 were converted to the four-screen cinema Odeon Covent Garden. Odeon Cinemas is a British chain of cinemas operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company is one of the largest cinema chains in Europe.
    odeon_cinema01-10-12-2014.jpg
  • A young man has his face painted by a friend during 1995 VE Day 50th anniversary street party in London's East End. He sits with an outdoor party behind him in full swing that celebrates the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now – as they did in 1945 – played a large part in the country’s patriotic well-being.
    street_party02-06-05-1995.jpg
  • A portrait of a baker holding yet to be baked dough for Ciabatta bread. Standing by trays of ready to bake loaves, the man is of African or afro-Caribbean origin, clearly made out in the white of his uniform and mix, his white baker’s uniform’s sleeves also spattered with flour. Ciabatta (literally "carpet slipper") is an Italian white bread made with wheat flour and yeast. The loaf is somewhat elongated, broad and flattish. Its name is the Italian word for slipper. There are many variations of ciabatta. Ciabatta in its modern form was developed in 1982. Since the late 1990s it has been popular across Europe and in the United States, and is widely used as sandwich bread.
    baker_portrait-16-03-1989.jpg
  • The field of stelae of the outdoor Holocaust Memorial, a reminder of Jewish persecution and anti-Semitism in Europe during the second world war. U.S. architect Peter Eisenman's controversial design was chosen as a fitting tribute to the Jews that died before and during World War II as part of Hitler's plan to exterminate them. Eisenman's design is quite unique and has drawn both praise and criticism. Occupying about 205,000 square feet (19,000 square meters) of space near the Brandenburg Gate and just a short distance from where the ruins of Hitler's bunker is buried, the Berlin Holocaust Memorial is made up of 2,711 gray stone slabs that bear no markings, such as names or dates.
    holocaust_memorial01-05-04-2013.jpg
  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. The two men are kissing on the lips, one of the most iconic paintings that symbolised a divided Europe during the Cold War. The Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kisses his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_gallery01-06-04-2013.jpg
  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. The two men are kissing on the lips, one of the most iconic paintings that symbolised a divided Europe during the Cold War. The Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kisses his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_gallery03-06-04-2013.jpg
  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. The two men are kissing on the lips, one of the most iconic paintings that symbolised a divided Europe during the Cold War. The Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kisses his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_gallery05-06-04-2013.jpg
  • A Londoner walk beneath illustrations of future office development of the Leadenhall Building by the Brookfield Multiplex construction company at 100 Bishopsgate in the financial district City of London. Looking up to see the rise of the mammoth buildings already in use, the newest site grows upwards to occupy the empty location. The Brookfield Multiplex builds, engineers, develops and maintains property and infrastructure around the world. Over the past five decades we have successfully completed over 726 major projects, with a combined value of over $27.5 billion in Australasia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The 100 Bishopsgate development will become one of the most significant new commercial office buildings in the City comprising 3 buildings totalling c815,000sf NIA.
    leadenhall_development01-12-03-2013.jpg
  • East end Londoners dance in a wave of nostalgia as they gather in their local east end pub in east London, England. Union Jack flags are everywhere - and even on a singer's acoustic guitar - as they remember the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well-being.
    VE_day_anniversary04-06-05-1995.jpg
  • Elderly ladies wave union jack flags and enjoy an afternoon of nostalgia in their local east end pub in east London, remembering the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well-being.
    VE_day_anniversary03-06-05-1995.jpg
  • During a street party in London's East End, the young men have decided to parade outside with their flag to show their devotion to their local club. One reaches down to pick up a patriotic hat during the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. West Ham was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current Boleyn Ground stadium and will take over the 2012 Olympic stadium. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well being.
    VE_day_anniversary01-06-05-1995.jpg
  • Elderly ladies wave union jack flags and enjoy an afternoon of nostalgia in their local east end pub in east London, remembering the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well-being.
    VE_day_anniversary02-06-05-1995.jpg
  • An aerial landscape at the Dartford Bridge crossing of dated 1990 before the completion of London's newest Thames river crossing - the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. Already used are the toll booths taking much-needed toll fees from motorists as they emerge from the pre-existing Dartford Tunnel (1963). The Bridge is a 137 m (449 ft) high and 812 m (2,664 ft) long cable-stayed road bridge across the River Thames in south east England. It was opened in 1991 by Queen Elizabeth II. It is the southbound element of the Dartford Crossing, a strategic congestion charged road crossing the half mile wide river east of London. It was built alongside two earlier tunnels under the Thames, which now form the northbound element of the crossing. Upon completion, the bridge was Europe's largest cable-supported bridge.
    dartford_bridge-02-07-1990.jpg
  • Two very posh Belgian ladies window shop in one of Belgium's smartest chocolatiers in the famous Galleries de la Reine in central Brussels. Wearing fur coats and warm hats, they epitomise wealth and prosperity in late 1980s Europe. Golden packaging is seen in this wonderful display where individual chocolates and shaped hearts and cakes show their exclusive values.
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  • A couple just off the train from Waterloo are en-route to Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Not looking particularly happy to have arrived, two elderly women look at the clothes worn including the man's top hat and tails. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
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  • Two young women walk in a breeze towards the entrance gates to Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Both dressed in beige browns and with wide-brimmed hats that are about to blow off, they walk with wide smiles. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races05-21-06-1993.jpg
  • Two women dressed in bright pink sit on a station bench en-route to Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. A man with top hat and tails sits reading a newspaper with a Wimbledon tennis news headline on the back page, Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races06-21-06-1993.jpg
  • A gentleman buys an edition of the Evening Standard newspaper outside the gates of the Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. The headline 'Maxwells Arrested' refers to the sons of media tycoon Robert Maxwell whose suspicious death triggered fraud allegations to his newspaper empire. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
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  • An aerial view of crowds of racegoers on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Top-hatted gentlemen and women in posh frocks gather before the next race, planning which horses to back. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
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  • A car-load of women travel towards Ascot in a rented limousine on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. With wide-brimmed hats taking up space in the low-roofed executive car, the ladies look excited at a day of horse racing and bubbly. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races04-21-06-1993.jpg
  • A utopian view of a Londoner passing a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
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  • A utopian view of a Londoner passing a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    olympic_stratford18-15-03-2012.jpg
  • A utopian view of a London street sweeper brushing the street in front of a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    olympic_stratford17-15-03-2012.jpg
  • A utopian view of a Londoner passing a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    olympic_stratford15-15-03-2012.jpg
  • Architecture and design of the Westfield City shopping centre in Stratford, home of the 2012 Olympics. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    westfield_stratford16-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Architecture and design of the Westfield City shopping centre in Stratford, home of the 2012 Olympics. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    westfield_stratford15-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Architecture and design of the Westfield City shopping centre in Stratford, home of the 2012 Olympics. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    westfield_stratford12-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Local community passes a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    westfield_stratford01-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Local community passes a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    2012_stratford06-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Local community passes a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    2012_stratford04-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
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  • A detail portrait of Apple's creator Steve Jobs at a  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
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  • Customers walk past the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death23-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death21-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Youths from inside London's Apple store look at the  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death20-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death19-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death18-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death17-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death14-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death13-06-10-2011.jpg
  • A detail portrait of Apple's creator Steve Jobs at a  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death11-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death10-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Three men stand at the thermal poolside wearing hygienic hats in Budapest's famous Széchenyi thermal bath. ..Having bathed in thermal waters that are piped through this health resort in the middle of the capital city, the men wear swimming costumes in the warm summer morning where hundreds flock to. Budapest is especially known for its spas just as Germany is. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Széchenyi-gyógyfürd?) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gy?z? Czigler.
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  • The shadow of a tourist is seen across a central pillar covered in graffiti on Ponte Vecchio that crosses River Arno, Florence. The names of past visitors are etched on the medieval plaster and beyond is a rower who sculls upstream on the river towards the boating club that lies just beyond the bridge at the water's edge. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
    florence_italy80-22-10-2010.jpg
  • The shadow of a tourist is seen across a central pillar covered in graffiti on Ponte Vecchio that crosses River Arno, Florence. The names of past visitors are etched on the medieval plaster and beyond is a rower who sculls upstream on the river towards the boating club that lies just beyond the bridge at the water's edge. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
    florence_italy79-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Shoppers browse the many jewellers shop displays on Florence's Ponte Vecchio. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
    florence_italy76-22-10-2010.jpg
  • A Bulgarian copper manufacturing worker tends to molten metals in the Pirdop refinery..The Pirdop copper smelter and refinery is the biggest in the Balkans and whole of South-Eastern Europe. It was privatized in 1997 for $80,000,000 and is now owned by the German  Aurubis. It has a capacity of 160,000 tons and additional capacity of 180,000 tons worth EUR82,000,000 is being built. The factory also produces 830,000 tons of sulphuric acid and employs 1,420 workers. Pirdop is a town located in South-West Bulgaria of Sofia Province in the southeastern part of the Zlatitsa.
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  • A Bulgarian copper manufacturing worker tends to molten metals in the Pirdop refinery..The Pirdop copper smelter and refinery is the biggest in the Balkans and whole of South-Eastern Europe. It was privatized in 1997 for $80,000,000 and is now owned by the German  Aurubis. It has a capacity of 160,000 tons and additional capacity of 180,000 tons worth EUR82,000,000 is being built. The factory also produces 830,000 tons of sulphuric acid and employs 1,420 workers. Pirdop is a town located in South-West Bulgaria of Sofia Province in the southeastern part of the Zlatitsa.
    bulgarian_steel01-01-08-2001.jpg
  • A Bulgarian copper manufacturing worker tends to molten metals in the Pirdop refinery.The Pirdop copper smelter and refinery is the biggest in the Balkans and whole of South-Eastern Europe. It was privatized in 1997 for $80,000,000 and is now owned by the German  Aurubis. It has a capacity of 160,000 tons and additional capacity of 180,000 tons worth EUR82,000,000 is being built. The factory also produces 830,000 tons of sulphuric acid and employs 1,420 workers. Pirdop is a town located in South-West Bulgaria of Sofia Province in the southeastern part of the Zlatitsa.
    bulgarian_steel06-31-08-2010.jpg
  • A detail of a computerized weather chart showing atmospheric pressure isobars across western Europe on 16/9/91 at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK. ECMWF  is an international organisation supported by 31 States, based in England, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom. Its role is "to provide monthly and seasonal-to-interannual forecasts; to deliver real-time analyses and forecasts of atmospheric composition; to carry out climate monitoring through regular re-analyses of the Earth-system and to contribute towards the optimization of the Global Observing System." Source: http://www.ecmwf.int/.
    weather_chart02-16-09-1991.jpg
  • Gathering outside his house in the East End of London, a young football fan whose painted face is in the colours his favourite Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, also wears a Union Jack cape and shorts. He stands in the front doorway of his terraced home to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well-being.
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  • Beneath a huge banner that hangs from the exterior wall of the Ikea store in Croydon, South London adults await their partners to emerge from their shopping expeditions by the childrens' playground where a climbing frame and wood-chip surface protects young bodies from injury. The poster's message is simple and clear: That their customers and especially children, are our most important assets - our responsibility to protect their safety and well-being. Strong corporate Ikea colours are dominant, their well-known yellow and blue are known throughout Europe as well as the added banner in red. The fonts are in block capitals and possibly easy for young readers too to understand.
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  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. Two seemingly gay men are kissing on the lips but this is one of the most famous paintings - a symbol of a divided Europe during the Cold War. It shows Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
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  • The Kessler family live on a farm in the quiet village of Boofzheim in Alsace, France. Their business is producing Foie Gras and they raise force-fed ducks near the German border region. The youngest member is daughter Mireille wearing a blood-stained apron. She is about to cut the throat of a duck, draining the body and especially the liver of blood. After tapping the head with a knife to render the animal unconscious, she stands in a pool of  blood from other birds which stains the courtyard floor. On the left, her parents and grandmother are plucking the feathers from newly-killed carcasses which are strung up on a special rack for this purpose. France produces and consumes the most Foie Gras in Europe using the French Gavage method of forcing ducks or geese to consume vast quatities of corn mash down the esophagus two weeks before slaughter.
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  • As blue light fades on a bitterly cold winter's evening, the barrier of an Austrian level-crossing has been lowered to stop traffic and allow a high-speed ICE-T train to continue on its route through, near Salzburg, Austria, Europe. OBB, the Austrian Federal Railways operate a network of 5,683 km makes them the by far largest railway-company in this country. Heavy snow has fallen in this region of the Alps and deposits have settled on the fences and the glowing red stop traffic light, signalling for motorists to halt at this dangerous road-crossing location. So fast is this mode of transport, it blurs past this cold, desolate spot where only one nearby house is next to the trackside. (From a story about travelling through 6 European countries by coach in 7 days).
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  • Looking upwards through a gap in some trees, we see in the background the huge skyscraper office tower of the Commerzbank (Europe's tallest building (1997-2005), designed by Sir Norman Foster) and other institutions in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany. In the foreground is a set of traffic lights with a traffic lane arrow direction sign and during the long time-exposure the red, amber and green lights have registered on the film to say stop, ready, go. There is a light mist settling on the cityscape which can be seen around the intense of the street lighting giving the scene a futuristic atmosphere like the Blade Runner movie. Apart from the prime colours (colors) emitted by the traffic lights, the image has an otherwise green hue including the tree foliage which is illuminated by the artificial lamps. The leaves are also blurring because of a faint breeze which registers during a long time-exposure.
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