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  • A dawn landscape of a mountain hostel at Ghorepani in the Annapurna Sanctuary, a preservation area of Nepal, high in the Himalayan foothills, on 16th January 1997, in Ghorepani, Nepal. Villages like this partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the 26,000 feet 8,000 metre peak.
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  • High in the Nepali Himalayan foothills, travellers may be greeted by the welcoming relief of a group of mountain inns and hotels offering lodging to weary legs after many hours walking uphill in this gruelling landscape. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • High in the Himalayan foothills, dawn arrives on a bitterly cold morning. A traveller has emerged from his rudimentary room on the left of this lodge in Nepal to stand outside staring at the spectacular landscape of snow-capped peaks in the distance. The wind is whipping snow and ice from the peaks of the Annapurna range and trekkers come from all over the world to sample the inner-peace to be discovered here in one of the most dramatic locations on the planet. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak.
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  • Trekkers sit in morning sunshine on the terrace of their guesthouse as gathering dark clouds approach the Himalayan village of Ghandrung, on 12th December 1997, In Ghandrung, Nepal. Also called Ghandruk or Gandruk, this settlement is situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary conservation region, a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m 26,538 ft, making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • High in the Himalayan foothills, dawn arrives on a bitterly cold morning at Poon Hill. Trekkers have gathered at this spot to take in the wonder of this spectacular landscape of snow-capped peaks in the distance. A sherpa has written his name in ice on a rail and western travellers continue their journey higher into the Annapurna range to sample the inner-peace to be discovered here in one of the most dramatic locations on the planet. Villages partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak.
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  • Near piles of chopped wood logs, a local hotel owner makes adjustments to solar panels that powers his guesthouse business in a remote Himalayan village, and for the sake of passing trekkers wanting hot showers after the climb up to this altitude, on 12th December, Ghorepani, Nepal. Ghorepani is at a height of 2874m 9429 ft and is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area ACA, requiring a national park permit to visit and contains a number of guest houses that provide lodging and meals to mountain trekkers, many of whom spend the night before a pre-dawn trek to the top of nearby Poon Hill 3210m/10531 ft to watch the sunrise.
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  • Penguin (Magellan) sanctuary on Margarita Island, Chile.
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  • Religious sanctuary, 22nd March 2008, Lourdes, France. Lourdes was originally a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Following the claims that there were apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, Lourdes has developed into a major place of Christian pilgrimage.
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  • An wide aerial landscape of Ghandruk (also Gandruk), a town and Village in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,748 persons living in 1,013 individual households. Situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region (Parbat in Nepali) is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • Under a threatening sky, freshly-painted blue gates overlook the Himalayan village of Ghandrung bathed in sunshine in central Nepal. Also called Ghandruk or Gandruk, this settlement is situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region (Parbat in the Nepali language) is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • A young Nepali man peers out from a curtain to talk to an unseen neighbour in a remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal. It is a colourful (colorful) scene as the curtain fabric is a striking blue with mauve leaf motifs drawn in but it is a natural opposite colour against the badly-painted yellow wooden walls of his shack. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller.
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  • Lit by early sun that filters through mountain peaks to this remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, we see the veranda of a tea shop that serves weary travellers trekking the Annapurna Circuit and traditional doko basket. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary, a sometimes gruelling walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak - and beyond. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller and the landscapes are often shared with local livestock.
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  • An Islamic prayer mat has been left positioned into the corner of this seemingly ordinary room but which is a Multi-faith room for passengers seeking solace and tranquillity in an otherwise busy Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Airport operator BAA provide this sanctuary in various locations around the vast airport complex but this is the newest in Departures of T5. The rug has an image from Mecca and points Eastwards to the birthplace of Mohammed and the direction of the Hajj. On the wall is a poster offering welcome to other religions: To Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Humanists, Jains, Hindus and Rastafarians, to name a few. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An Islamic prayer mat has been left positioned into the corner of this seemingly ordinary room but which is a Multi-faith room for passengers seeking solace and tranquillity in an otherwise busy Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Airport operator BAA provide this sanctuary in various locations around the vast airport complex but this is the newest in Departures of T5. The rug has an image from Mecca and points Eastwards to the birthplace of Mohammed and the direction of the Hajj. On the wall is a poster offering welcome to other religions: To Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Humanists, Jains, Hindus and Rastafarians, to name a few. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • A boat motors up the Kinabatangan River, within the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, in Bilit, Sabah, Malaysia, on 9 September 2016.
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  • Lush forest borders a bend in the Kinabatangan River, within the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, in Bilit, Sabah, Malaysia, on 9 September 2016.
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  • Sign for gunshow on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Montgomery County residents’ now have constitutional right to bear arms. The Montgomery County Commissioners Court unanimously passed a resolution to make the county a gun sanctuary. The resolution was introduced by Commissioner Charlie Riley who said he wanted to take steps to protect citizens’ guns after politicians like Democrat Beto O’Rourke said he’d take away people’s guns and also called for a mandatory buyback of AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles. It also says the county will not authorize or appropriate government funds or resources, “for the purpose of enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of any element of such acts, laws, orders, mandates, rules or regulations, that infringe on the right by the people to keep and bear arms.
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  • Beneath the snow-capped peak of Machapuchare (or Machhaphuchhare), otherwise known as the Fishtail, plus other peaks in this Himalayan Himal landscape, we see a group of Nepali locals chatting on low seats outside a home in the town of Pokhara, Nepal. The friends have a roughly-constructed dwelling that uses breeze bocks and concrete and we see a future attempt to make a first story extension. Machapuchare is revered by the local population as particularly sacred to the god Shiva and is therefore off limits to climbing. It’s at the end of a long spur ridge, coming south out of the main backbone of the Annapurna Himal, that forms the eastern boundary of the Annapurna Sanctuary and the peak is about 25km north of Pokhara, the main town of the region.
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  • High in the Nepali Himalayan foothills, an elderly woman is carried downhill by a relative for medical attention. On this mountain path that continues downhill to the nearest village, beyond which there is a road and transport to the nearest hospital, two men accompany the elder family member with overnight possessions. The old lady sits on a makeshift carrying chair that fits on to the back of a man who stoops under the weight of his human load. This area is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary in central Nepal, a popular trekking and adventure route to the highest Himalayan peaks. All transport to and from these regions is by mountain tracks like this and residents in the smallest villages travel on foot on by yak.
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  • High in the mountains, within the tree line of this harsh Asian climate, a lone tree stands as testament to the deforestation problem in the Himalayas, wood used for tourist showers. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
    annapurna_sanctuary01-12-12-1997_1.jpg
  • Filling a plastic replica of the Maddonna with holy water from the spring, 22nd March 2008, Lourdes, France. Between 11th February and 16th July 1858, the Blessed Virgin Our Lady of Lourdes appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous. During the 9th apparition, she followed the instructions of the Blessed Virgin and discovered a source of water at the foot of the cave of Massabielle, Lourdes.The spring water from the grotto is believed to possess healing properties, An estimated 200 million people have visited the shrine since 1860, and the Roman Catholic Church has officially recognized 67 miracle healings. Lourdes was originally a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees,  Lourdes has developed into a major place of Christian pilgrimage.
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  • Burning candle offerings by pilgrims, 22nd March 2008, Lourdes, France. Between 11th February and 16th July 1858, the Blessed Virgin Our Lady of Lourdes appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous. During the 9th apparition, she followed the instructions of the Blessed Virgin and discovered a source of water at the foot of the cave of Massabielle, Lourdes.The spring water from the grotto is believed to possess healing properties, An estimated 200 million people have visited the shrine since 1860, and the Roman Catholic Church has officially recognized 67 miracle healings. Lourdes was originally a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees,  Lourdes has developed into a major place of Christian pilgrimage.
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  • Car parked in front of a wall mural depicting a healing bath being blessed by Pope John Paul II , 22nd March 2008, Lourdes, France.<br />
Lourdes was originally a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Following the claims that there were apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, Lourdes has developed into a major place of Christian pilgrimage. The spring water from the grotto is believed to possess healing properties, An estimated 200 million people have visited the shrine since 1860, and the Roman Catholic Church has officially recognized 67 miracle healings.
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  • Embrodery kit for angel for sale, 22nd March 2008, Lourdes, France. Lourdes was originally a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Following the claims that there were apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, Lourdes has developed into a major place of Christian pilgrimage. The spring water from the grotto is believed to possess healing properties, An estimated 200 million people have visited the shrine since 1860, and the Roman Catholic Church has officially recognized 67 miracle healings.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
    UK-Dover-Candlelit-Vigil2834.jpg
  • A refugee hides her identity with a rose in the gardens of the Natural Growth Project's garden therapy centre in Hampstead, London. The centre offers garden therapy for refugees who have been victims of torture and abuse in their country. London, UK.
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  • Feather detail on moulting Sooty Falcon a at Hunting Falcons International, part of International Wildlife Consultants (UK) Ltd. The group is a world leader in specialist breeding programmes for rare, wild birds of prey.
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  • A Peregrine Falcon at Hunting Falcons International, part of International Wildlife Consultants (UK) Ltd. The group is a world leader in specialist breeding programmes for rare, wild birds of prey.
    SFE_040707_006.jpg
  • A refugee reads a leaflet at the Refugee Arrivals Project at Heathrow Airport He has just claimed political assylum. The Refugee Arrivals Project is a partly government funded charity, that greets and looks after refugees as they arrive in the UK. The RAP is staffed mostly by former refugees from many different nationalities.
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  • It is dawn in Calcutta, West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the sun is rising from across the Howrah Bridge. Six bathers are either drying themselves after washing in the river, or are undressing to do so. It is a scene of inner-peace, a tranquillity surrounded by the chaotic pace of Indian life in this city. The engineering of the bridge stretches across the water towards the city beyond. The bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
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  • It is dawn in Calcutta, West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the sun is rising from across the Howrah Bridge. A man has waded out into waist-deep water and stands in the polluted river saying his prayers and offering thanks to his Hindu Gods. He has found inner-peace, a tranquillity surrounded by the chaotic pace of Indian life in this city. The engineering of the bridge stretches across the water as the humanity cross to their businesses and markets. The bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
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  • Children play outside their home with the backdrop of snow-tipped Himalayan mountain peaks, a location also serving as a trekkers rest house with hot, solar-powered showers, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal.
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  • A dawn bather covers his face with red cloth as sun rises over Hooghler River, KolIkata. It is dawn in Calcutta, West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the sun is rising from across the Howrah Bridge. Six bathers are either drying themselves after washing in the river, or are undressing to do so. It is a scene of inner-peace, a tranquillity surrounded by the chaotic pace of Indian life in this city. The engineering of the bridge stretches across the water towards the city beyond. The bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
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  • We see a welcome screen at the British Airways Galleries Club lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. This exclusive facility is only available to passengers travelling open to passengers travelling in First, Club World and Club Europe as well as Gold and Silver Executive Club members and was designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, an unseen business passenger hides his face while reading the Business section of the Daily Telegraph. With his laptop perched across his knees the anonymous man sits by a window where natural light is a feature of this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Hidden in a wooden hut, a group of bird-spotting ornithologists peer through binoculars at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) rreserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex England. Watching dozens of wintering birds, the group are intensely looking through their optical equipment in anticipation of seeing rare breeds at this Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a wetland alongside the River Thames, 20 miles from Central London. A narrow slit is open to keep them hidden from sight so leaning on elbows and with a guide sheet in front to identify particular species, they concentrate on their hobby. The RSPB has 200 nature reserves covering almost 130,000 hectares, home to 80% of Britain's rarest or most threatened bird species. Its role is to speak out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten the environment.
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  • A dawn bather covers himself with soap as he crouches on the banks of the Hooghly River, KolIkata, on 18th November 1996, in Kolkata, India. It is dawn in Calcutta, West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the sun is rising from across the Howrah Bridge. The bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
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  • A Budhist shrine with a Buddha statues and ornate decorations within the central tower of the ancient Preah Ko temple, Roluos, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.  The tower is made of brick and is dedicated to Jayavarman II, the founder of the Khmer empire.
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  • A woman in a red dress and bright pink hat stands in front of the central tower of the ancient Preah Ko temple, Roluos, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, South East Asia. <br />
The tower is made of brick and perches on a sandstone platform. This tower is dedicated to Jayavarman II, the founder of the Khmer empire.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
    UK-Dover-Candlelit-Vigil2906.jpg
  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
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  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
    UK-Dover-Candlelit-Vigil2871.jpg
  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
    UK-Dover-Candlelit-Vigil2860.jpg
  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
    UK-Dover-Candlelit-Vigil2855.jpg
  • Locals gathered on Dover seafront for a candlelit vigil to mark the tragic death of a 27 year old Eritrean man who sadly fell from an overcrowd boat in the English channel, the event was held on the 19th of August 2021 in Dover, United Kingdom. Locals came together to honour the memory of lives lost and to once again, urgently call on the British government to put an end to these needless deaths and to act by implementing safe and legal routes to asylum in the UK.
    UK-Dover-Candlelit-Vigil2851.jpg
  • A Peregrine Falcon at Hunting Falcons International, part of International Wildlife Consultants (UK) Ltd. The group is a world leader in specialist breeding programmes for rare, wild birds of prey.
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  • A technician weighs a Peregrine Falcon at the research centre at Hunting Falcons International, part of International Wildlife Consultants (UK) Ltd. The group is a world leader in specialist breeding programmes for rare, wild birds of prey.
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  • A refugee who has just claimed assylum, is briefed on his rights. He is in the offices of the Refugee Arrivals Project, a partly government funded charity, that greets and looks after refugees as they arrive in the UK. The RAP is staffed mostly by former refugees from many different nationalities. He is being helped with his application to satay in the UK by RAP staff.
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  • A Refugee stands in front of a map of London at Heathrow Airport. The man has just claimed political assylum. He is in the offices of the Refugee Arrivals Project, a partly government funded charity, that greets and looks after refugees as they arrive in the UK. The RAP is staffed mostly by former refugees from many different nationalities. He stands in front of a map of the London Underground awaiting dispersal to a hostel for the night.
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  • A holy Sadhu man attracts a crowd on the Maidan in central Calcutta, India. Near some ballustrades built by the British during the last years of the Raj, the man is leaning forward on his knees and his head is buried in gravel. Practicing Tapas or Niyamas, is one form of Austerity that holy men like this perform to cleanse themselves of bad thoughts. It is a conservation of energy; an increase of power in the system by sense control; a process of positive-thought, self-imposed  hardships and inner-strength - all to gain a higher being for oneself. They might stand in cold water in winter, stand on or bury their heads in earth. Niyamas also breeds non-violence, truthfullness, non-stealing, moderation, non-possessiveness, purity, contentment, discipline, study and surrender.
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  • A villager lays fresh straw over the roof rafters of a building with the backdrop of Himalayan foothills and snow-tipped mountain peaks, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal.
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  • A child plays outside its home with the backdrop of snow-tipped Himalayan mountain peaks, a location also serving as a trekkers rest house with hot, solar-powered showers, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal.
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  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, two businessmen sit with identical laptops open, perched on their knees. The colleagues are en-route to Australia and are enjoying this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, two businessmen sit with identical laptops open, perched on their knees. The colleagues are en-route to Australia and are enjoying this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A woman in a red dress and bright pink hat poses for a photograph over the ancient site of Preah Ko temple, Roluos, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.  The temples were made of brick towers on a sandstone platform.
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  • Seen from a hillside opposite, with the clear blue backdrop of the snow-covered Himalayan mountain peaks, a Nepalese family crouch on the hilltop to rest during a family walk from their community village near Gorkha, Central Nepal. In the middle of the picture, a young girl twirls and dances across the clearing as her parents and siblings watch, drawfed by the powerfully- dominant range of natural features that form part of the highest altitudes on earth although Gorkha is only 3281 feet (about 1000 meters) above sea level. These peoples' homes cling to the sides of impressive mountains that draw tens of thousands of travellers to this region to trek the paths and conservation sanctuaries of this fast-developing Buddhist and Hindu Kingdom.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 conduct the Summer Festival starting in Yabuhara sanctuary and weaving itself through Kiso Mura village. Seen here the moment of the ceremony called Houbei-no-gi, which expresses the deepest respect moments after the most central part of the sanctuary which dates back to 680 AD at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, is taken down to be placed inside the Mikoshi. The festival known as Matsuri in Japanese is conducted across  80.000 Jinjas sanctuary throughout Japan and the number of Jinja increase to 4.000.000 sanctuaries if including very small ones. All sanctuaries have their own Matsuri throughout the year and Grand festival, known as Taisai. This is only conducted once a year at each sanctuary. The summer festival is called Yabuhara Jinja Taisai annual Grand festival, which is commonly known as Yabuhara Matsuri. Matsuri have been conducted uninterupted every year since the founding of the sanctuary in 680AD.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 conduct the Summer Festival starting in Yabuhara sanctuary and weaving itself through Kiso Mura village. Seen here the moment of the ceremony called Houbei-no-gi, which expresses the deepest respect moments after the most central part of the sanctuary which dates back to 680 AD at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, is taken down to be placed inside the Mikoshi. The festival known as Matsuri in Japanese is conducted across  80.000 Jinjas sanctuary throughout Japan and the number of Jinja increase to 4.000.000 sanctuaries if including very small ones. All sanctuaries have their own Matsuri throughout the year and Grand festival, known as Taisai. This is only conducted once a year at each sanctuary. The summer festival is called Yabuhara Jinja Taisai annual Grand festival, which is commonly known as Yabuhara Matsuri. Matsuri have been conducted uninterupted every year since the founding of the sanctuary in 680AD.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 conduct the Summer Festival starting in Yabuhara sanctuary and weaving itself through Kiso Mura village. Seen here the moment of the ceremony called Houbei-no-gi, which expresses the deepest respect moments after the most central part of the sanctuary which dates back to 680 AD at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, is taken down to be placed inside the Mikoshi. The festival known as Matsuri in Japanese is conducted across  80.000 Jinjas sanctuary throughout Japan and the number of Jinja increase to 4.000.000 sanctuaries if including very small ones. All sanctuaries have their own Matsuri throughout the year and Grand festival, known as Taisai. This is only conducted once a year at each sanctuary. The summer festival is called Yabuhara Jinja Taisai annual Grand festival, which is commonly known as Yabuhara Matsuri. Matsuri have been conducted uninterupted every year since the founding of the sanctuary in 680AD.
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  • A guest house sign near Ulleri on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. Locals meet at a table for morning tea and the sign advertises Laligurans Guest House, a well-built house on the popular route for travellers from around the world. <br />
Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers and great food is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • The Sarutahiko-no-kami. the role of these Kami are to guide the Mikoshi during the Summer Festival parade through the village of Kiso Mura. As one theory goes, it is said that these kami represents western people as they have big nose, big eyes, red and white faces, and blond hair. Sarutahiko-no-kami guides Mikoshi from the Yabuhara sanctuary, across the village and back to the sanctuary at the end of the festivities.
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  • Outdoor showers with a magnificent Himalayan view on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. A tourist waits for a cubical to become free beneath the spectacular backdrop of snow-peaked mountains. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • A local man carries tourism industry supplies downhill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With the heavy load on his back, supported in the traditional Himalayan manner of a head strap that steadies the pack, the man makes his steady way down the foothill using a long pole for extra balance. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 dressed in his ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71. They are the  25th and 24th uninterrupted generational SHINTO priests in their family line dating back to the 12th century AD. Seen here leaving the family home to walk to the inner sanctum of their sanctuary.  The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize ones sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the here and now and allow ones sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
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  • Indian Elephants at the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on 19th November 2009 in Palakkad, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Indian Elephants at the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on 19th November 2009 in Palakkad, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • A nurse administers medicine to young African children.  One child swallows syrup from a syringe. The other has just taken tablets.  The children are living at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice and care home for children with HIV/AIDS.  Guateng, South Africa.
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  • A group of young girls hiding their faces from the camera and sitting on a sofa in the living room at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice and care home for children with HIV Guateng, South Africa.
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  • Indian Elephants at the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on 19th November 2009 in Palakkad, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Indian Elephants at the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on 19th November 2009 in Palakkad, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • The woodland at dawn in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on 19th November 2009 in Palakkad, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • The woodland at dawn in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on 19th November 2009 in Palakkad, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Children watching TV at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice and care home for children who suffer from HIV. Guateng, South Africa.
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  • Children playing and dancing at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice and care home for children who suffer from HIV. Guateng, South Africa.
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  • An African nurse prepares medicines for young children at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice and care home for HIV positive children. Each blue beaker contains the treatment for a different person. The drugs include anti-retrovirals (ARVs) the treatment for HIV. Guateng, South Africa.
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  • African babies in their cots at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice for orphaned children with HIV in Guateng, South Africa.
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  • Reserved for wildlife sign at the edge of a wildlife reserve on 20th June 2020 in Studley, United Kingdom. A nature reserve, also known as a natural reserve, wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area, is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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  • Visitors stand on ancient graffiti-covered rocks in Saguaro National Park, outside of Tucson Arizona. Saguaro is usually thought of as a Cactus sanctuary but these tourists stand on and clamber over the natural rock formation. The oldest rocks found in the area, although not directly in the park, are granites and metamorphic rocks which represent the original crust of Southern Arizona. These rocks are approximately 1.7 billion years old and belong to an era of geologic time known as the Precambian. The metamorphic rocks are mostly schist
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  • As a sleeping homeless man lies curled up in his sleeping bag on a central London pavement, two window cleaners have carefully placed their ladders at his feet to clean a Boots the chemist sign. Each wearing identical blue working overalls and each wiping the frontage with their left hands, the men are symbolic of the working man versus that of a homeless person without a job, prospects or perhaps a future. The wide gap between hopelessness and the pride of one's achievement is shown here on the sidewalk of modern-day Britain. London is home to some 50,000 homeless people whose place of rest can often be recesses and shop doorways where they seek sanctuary from the cold and street violence. On the opposite end of the wealth and social divides are those who seek work with a positive outlook on life.
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  • A lady country rambler walks peers through binoculars on the sea defence embankment of Halstow Marshes on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. With the panoramic views beyond, the walker stands below blue skies and clouds, stopping to spot birdlife on the mudflats, on a landscape that could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
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  • A group of country ramblers walk down a slope of grassland near Halstow on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. With a guide to Kent walks, a man walks stooped while his friends walk ahead. With the panoramic views beyond, the landscape could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
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  • A group of country ramblers walk down a slope of grassland near Halstow on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. In small groups, the friends descend the slop towards the river beyond. With the panoramic views the landscape could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
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  • A group of country ramblers look across Northwood Hill's landscape below, an wildlife area near Halstow on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. With the panoramic views beyond, the walkers stop to admire the landscape that could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
    halstow_marshes02-02-06-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A group of country ramblers look across Northwood Hill's landscape below, an wildlife area near Halstow on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. With the panoramic views beyond, the walkers stop to admire the landscape that could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
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  • A remote signpost showing the Saxon Shore Way near Halstow on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. This walking route traverses land that may become part of the development for the new transport hub. With the panoramic views beyond, we see an unspoilt landscape that could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • An orang-utan clings to the bars of its cage in Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 22nd May 2017. The centre houses around 450 rescued orangutans who have been displaced from their habitats by human activity. After extensive rehabilitation and preparation, many of them will be reintroduced into the wild, but some animals have illnesses or injuries that means they have to remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.
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  • Staff feed fruit to orang-utans in cages in Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 22nd May 2017. The centre houses around 450 rescued orangutans who have been displaced from their habitats by human activity. Many of them will be reintroduced into the wild, but some animals have illnesses or injuries that means they have to remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.
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  • A large male orang-utan clings to the bars of his cage in Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 22nd May 2017. The centre houses around 450 rescued orangutans who have been displaced from their habitats by human activity. After extensive rehabilitation and preparation, many of them will be reintroduced into the wild, but some animals have illnesses or injuries that means they have to remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.
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  • A veterinarian holds the hand of an orang-utan in a cage in Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia on 22nd May 2017. The centre houses around 450 rescued orangutans who have been displaced from their habitats by human activity. After extensive rehabilitation and preparation, many of them will be reintroduced into the wild, but some animals have illnesses or injuries that means they have to remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 dresses into his ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, with the help of two of his Shinto priest colleagues, Kageji Toyama and Kiyoto Suyama from neighbouring villages. The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize ones sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the here and now and allow ones sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
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