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NAHR AL-BARED IDP SETTLEMENT, LEBANON. Apr2016. -International Women’s Day- This image of Nourhan, 17, photographed in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Northern Lebanon. The camp was the scene of brutal fighting in 2007 when the Lebanese authorities swept the settlement of suspected militants. Nourhan has been living in this ‘temporary shelter’ limbo, with 30,000 other displaced Palestinians and her parents since she was born. The camp was set up in 1949 and by agreement (Cairo Agreement 1969) is fully run and protected by Palestinians. For @un_ocha on #internationalwomensday #palestinian #refugee #displaced #lebanon #middleeast #portrait (at Lebanon)

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ANGOLA PRISON, LOUISIANA. USA. Prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary waiting to take part in the ‘Angola Prison Rodeo’ in October 2014. The twice annual rodeo event was started in 1967 and is the longest running prison rodeo in the United States. One of the former inmates and a rodeo star at the time, Jack Favor, was the man instrumental in working with the prison staff to establish the ‘The Prison Rodeo’ concept. The original criminal case and wrongful conviction of Jack Favor (for an alleged double murder in 1964) was well-publicized trial at the time. He was sentenced to life but later released in 1974 after he was rightfully cleared of the crime. Today, the selected prisoners who take part in the twice annual rodeo ride on horses and avoid large bulls all reared within the 18,000 prison grounds. Angola - known as the ‘Alcatraz of the South’- is the largest maximum-security prison in the US holding some 6,300 inmates and housing 1,800 staff on the sprawling grounds. The all day rodeo takes place within a purpose-built prison stadium that seats 10,000 spectators- many of whom are family and relatives of the inmates. The rodeo events don’t hold back - bareback riding, barrel racing, wild cow milking and even some 1,800 pound bulls charging at volunteer prisoners while they sit and play poker whilst at a table with the last inmate still sat winning the cash!! (Convict Poker) Injuries are common but for these inmates, many of whom are ‘lifers’, this is a day in the year they mostly look forward to- despite the danger! I was allowed special access to mix with the somewhat pensive inmates before the events began. #rodeo #prison #inmate #angola #louisiana #thesouth #usa #horses #bulls #prisoners #barebackriding #bullriding #convict #poker #gutsnglory (at Angola Prison Rodeo)

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Harry Dean Stanton. Los Angeles: Feb 2015. I’ll never forget watching the Oscars ceremony in 1999 with Harry - just the two of us - at his house on Mulholland Drive. We smoked and drank bit..About the only thing I can remember from that night, other than him talking for a LONG time on the phone to Marlon, was that when the crazy Roberto Benigni won for ‘Life is Beautiful’ and then danced and screamed all over the audience before picking up his award, Harry turned to me and said..“What the fuck is he doing?..As if I had a clue!....Despite appearing in over 200 movies, Harry was never nominated- and something that never ever bothered him!! #missyou #HarryDean #oscar #memories #la

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#laundromat #ice #dayfornight #harlem #nyc (at Harlem)

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PARKLAND, FLORIDA. Tomorrow, two weeks after the horrific shootings that left 17 dead, the kids and teachers of Stoneman Douglas High go back to school..The building (image 3) where the horror happened on Feb 14 is now cordoned off and will be torn down soon. #parkland #florida #mds #stopgunviolence #bs #March4OurLives #march24 #kids #stonemandouglashighschool #neveragain #students4change (at Stoneman Douglas High School)

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#parkland #florida #nowords (at Stoneman Douglas High School)

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PARKLAND, FLORIDA. 17 Sunflowers... (at Stoneman Douglas High School)

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PARKLAND, FLORIDA. Feb24. Moments from a day spent with survivors, mourners and those came to pay respect to the 17 innocent lives lost on February 14 in the Stoneman Douglas High School. #parkland #florida #students #memorial #protectchildren #stopgunviolence #momsdemandaction (at Parkland, Florida)

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PARKLAND, FLORIDA. Feb24 2018. #parkland #florida #students #memorial (at Stoneman Douglas High School)

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HELSINKI, FINLAND. Feb10 2018. ‘An Evening with Female Clowns’ ~ Ruxandra Cantir, a professional clown, warms up backstage at the All-Female Clown Festival In Helsinki last night..#clown #festival #warmingup #makeup #backstage #theatre #helsinki #finland #ontheroad #moments #ruxycantir #performer (at Helsinki)

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FINLAND #arctic #moments Feb2018~ Winter scenes from Lapland wandering. Part of a seasonal 2018 project discovering and sharing moments/life in Finland. Many #thanks to @finlandnewyork for making this project happen and to those here who are helping me along the way. Here images from southern Lapland and the places on and bordering the winter sea ice. #sisu #finland #discovery #suomi #life #explore #outdoors #travel #offroad #ice #snow #landscape #gofinn #wanderlust #oulu #kemi #photography @clarkegiles @gettyreportage (at Oulu, Finland)

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OULU, FINLAND. Feb9, 2018. ‘Clean wind, thick sea ice and a light snow cover. Perfect conditions for winter Kiteboarding’.... #kiteboarding #sea #ice ~ #finland #winter #life #suomi #outdoors #ontheroad for @finlandnewyork @gettyreportage (at Oulu, Finland)

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KEMI, FINLAND. Feb8 2018. ‘Fish 0.5’ ~found while walking on the sea ice.. #finless #fish #suomi #winter #ice #moment (at Finland)

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ICE...N.FINLAND. (2) Feb8 2018. Breaking Ice - if there wasn’t a windchill factor of -25, I’d hang over the side of this icebreaker all day..the hypnotic rhythm of the crunching ice as ice channels are cleared for cargo ships in the Bay of Bothnia. #frozen #sea #suomi #sampo #arctic #winter #shipping for@finlandnewyork @visitkemi #travel #north (at Finland)

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NORTH FINLAND Dec8 2018- Breaking #ice in the Bay Of Bothnia. Winter cargo channels to the Baltic Sea.

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OULU, FINLAND. Feb2018 -#arctic#moments #frozen #ice #landscape #finland #winter (at Oulu, Finland)

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OULU, FINLAND. Dec6 2018. Ice hockey goalkeeper and rising star Veini Vehvilainen, aged 20, is this season’s first choice in goal for current Finnish League leaders ‘Oulun Kärpät’. Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Finland and there are 15 teams in top division. Finland currently lie 4th in the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings; behind Canada,Russia and Sweden and just ahead of the US who are currently in 5th place. Next week, all these countries will battle out for medals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in S.Korea. #photo @clarkegiles for @finlandnewyork @gettyreportage #finland #icehockey #oulu @cityofoulu #oulunkärpät #portrait #finnish #sport #visitfinland #winterolympics #liiga @iihfhockey @finhockey_ @visitoulu (at Oulun Energia Areena)