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  • In the shadow of 1 Canada Square, the iconic Canary Wharf tower in London's Docklands stands as an icon for Thatcherite Britain when the good times, prosperity and economic upturns seemed unshakeable. Four work colleagues stand under a hot lunchtime sun during a summer heatwave. In their shirtsleeves the men each hold pints of refreshing lager, all having removed their dark jackets to enjoy the company of a flirtatious female who appears to be flirting with an older male companion. The sky is blue and the five are care-free to any future economic uncertainty.
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  • As nearly-empty lager glasses are lined up on a sill of a City on Lime Street, male businessman enjoy after-work drinks, on 10th May 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • Seen through the distorting glass of a City pub on Lime Street, male businessman enjoy after-work drinks, on 10th May 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_pub-05-10-05-2017.jpg
  • As nearly-empty lager glasses are lined up on a sill of a City on Lime Street, male businessman enjoy after-work drinks, on 10th May 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_pub-04-10-05-2017.jpg
  • As nearly-empty lager glasses are lined up on a sill of a City on Lime Street, male businessman enjoy after-work drinks, on 10th May 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_pub-01-10-05-2017.jpg
  • City workers beneath the architecture at 122 Leadenhall Street, (aka the Leadenhall Building) on Leadenhall Street in the City of London during the Coronavirus pandemic, a time when office workers are still largely still working from home, on 16th September 2020, in London, England. The commercial skyscraper opened in July 2014 and was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and is informally known as "The Cheesegrater" because of its distinctive wedge shape.
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  • Seen from slightly behind, a young woman stands taking shelter from early evening rain in Goodge Street, London England. Holding a lit cigarette in her left hand and with an unused ashtray to her right, she is chatting with friends who are also enjoying a relaxing hour after work. Under the UK Government's recent laws on smoking in public places, the work mates are forced outside the pub to smoke on the street in a special area away from the anti-smoking people indoors. Lit by glowing red lights that also provide warmth on this chilly January night, the friends are comfortable in their own company.
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  • Office workers enjoy the warmth of autumnal sunshine outside the Willis Towers Watson building on Fenchurch Avenue in the heart of the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile),  on 24th September 2018, in London, England.
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  • Office workers enjoy the warmth of autumnal sunshine outside the Willis Towers Watson building on Fenchurch Avenue in the heart of the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile),  on 24th September 2018, in London, England.
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  • An executive peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of his staff who have congregated at an Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Accountancy employees watch their Chairman speaking at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • An alphabetical guide awaits accountancy employees at the company's rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands
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  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Vacant desks and empty chairs are placed facing each other for a counselling workshop held for company employees at Prospect House, Borough, Southwark, London. Soon, employees of this seminar will arrive for a day's role-playing in this classroom setting where the office furnature makes a square to force participants to confront their opposite numbers. Jotter pads are provided for brainstorming ideas and concepts that help E & Y get the best out of their talented people. The room is otherwise empty as bright daylight floods through a window allowing positive thoughts and bright ideas to influence their thinking.
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  • Office workers mingle and chat in warm late-summer sunshine during a lunchtime break at More London, Southwark.
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  • A motivational guru gives pep-talk at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK accountancy staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Accountancy employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Female employees help themselves to a buffet lunch at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Employees watch motivational film at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
    Ernst+Young_Academy42-21-09-2007.jpg
  • Employees listen to an executive at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Employees listen to an executive at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Alphabetical guides await employees at a company's rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands
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  • Employees learn how to connect at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Executives learn cookery and teamwork at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Name badges await owners at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
    ernst+young_counsillors09-18-09-2007.jpg
  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Employees stop for well-earned elevenses at a counselling workshop held for company London staff
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  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for accountants during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theatre and each employee will attend this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • In a London street, an apprentice in the bakery or milk industry endures a shower of fresh milk being poured over his head after a dusting of flour. This traditional ritual is usually performed on the unfortunate young man when he has successfully passed his apprenticeship term in the company - his mates participating in making his day as miserable as possible. But he takes it with good humour as it means he is now initiated into the industry.
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  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell carries his boat after a training row on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
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  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell carries his boat after a training row on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell26-21-01-2012.jpg
  • Work colleagues and friends' pictures and trophies displayed on a board in an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • Two shipbuilders chat beneath the heavy lifting cranes at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the two men in the foreground and those behind, wear bright yellow hard hats, protecting them from steel edges and rusting machinery. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard07-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Three work colleagues enjoy a picnic on the grass in a City of London park in summer sunshine.
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  • Three work colleagues enjoy a picnic on the grass in a City of London park in summer sunshine. As the male admires the body of the younger, more beautiful lady, she throws her head back as a reaction to the conversation. In the background are other office workers also relishing the warm weather in the capital.
    city_lunchtime08-20-05-1993.jpg
  • Young men after work drink outside a bar at Monument, their beers on the pavement, on 9th December 2016, in the City of London.
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  • Holding drained pint beer glasses that symbolises an economic recession, City of London office workers gather to drink at lunchtime while dressed in red ties and white shirts, on the 23rd April, St George's Day, England's national day. In recent years, more English flags have become more prevalent in a resurgence of national pride and more citizens have come to work dressed with a red and white theme such as ties and shirts, hats or shoes. Anything for a little fun in such gloomy times. This anonymous trio have all agreed to dress identically and enjoy an early warm spell of good weather to show-off their dress sense and patriotism.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun
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  • A group of 1990s work colleagues drink outside in summer sunshine, beneath the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th June 1993, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Two girlfriends hug next to the luxury shop window of Louis Vuitton featuring their exclusive range of bags with the face of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa - a collaboration with the artist Jeff Koons and part of work entitled The Masters Collection, on 5th July 2017, on New Bond Street, in London England.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Four office workers are outside their place of employment in central London for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on their fags that have sought a dark place on the pavement beneath some shelter although it is warm enough for two of the men to wear only shirts and ties while the only lady present is in a jumper. One member of the group draws heavily on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A recent report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their  workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
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  • Two students talk while studying outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
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  • Two students talk while studying outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
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  • Two students study outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
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  • Two students study outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
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  • Two students talk while studying outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
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  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine outside the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
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  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine outside the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-46-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-44-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-40-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-41-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-38-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine outside the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-45-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-42-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-39-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Two window cleaners safely attached to an outside cradle, wash the large panes of glass at a building at Broadgate in the City of London. While stretching with his long sponge into the corner of this window, one worker on the left is wiping soapy liquid onto the grimy glass before cleaning it off with a squeegee. His colleague on the right is communicating with the cradle operator in the building's roof, way above these men, in order to raise the cradle and allowing the men to achieve the correct operating height. Far below them is the capital's Square Mile, London's financial and oldest area. The famous dome of St Paul's Cathedral can be seen most prominently although it is a grey day across this modern metropolis skyline.
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  • A student studies maths outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
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  • Royal Navy crew rest in the Junior Ratings wardroom aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
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  • US Navy personnel line-up for a below-deck briefing on the  aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, a Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, on 8th May 2000, in the Persian Gulf.  <br />
Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
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  • Female colleages enjoy chat and lunch in the city alongside art installation of women at the beach.
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  • A building worker bends and attends to a panel while converting a high-street shop in London's Covent Garden.
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  • With most Londoners still working from home, friends talk beneath the columns of Royal Exchange while walking along a quiet Threadneedle Street during the evening rush-hour during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
    royal_exchange10-26-02-2021.jpg
  • With most Londoners still working from home, friends talk beneath the columns of Royal Exchange while walking along a quiet Threadneedle Street during the evening rush-hour during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
    royal_exchange09-26-02-2021.jpg
  • With most Londoners still working from home, friends talk beneath the columns of Royal Exchange while walking along a quiet Threadneedle Street during the evening rush-hour during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
    royal_exchange08-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Still in the era of being able to smoke inside public places, an elderly gentleman extinguishes his match by waving it in the air to blow out the flame, exhaling and listening to a fellow-drinker in a Newport pub in south Wales. Clouds of smoke can be seen as they waft against the back light that filters through the windows of this smoky bar in the town centre. Pints of bitter are on the table in front of them and ash trays with used butts. The scene is of an industrial town's pub for working men where language is sharp and there is talk of realities of hard lives.
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  • Work mates share a cigarette break outside a Co-Op in Southwark, on 26th March 2019, in London, England
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  • Two women talk beneath the brick wall of a railway arch near Borough Market, on 6th September, in London, England.
    borough_girls-01-06-09-2018.jpg
  • Awkwardly, carrying their giant rubber rings by wrapping their left hands over the top curves, three kids make their way tentatively down a ramp of concrete to a poolside ride called River Run.
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  • Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath greets the Chinese Panda Ming Ming at London Zoo, on loan from the Chinese government as part of a breeding programme, on 22nd October 1991, in London, England. Edward Heath met with Premier Li Peng and agreed to loan a female panda to London Zoo for an international breeding project. But London Zoo’s male panda Chia Chia unfortunately died in the week before her arrival and the other male, Bao Bao, and Ming Ming didn’t get on and on the first day that both pandas were in the same enclosure, it all went wrong when the play-fight that normally precedes the mating process with pandas turned nasty and Ming Ming was badly injured. She lost part of an ear, had two infections and needed surgery and antibiotics. The risks were too great to put them together again and they performed artificial insemination on Ming Ming in 1992 and 1993 but it didn’t work. Ming Ming, the world’s oldest panda died on the morning of May 7, 2011 at the age of approximately 34.
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