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  • Two employees of the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi sit in a full-scale model of their MRJ at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Seated in different rows of this stylish small regional jet, they awkwardly stare expressionless, straight ahead and although the seats are real, the mock-up fuselage is in the middle of an exhibition hall. The MRJ is a next generation jetliner with 70 or 90 seat economy class configurations, the first regional jet to adopt composite materials for its wings and vertical fins on significant scale. The Paris Air Show expo is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry who demonstrate military and civilian aircraft equipment to interested customers.
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  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al-Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993. In 2009 he was indicted for war crimes by the ICC, (International Criminal Court) and represented as a bloodstained dictator by elements of the international media though is seemingly loved and respected for his role in empowering women. Secretary General of the National Council for Children's Welfare, Amira Elfadil, says "He comes from within us all. He has a military background but he is a simple man, a man of the people, with good Islamic values. He speaks from his heart."
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  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
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  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al-Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993. In 2009 he was indicted for war crimes by the ICC, (International Criminal Court) and represented as a bloodstained dictator by elements of the international media though is seemingly loved and respected for his role in empowering women. Secretary General of the National Council for Children's Welfare, Amira Elfadil, says "He comes from within us all. He has a military background but he is a simple man, a man of the people, with good Islamic values. He speaks from his heart."
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  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
    sudan242-24-05-2009.jpg
  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
    sudan241-24-05-2009.jpg
  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
    sudan238-24-05-2009.jpg
  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
    sudan239-24-05-2009.jpg
  • On the very last day of British rule over its Hong Kong colony, we see an elegant but headless life-size clothing mannequin seated on a chair on the shop floor of Chinese clothing brand Shanghai Tang. In the brand's flagship store, the last hours tick away before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Shanghai Tang is an international clothing chain company, founded in 1994 by Hong Kong businessman David Tang Wing Cheung. This was the original store in Hong Kong's Pedder Street (in Central) providing the lead for 24 outlets worldwide.
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  • Lunchtime rest from the office for two businessmen, seated on a bench at the corner of King William and Lombard Streets.
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  • Seated in a presidential palace meeting room is Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, a special advisor to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during a media briefing in Khartoum.
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  • Seated in a presidential palace meeting room is Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, a special advisor to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during a media briefing in Khartoum.
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  • Seated in a presidential palace meeting room is Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, a special advisor to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during a media briefing in Khartoum.
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  • Seated in a presidential palace meeting room is Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, a special advisor to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during a media briefing in Khartoum.
    sudan247-24-05-2009.jpg
  • Seated in a presidential palace meeting room is Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, a special advisor to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during a media briefing in Khartoum.
    sudan246-24-05-2009.jpg
  • Dr Safaa Elagib Adam reads documents on the journey by air to the firstever international Conference on Womens' Challenge in Darfur. Seated in a chartered Russian Antonov aircraft during flight to Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) where women from remote parts of Sudan gathered to discuss peace and political issues. The short flight saves her a hazardous five-day drive by road, known for extreme acts of violence by rebels and Janjaweed soldiers.
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  • Dr Safaa Elagib Adam reads documents on the journey by air to the firstever international Conference on Womens' Challenge in Darfur. Seated in a chartered Russian Antonov aircraft during flight to Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) where women from remote parts of Sudan gathered to discuss peace and political issues. The short flight saves her a hazardous five-day drive by road, known for extreme acts of violence by rebels and Janjaweed soldiers.
    sudan040-23-05-2009.jpg
  • Seated in a presidential palace meeting room is Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, a special advisor to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during a media briefing in Khartoum.
    sudan251-24-05-2009.jpg
  • A young boy sits in BAE Systems Hawk cockpit of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team.
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  • A young boy sits in BAE Systems Typhoon model cockpit.
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  • A homeless person sits in a chair on the high street in Cricklewood, outside a retailer selling a pink-themed celebration cards, on 6th March 2023, in London, England.
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  • A homeless person sits in a chair on the high street in Cricklewood, outside a retailer selling a pink-themed celebration cards, on 6th March 2023, in London, England.
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  • Two office workers eat their lunches beneath the architecture of the Bank of England during Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's economic crisis, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 29th September 2022, in the City of London, England.
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  • Two men occupy a riverside bench, one standing up to leave at Butler's Wharf on the Southbank, on 5th May 2022, in London, England.
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  • A woman bus passenger reads her copy of Metro newspaper whose front page headline is about the scandal of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fine for partying during the Covid pandemic, when his own rules for gatherings were forbidden, on 22nd April 2022, in London, England. The quote 'The Gig Is Up, Boris' refers to Conservative MP Steve Baker in parliament, telling Johnson (currently in India) that he should resign. More Fixed-Penalty fines for illegal parties in volving Johnson in Downing Street are expected to be issued by the Met police.
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  • A woman bus passenger reads her copy of Metro newspaper whose front page headline is about the scandal of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fine for partying during the Covid pandemic, when his own rules for gatherings were forbidden, on 22nd April 2022, in London, England. The quote 'The Gig Is Up, Boris' refers to Conservative MP Steve Baker in parliament, telling Johnson (currently in India) that he should resign. More Fixed-Penalty fines for illegal parties in volving Johnson in Downing Street are expected to be issued by the Met police.
    boris_headline-02-22-04-2022.jpg
  • A woman bus passenger reads her copy of Metro newspaper whose front page headline is about the scandal of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fine for partying during the Covid pandemic, when his own rules for gatherings were forbidden, on 22nd April 2022, in London, England. The quote 'The Gig Is Up, Boris' refers to Conservative MP Steve Baker in parliament, telling Johnson (currently in India) that he should resign. More Fixed-Penalty fines for illegal parties in volving Johnson in Downing Street are expected to be issued by the Met police.
    boris_headline-03-22-04-2022.jpg
  • A businessman sits reading documents in sunlight by the wondow of a company foyer in the City of London, the capital's financial district.
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  • An office worker picks up some dropped packagig after eating lunches beneath the architecture of the Bank of England during Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's economic crisis, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 29th September 2022, in the City of London, England.
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  • Two office workers eat their lunches beneath the architecture of the Bank of England during Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's economic crisis, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 29th September 2022, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-11-29-09-2022.jpg
  • An office worker picks up some dropped packagig after eating lunches beneath the architecture of the Bank of England during Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's economic crisis, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 29th September 2022, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-12-29-09-2022.jpg
  • Two office workers eat their lunches beneath the architecture of the Bank of England during Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's economic crisis, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 29th September 2022, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-09-29-09-2022.jpg
  • Two office workers eat their lunches beneath the architecture of the Bank of England during Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's economic crisis, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 29th September 2022, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-08-29-09-2022.jpg
  • An employee of supermarket chain J Sainsbury's eats his lunch in the canteen of the company's Waltham Point logistics depot
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  • Surrounded by the swirl of sprayed graffiti, a man sits reading on a bench overlooking the Thames river, at Butler's Wharf, on 11th June 2021, in London, England.
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  • Surrounded by the swirl of sprayed graffiti, a man sits reading on a bench overlooking the Thames river, at Butler's Wharf, on 11th June 2021, in London, England.
    riverside_graffiti01-11-06-2021.jpg
  • A man sits in a chair at the entrance to a commercial property in Holborn, on 19th February 2021, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Two people sit and use their mobile phones on the steps beneath the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, on 26th February, in London, England.
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  • A businessman holds a conversation in the noisy city while also ignoring a Wet Paint sign, on 16th February 2017, outside Royal Exchange and the WW1 memorial, in the City of London, England.
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  • A businessman holds a conversation in the noisy city while also ignoring a Wet Paint sign, on 16th February 2017, outside Royal Exchange and the WW1 memorial, in the City of London, England.
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  • A businessman holds a conversation in the noisy city while also ignoring a Wet Paint sign, on 16th February 2017, outside Royal Exchange and the WW1 memorial, in the City of London, England.
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  • Strangers both using smartphones and ignoring a Wet Paint sign, on 16th February 2017, outside Royal Exchange and the WW1 memorial, in the City of London, England.
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  • Strangers both using smartphones and ignoring a Wet Paint sign, on 16th February 2017, outside Royal Exchange and the WW1 memorial, in the City of London, England.
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  • Strangers both using smartphones and ignoring a Wet Paint sign, on 16th February 2017, outside Royal Exchange and the WW1 memorial, in the City of London, England.
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  • Workers rest on benches in late summer sunshine outside the Royal exchange building in the City of London.
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  • A businessman sits checking messages on the pavement outside an office block in the City of London.
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  • An Egyptian man sleeps awkwardly in a chair alongside a Coca-Cola dispenser in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Two young businessmen sit outside a deli/cafe laughing over the contents of a laptop in the City of London.
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  • A man sits beneath a large Jesus crucifix on the wall of a church in the town of Klausen-Chiusa in the south Tyrol, Italy.
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  • A mannequin of Queen Elizabeth appears in a hotel window on the seafront of Weston-super-Mare, north Somerset.
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  • A mannequin of Queen Elizabeth appears in a hotel window on the seafront of Weston-super-Mare, north Somerset.
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  • A mannequin of Queen Elizabeth appears in a hotel window on the seafront of Weston-super-Mare, north Somerset.
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  • Schoolboys in grey suits walk past resting disabled woman.
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  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
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  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
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  • Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough watches video of killer whale sequence from The Trials of Life at home in London. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 1926) is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not care for the term. He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
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  • Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough watches video of killer whale sequence from The Trials of Life at home in London. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 1926) is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not care for the term. He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
    david_attenborough03-17-09-1990.jpg
  • Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough watches video of killer whale sequence from The Trials of Life at home in London. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 1926) is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not care for the term. He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
    david_attenborough02-17-09-1990.jpg
  • Three people rest in spring sunshine on three concrete bollards in a central London street.
    three_people02-07-04-2011.jpg
  • Lunchtime people occupy the design landscape of More London on London's Riverside, near Tower Bridge.
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  • A businessman sits checking his messages on a street metallic bench as pedestrians pass-by.
    aerial_pavement01-11-03-2011.jpg
  • A father with his two children sits on a ledge outside a Pret a Manger lunchtime restaurant
    pret_porridge01-04-03-2011.jpg
  • Lunchtime diners in a sunlight window of a London Pret a Manger restaurant.
    pret_diners01-04-03-2011.jpg
  • A middle-aged businessman make a call on his smartphone while sitting on his briefcase while a suspicious man stands in corner.
    briefcase_man01-09-02-2011.jpg
  • Two shop window mannequins occupy frontage of clothes store in Brick Lane.
    shop_mannequins02-16-10-2010.jpg
  • Pilot of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team relaxes by reading newspaper before air show display.
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  • Light-hearted moment by pilots' of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team.
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  • In late afternoon, three conscript soldiers  of the Polish army are dressed in brown uniforms eating ice cream cones in Plac Zamkowy, outside the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. The Polish army (Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. The name has been used since the early 19th century, although it can be used to refer to earlier formations as well. Polish Armed Forces consist of the Army (Wojsko L?dowe), Navy (Marynarka Wojenna) and Air Force (Si?y Powietrzne) branches and are under the command of the Ministry of Defense (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej). The combined Polish armed forces consist of 215,000 active duty personnel and in addition 450,000 reserves. The armed forces are made up of conscripts who serve for a period of 9 months, and professional soldiers.
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  • Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher seen on TV wagging a finger during exchanges at the dispatch box with Labour opposition.
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  • Four Sudanese gentlemen sit in the shade of the 4 sq km Abu Shouk refugee camp which is (disputedly) home to 38,000 displaced persons and families on the outskirts of the front-line town of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) in north Darfur. .
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  • A brother and sister share a hot chocolate drink in a London branch of the sandwich lunch chain Pret a Manger.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • Casually-dressed accountants work in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • Girl working in the stationery supplies office of an auditing company at their London headquarters
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  • Postal workers rest in the canteen during a night shift at Royal Mail's DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England.
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  • A moderately wealthy Egyptian family of different ages sit on their courtyard steps of their home in the village of Bairat, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden10-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Younf air cadet sits in Hawk cockpit of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team during visit to RAF Scampton.
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  • Elderly couple read Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team merchandise during publicv local airshow display.
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  • Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough watches video of killer whale sequence from The Trials of Life at home in London. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 1926) is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not care for the term. He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
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  • Pilots of the 'Red Arrows', aerobatic team, relax before a transit flight from RAF Valley, Wales after simulator day.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (2 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Casually-dressed accountants work in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • Opera-lovers await the start of a rehearsal of the first socially-distanced performance by English National Opera (ENO) in the London Coliseum which has remained closed throughout the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 24th October 2020, in London, England. Musicians and singers on stage are separated appropriate to government restrictions and audience members are seated with same household groups. The Marriage of Figaro was ENO's last show on 14th March, and the Coliseum has stayed closed until now. The UK’s theatre ticket revenue contributes £1.28bn to the nation’s economy, in which there are 290,000 jobs (70% are at risk) so the government has announced a financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England that is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. The 2,395-seat Coliseum (1904) is a Baroque revival (Wrenaissance) style theatre, built as one of West End's largest and most luxurious variety theatres.00
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  • Opera-lovers await the start of a rehearsal of the first socially-distanced performance by English National Opera (ENO) in the London Coliseum which has remained closed throughout the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 24th October 2020, in London, England. Musicians and singers on stage are separated appropriate to government restrictions and audience members are seated with same household groups. The Marriage of Figaro was ENO's last show on 14th March, and the Coliseum has stayed closed until now. The UK’s theatre ticket revenue contributes £1.28bn to the nation’s economy, in which there are 290,000 jobs (70% are at risk) so the government has announced a financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England that is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. The 2,395-seat Coliseum (1904) is a Baroque revival (Wrenaissance) style theatre, built as one of West End's largest and most luxurious variety theatres.00
    ENO_Coliseum01-24-10-2020.jpg
  • Five customers are seated in the window of the Manhattan Coffee Company on Shaftesbury Avenue, in London's Chinatown. 3 of the 5 are of Chinese ethnicity, one is talking on a mobile phone and the other two seem to be girlfriends. To their left is a man in deep thought but in front of every person there are red beakers. It is a successful shop with plenty of customers. The interior lighting is orange and red, making a cosy and welcoming atmosphere and two large signs in English indicate there are 30 more seats downstairs allowing more to spend their money and for more business to be made.
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  • In the weeks before Christmas day on December 25th, the Lord Mayor of London hosts an annual party at his official town hall - the Guildhall - in the historic financial district of the City of London. Inviting Greater London's borough Mayors, they can each invite worthy children for an afternoon's fancy dress party. Two children dressed as Tarzan with a small monkey and a Grenadier Guard with a bearskin, and are seated on the Mayoral throne like two princes in a royal court. The chairs are coated with gold leaf with red cushioned fabric and with the Corporation of London's crest on the top. It looks resplendent and opulent. The two kids are sat looking small in the chairs seemingly made for giants but behind them is another boy dressed as a grey rabbit with floppy ears running past. The Guildhall has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial centre of the City of London. The term Guildhall refers both to the whole building and to its main room, which is a medieval style great hall similar to those at many Oxbridge colleges. The Guildhall complex houses the offices of the Corporation of London and various public facilities. (Greater London also has a City Hall). The great hall is believed to be on the site of an earlier Guildhall, and has large mediaeval crypts underneath. During the Roman period it was the site of an amphitheatre, the largest in Britannia. The City of London is still part of London's city centre, but apart from financial services, most of London's metropolitan functions are centred on the West End. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
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  • Two businessmen of Asian descent have stopped at a bar in the City of London  and are seated by the window in Cannon Street, near St Paul's Cathedral, England. They both have a similar skin tones and are equally smart in dark suits and ties. The male on the left cradles a pint of beer while other's drink is a half-pint of either lager or perhaps apple juice. They both look successful and confident about their friendship or business dealings as they share a joke or swap stories about their lives. They wear sun glasses against the late, strong sunshine but the background has gone dark because the sun has illuminated only their faces and chests. It is a picture of confidence, success and humour.
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  • A daytrip of old age pensioners are seated on a bench in Great Yarmouth, a seaside resort in eastern England.
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  • A workman rail passenger sits sideways with a boot on a seat, resting a boot on the fabric seat of a train at Blackfriars station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 10th July 2023, in London, England.
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  • A workman rail passenger sits sideways with a boot on a seat, resting a boot on the fabric seat of a train at Blackfriars station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 10th July 2023, in London, England.
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  • A workman rail passenger sits sideways with a boot on a seat, resting a boot on the fabric seat of a train at Blackfriars station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 10th July 2023, in London, England.
    train_passenger-01-10-07-2023.jpg
  • A workman rail passenger sits sideways with a boot on a seat, resting a boot on the fabric seat of a train at Blackfriars station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 10th July 2023, in London, England.
    train_passenger-02-10-07-2023.jpg
  • A tube passenger sits with a boot resting on the fabric seat of a train travelling o the Metropolitan Line in central London , on 18th July 2023, in London, England.
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  • A tube passenger sits with a boot resting on the fabric seat of a train travelling o the Metropolitan Line in central London , on 18th July 2023, in London, England.
    shoes_on_seats-04-18-07-2023.jpg
  • A tube passenger sits with a boot resting on the fabric seat of a train travelling o the Metropolitan Line in central London , on 18th July 2023, in London, England.
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  • A tube passenger sits with a boot resting on the fabric seat of a train travelling o the Metropolitan Line in central London , on 18th July 2023, in London, England.
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  • British ejection seat manfufacturer Martin-Baker's stand at the Farnborough Airshow. Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd. is a manufacturer of ejection seats and safety related a pioneer in the field of ejection seats. Martin-Baker is the market share leader, equipping ejection seats for 93 air forces worldwide. The Martin-Baker company is the only company to offer a fully integrated escape system which meets the latest pilot operational capability and safety standards. Martin-Baker seats have been fitted into over 80 fixed-wing and rotary types with the most recent being the JSF F-35 programme. Since the first live ejection test in 1946, over 7,280 lives have been saved using a Martin-Baker ejection seat.
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  • A man tucks in to his in-flight meal on-board an Air France Boeing 777 flight from Paris Orly to Cayenne, French Guiana. Putting more food into his mouth while watching an in-flight movie, the male passenger has an aisle seat on this airliner. We also see on another seat back, the progress of this journey across the Atlantic Ocean towards the mainland of South America, seen on the moving map system screen which reveals statistics such as altitude, airspeed, distance to destination, distance from origination and local time. Using GPS avionics, the capital Cayenne is seen as the destination as well as Caracas, Georgetown, Kingstown and San Juan in the Caribbean. On the viewer's lowered tray is a light lunch of fruit, natural yoghurt, bread roll, orange juice and empty up. This is the best of Economy class.
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