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Where Am I Going To Get A Copy Of Forbes Magazine At This Time Of Night ... Will Amateur Photographer Do ?
There is a famous expression in English: When the going gets tough, the tough get going – meaning when the situation becomes difficult, the strong will work harder to meet the challenge. Sometimes, when we are in a tough situation, inspirational quote or saying can help us calm down and focus on what we need to do.
The proverb is attributed to Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), the father of (U.S.) President John F. Kennedy. It was recently popularized by Billy Ocean's song 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going' . The saying is found in varying forms.
Brighton seafront 🇬🇧
31st July, 2019
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Reportage street shot from a Disabled People Against Cuts protest outside of the Ministry of Defence building in Glasgow, Scotland, on 26th March 2025.
I think it's fair to say that the true measure of a society is on how it treats it's most vulnerable people.
Bearing in mind that any one of us can become disabled at any time through no fault of our own. The societal safety net that we all pay into during our lives is there for that very reason. To care for us if or when we are unable to care for ourselves.
We therefore owe it to ourselves to fight these welfare cuts, to put pressure on our MPs to vote against the changes. Don't just think about it, do it, let them know because one day it could be you that needs to depend upon them for survival.
Take care.
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street and reportage photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Captured in April 2019, this young person was counter protesting, amongst others, to a group who were holding an 'anti abortion' rally in George Square, Glasgow.
Yesterday the United Kingdom Government were praising the brave protests by Russian people in Russia. Anti war protests all across Russian cities were resulting in people being arrested and facing up to 5 years in prison. At the same time the United Kingdom Government voted through a new Police and Crime Bill which will remove our own democratic right to protest. It would see anything deemed as 'noisy protest' being given prison sentences of up to 10 years. Let that sink in.
Make no mistake that such a bill is an affront to the democratic right to protest. Protest is essential in a free and fair democracy. Without protest you have an autocracy that can further remove your rights and freedoms and you will have no power to demand otherwise.
We now, once again, rely on the House of Lords, an unelected body, to vote down the bill in order to preserve our democracy. The irony of this is not lost on me.
The world is seeing attacks on democracy from autocrats and dictators but also seeing attacks on democracy from within the very seat of democracy itself. Insanity abounds.
Stay safe my Flickr friends.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from this day, 14th March, in 2016. Enjoy.
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Captured at the September 2019 'Strike for Climate' march in Glasgow, Scotland. Thousands upon thousands gathered in George Square calling for urgent action to prevent irreversible climate disaster.
On the eve of #COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, this image feels as poignant as ever so I gave it a re-edit with a little bit of 'Photoshoppery' to remove a clipped sign from the edge of frame.
I wish that the pandemic was under better control in the UK and that it would be safer for me to be in the city to document the occasion - it is heart-breaking for me that I cannot be there. I do, however, have some suitable images for the event captured over the past few years.
I can but hope that "fine words turn into even finer actions" from the world leaders. I can, however, make personal changes that, if most of us took on board, would make a massive difference too. A lot of those changes I have already made.
COP26 is the last chance to keep the goal of 1.5C of temperature rise, above pre-industrial levels, alive. Every percentage of a degree matters. When it comes to temperature - small numbers make massive differences.
We are one species sharing one tiny blue oasis in the vastness of space. Earth is our home and we cannot live without her.
Stay safe.
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Captured at an anti-Trump demonstration in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2017 while out street shooting.
I did not want my 6000th Street Photography image on Flickr to be such a political post but given overnight events I feel the need to speak up.
I did not upload this shot when a narcissist with no political experience was elected to the 'most powerful' office on earth.
I did not upload this image when a small majority of British people believed the lies and propaganda resulting in a Brexit vote that has devastated British business and economy ever since.
I did not upload this image when a right wing 'clown' was elected to high office in the UK by ordinary hard working labourers in the north.
I did not upload this image when the UK Government failed to publish the Russia Report which was expected to shed light on the amount of Russian influence and finance in the heart of Government.
Make no mistake - President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has his hand behind all of these events. Russia and Russian money have been on a prolonged attack to destabilise democracy and partnerships all across the west for years through disinformation and interference. This was a part of the long game for Putin and his long held desire to reunify the old Soviet Union at any cost.
When Hitler marched into Austria we stood by. When Hitler marched into the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia we stood by. His ambition was not curtailed by words and inaction, and Poland was then invaded.
We barely acted when Putin took South Ossetia. We barely reacted when Putin marched into The Crimean Peninsula and installed unflagged mercenaries in the Donbas. He then invaded Ukraine.
Putin will not stop at Ukraine. He has earmarked his ambition to reunite all of the former USSR. Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania and even Finland are in his sights. His 'essay' and speeches have pointed in this direction.
Other autocratic nations around the world may now feel emboldened to take, by force, regions that they feel belong to them.
If we stamp down on the invasion of Ukraine hard we risk massive global consequences as Putin has made clear. He threatened actions the like of which the world has never seen should the west intervene in Ukraine.
If we do nothing the global risk is immense as it sends the signal that the borders are meaningless against military might and the international rules based law is pointless. Either way the global consequences are immense as I am sure you are all aware.
I was awake at 3am GMT when the attacks began and watched live Tweets and video streams from ordinary Ukrainians as their country was attacked.
I went and held my loved one close.
This is war, completely unprovoked, in Europe in the 21st Century. This is insanity.
Mankind's inhumanity to mankind will be our downfall.
We are one species on one tiny blue planet in the vastness of space. We, as a species, do not deserve this beautiful earth.
My thoughts are with the people of Ukraine.
Be safe my Flickr friends.
*whether you agree with me politically or not, please show respect. Innocent people are being killed right now.
I haven't been out of the earth's atmosphere to take this shot...it was taken out of a plane window on a low cost domestic flight somewhere between Coolangatta,Queensland and Sydney Australia!
I think the thick window added depth to the colour of the sky.
Excerpt from www.railwaycitytourism.com/murals.html#portfolio-a2e0757a...:
“Exit Strategy”
Artist: Sarah Van Pelt
Artwork: Digital Media
Location: St. Thomas Public Library, 153 Curtis Street, St. Thomas ON
Sarah jokingly refers to this piece as Elon's Escape (but she hopes he will have better luck than this poor astronaut in case of an apocalyptic event.) The artist channelled her early years for this illustration, as she grew up in a world of comic books and science fiction, and still loves both to this day. Much of her art is nature related, so this was an enjoyable deviation. While Sarah doesn't live in fear of an impending alien invasion, she does enjoy asking the question “What if?” Her imagination is inclined to jump down the rabbit hole whenever and wherever possible.
Excerpt from www.railwaycitytourism.com/murals.html#portfolio-09168cc6...:
“Current Affairs"
Artist: Deni Gauthier
Location: St. Thomas Public Library, 153 Curtis Street, St. Thomas ON
Well known and loved for his music and story telling around the world, Deni Gauthier started out as a visual artist. In fact, while he was building a career in music, his visual art skills often came to his families rescue during lean months in the early 2000’s. Now, rarely a painter, Deni still enjoys plying his skills to canvas and digital art when he’s not on tour.
The miniature mural project was organized by Sarah Van Pelt for the 2022 Track to the Future Mural Festival. She created a small scene with a 2” high figure of a photographer seated on a tiny cement bench, admiring tiny murals featuring the art from 11 local artists, herself included. They can be found at multiple locations around St. Thomas. A huge thanks goes to all of the participating artists and to all of the hosting locations.
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Cathedral Plaza, at the south end of High Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. Sunday 6th March 2022, at around 2pm to 4pm.
About the photograph.
Those shots were in colour, I converted those two into black and white.
This photograph shows a man taking his turn to speak of his option on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is seen standing next to the Edward Elgar statue, at the Cathedral Plaza, the direction of the photograph is facing north.
The last time I attended a protest to try to do some photojournalism kind of photography, was back in 1987-89 during my college days.
Since then, been trying to get a job in photography or graphic design. Got married, started having kids, then got a divorce and became a very busy single parent and full-time carer. Now that my kids are older and left home, I’m free and independent, so I decided to try to get back into doing photography. I need to refresh my skills anyway.
In the first week of March, 2022, I heard that there was a planned protest in Worcester which is the nearest city, so the night before, I charged up my Nikon’s batteries, formatted the memory cards to make sure I have plenty of storage space left for more photos, and made sure my photography kit bag is ready.
On the afternoon of Sunday, I drove to Worcester, parked my car at the car park, and walked over to the Cathedral Plaza, which is where the protests were due to start. At that time (March 2022), the Knife Angel, a 27 feet tall sculpture made out of knives seized by the police, was on display.
As the 2pm start was approaching, more and more people arrived there, I would say there was around about between 50 to 75 people, or something like that. The protest was really more like a Speaker’s Corner kind of protest, with many people just standing around, rather than a march. At least 4 or 5 different guys took turns to speak out their statements, while some people held up their placards. There wasn’t much of a protest, but then again, it is because Worcester is a small city compared to other major cities where protests were taking part on massive scale.
I tried my best to do a photo-journalism kind of photography, I went around the crowd and took as many photos as I could. Those are just the few good photos I could find out of the approximately 400 photos I managed to take.
About the overall subject.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on the 24th of February 2022, and in a short space of time, many Europeans, Americans, mostly and mainly anyone of “Western” lifestyle, people living in free countries, with freedom of speech, of choice, of votes, many of them started taking to streets to protest against the Russian invasion.
There were so many signs in various languages, often advising that Russia should leave Ukraine, stop the war, Putin being a war criminal, and so on.
This protest that I attended to take the photos, was organised by the Worcester Trades Union Council, and was listed on the Stop the War Coalition website, under the No to War in Ukraine protests section. This was just one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of protests happening all around the world on Sunday 6th March, in respond to President Putin‘s decision to attack Ukraine.
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Budget day & announcement that the £1 coin is to be replaced with a new threepenny bit style coin.
At home, Hamworthy
19.03.2014
in relation to the USA. Not my photo.
A screen capture from --{I forget}.
I’m reading a very good, very new, book about Volodymyr Zelensky, “The Showman”, written by Simon Shuster. 2024.
(Europe is 17 times larger than Ukraine. Europe and the US are about identical in size.)
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. A small street party had set up to celebrate change in Zimbabwe and they were chanting for Mugabe to go with jubilant voice and some accompanying drums. A small group but one that echoed massive celebratory demonstration in Zimbabwe following the recent military intervention in the country's leadership. Enjoy.
Street art depicting the Statue of Liberty holding a gun in the air. Shoreditch, London, 2017.
Justin
The reason that all the Royal Family do an art history degree when they go to University, Buckingham Palace.
All Jigsaw Puzzles
CWSJ002
card
1,000 pieces
50 x 66 cm
19¾ x 26 in
TED: "I gotta lot to fank Donald for - 'e stopped me frum frowin' this pussel in the bin! We dun most of it over a cupple of days an' all we 'ad left wuz the blue sky.
So we 'ad them blue peeces layed out an' new we 'ad to try evry peece to fill in the gaps, but it wuz reely reely BORIN'!
I got fed up after gettin' stuck a few times, I 'ad to keep takin' peeces out an' swoppin' 'em arownd an' Dad wuzzn't no 'elp, 'e sed 'e's temperarrily lost 'is pusslin' mojo - huh! - so I neerly jacked it in.
But Donald came to the rescue - YAY! - an' took over while I went an' 'ad a lie down in a darkened room.
'E plugged away at it fer a few 'ours last nite before bed, an' got up early this mornin' to finnish it, an' so 'ere it is - TA-DAAAH!!"
DONALD: *modestly* "It was nothing, really!"
The souk (market) in Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank. Up until recently, the souk was a vibrant, busy market. However the establishment of an extremist settlement within the ancient city protected by the IDF has put enormous pressure on the local Palestinian population and economy. Now the souk is virtually empty with many stores closed. Palestinians are barely visible and increasingly in the shadows.
This situation is not welcomed by all in Israel. From its beginnings it was recognised by many, including such influential figures as General Moshe Dayan, that acting as an occupying force would compel Israel to behave in oppressive ways that ultimately would undermine the very moral fabric of Israeli society.
As B'tselem argues - Israel’s regime of occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end the occupation, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
For updates on alternative views please see the human rights organisation B'Tselem that is based in Israel - www.btselem.org/topic/hebron
and also Breaking the Silence - www.breakingthesilence.org.il/testimonies?as1=hebron&...
an organisation of former IDF soldiers who are speaking out about the reality of imposing the occupation, and what it does to the Palestinians and how it corrupts the soul of Israel.
My photographs are (C) Copyright Richard Friend and All Rights Reserved
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Lower Castle Street, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
About those photographs.
The 2022 Bristol Pride started at Castle Park, moved into Castle Street, and turned left into Lower Castle Street, heading north towards Penn Street. Those photographs were taken somewhere near the NCP Broadmead car park next to the Marriott hotel. It was approximately about 15 minutes after the start of the march.
I took up a position near the car park’s entrance. In the wide photo (0251), you’ll notice the KEEP CLEAR wording painted on the road, and the lowered kerb (in American-English: “crub”), that is where the entrance to the car park is.
This was where I spotted the guy with baseball cap, sunglasses, and a rainbow mask around his face, holding up a placard. I had noticed that thousands of people on the march had showed their faces, only a very rare number would choose to hide their faces.
In the second photo (0263), I zoomed to the 200mm length and took some shots of the guy. I have no idea who he is, when preparing the photos for uploading to Flickr, I simply called him “The Masked Man.”
It had occurred to me that I had taken zoomed in photos of him for uploading to Flickr or Instagram or whatever, to showcase my experience and skills, and considering that he wants his identify hidden, he may want his privacy.
So I went over to him, to ask him for his permissions. Here is where it gets interesting…
Bearing in mind that I am a deaf person with speech impaired, often mispronouncing my words, and that he is wearing a mask over his mouth, making lip-reading impossible for me.
So how do we communicate with each other? No problem! The simple fact is…
Days before coming down to Bristol to cover this event, I had prepared some kind of ID tag of my own, stating that I’m a photographer and that I’m deaf. On the other side was a simple typed text, that simply asked “May I have permissions to publish the photos online? I ask out of respect because you are clearly seen in the photographs.”
On this day, at that point, I went up to him, and I said to him “Excuse me, I’m deaf.” Then I held up the back of my ID tag, let him read the wording.
Even thought he’s wearing a mask around his mouth, so if he were to say something like “Sure, go ahead.” It would be impossible to know, but no problem there. As he knows I’m a deaf person, all he did was simply nod his head.
When I was in my last year at a deaf school, I told the hearing teacher that I wanted to get into college and study photography. I was told that I can’t become a photographer because I’m deaf and how am I supposed to communicate. Even my mother agrees with the teacher and wasn’t supportive of my aims.
It’s not like I wanted to become a wedding photographer, which would need a lot of communications between the photographer and the wedding party.
My mother, her friends, the teachers, and most other people, were all wrong. Even thought it is difficult for me as a photographer to do this kind of photography, it should be seen as a challenge to overcome, not a barrier.
So, I got his permissions to publish the photos, and there it is.
About the event.
Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.
The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.
The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium.
The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.
After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
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Lower Castle Street, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
About those photographs.
The 2022 Bristol Pride started at Castle Park, moved into Castle Street, and turned left into Lower Castle Street, heading north towards Penn Street. Those photographs were taken somewhere near the NCP Broadmead car park next to the Marriott hotel. It was approximately about 15 minutes after the start of the march.
I took up a position near the car park’s entrance. In the wide photo (0251), you’ll notice the KEEP CLEAR wording painted on the road, and the lowered kerb (in American-English: “crub”), that is where the entrance to the car park is.
This was where I spotted the guy with baseball cap, sunglasses, and a rainbow mask around his face, holding up a placard. I had noticed that thousands of people on the march had showed their faces, only a very rare number would choose to hide their faces.
In the second photo (0263), I zoomed to the 200mm length and took some shots of the guy. I have no idea who he is, when preparing the photos for uploading to Flickr, I simply called him “The Masked Man.”
It had occurred to me that I had taken zoomed in photos of him for uploading to Flickr or Instagram or whatever, to showcase my experience and skills, and considering that he wants his identify hidden, he may want his privacy.
So I went over to him, to ask him for his permissions. Here is where it gets interesting…
Bearing in mind that I am a deaf person with speech impaired, often mispronouncing my words, and that he is wearing a mask over his mouth, making lip-reading impossible for me.
So how do we communicate with each other? No problem! The simple fact is…
Days before coming down to Bristol to cover this event, I had prepared some kind of ID tag of my own, stating that I’m a photographer and that I’m deaf. On the other side was a simple typed text, that simply asked “May I have permissions to publish the photos online? I ask out of respect because you are clearly seen in the photographs.”
On this day, at that point, I went up to him, and I said to him “Excuse me, I’m deaf.” Then I held up the back of my ID tag, let him read the wording.
Even thought he’s wearing a mask around his mouth, so if he were to say something like “Sure, go ahead.” It would be impossible to know, but no problem there. As he knows I’m a deaf person, all he did was simply nod his head.
When I was in my last year at a deaf school, I told the hearing teacher that I wanted to get into college and study photography. I was told that I can’t become a photographer because I’m deaf and how am I supposed to communicate. Even my mother agrees with the teacher and wasn’t supportive of my aims.
It’s not like I wanted to become a wedding photographer, which would need a lot of communications between the photographer and the wedding party.
My mother, her friends, the teachers, and most other people, were all wrong. Even thought it is difficult for me as a photographer to do this kind of photography, it should be seen as a challenge to overcome, not a barrier.
So, I got his permissions to publish the photos, and there it is.
About the event.
Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.
The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.
The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium.
The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.
After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
There was a protest by transgenders in Bristol, one of the many around the United Kingdom, in respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling.
I went there as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism of the event.
At that time I took the photograph, the people taking part in the protest were mostly arriving, and the crowd was gathering. They all were simply milling about, as the march was not due to start for the next 45 (ish) minutes.
I was looking around for some shots of the protesters getting ready, and noticed this photographer doing the photojournalism.
In the background are the protesters, and like I said, were simply milling about.
Sometimes I wonder, this is what I look like to other people.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
If you are wondering about the meaning of the title The Megaphone Back in Action, that is because this photo was taken within few minutes of file 2025002-0048 which showed this person, along with two others, attempting to get the megaphone working. They managed to get the problem with the megaphone sorted out, so they can start using it.
While attending the Trans Resistance Rally event at Bristol as an out-of-work freelance photographer, looking to freshen up and improve my skills, I was looking around for anything interesting going on.
As in the previous shot, I saw this person with the short black T-shirt carrying a megaphone, had been attempting to get the megaphone working, hence the other two came around to help out.
Now that it was working fine, this person started using it at the beginning of the protest. At that point in time, the gathering was still growing bigger and bigger.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, and cropped it while in Adobe Photoshop.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
This lady is seen wearing a T-shirt with the word Barracwda on the front, she is a member of a band called Barracwda.
Barracwda is Cardiff’s Afro Brazilian inspired band, and according to their Instagram profile, said ”fusing the love of samba with funk, reggae and jungle.”
This is all the information I could get out of the Internet.
At that time the parade was still in its early stage, the front part of the parade would have already on behind me as I took those photos. I hang back to find more interesting shots from the rest of the parade.
Never assume the front of the parade makes great journalism photos, there would always be something worthy anywhere along the whole parade.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
Here, this lady is wearing a coloured stripped skirt, and have an impressive butterfly-like cape on her shoulders. As she walks with the parade, she also spins around, and in doing so, the cape kind of flies around, displaying the butterfly-like wings.
I was taking photos of her when she spotted me, hence her smiling at the camera.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
This group of people are members of a band called Barracwda, the ones at the front are using just the drumsticks, but the ones behind them are using drums.
Barracwda is Cardiff’s Afro Brazilian inspired band, and according to their Instagram profile, said ”fusing the love of samba with funk, reggae and jungle.”
This is all the information I could get out of the Internet.
At that time the parade was still in its early stage, the front part of the parade would have already on behind me as I took those photos. I hang back to find more interesting shots from the rest of the parade.
Never assume the front of the parade makes great journalism photos, there would always be something worthy anywhere along the whole parade.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
Here, I spotted her doing roller skating instead of walking like everyone else, so I attempted to take some shots of her, and that was when she spotted me, hence her smiling at the camera.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken somewhere on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
While I was looking around for some shots, I noticed this guy’s scarlet top hat, and decided to take a photo of him, however he had spotted me, and decided to smile for the camera.
On the side of his hat is some kind of a label of some sort, I have no idea what it is, other shots of him, they all don’t clearly show what it is, only one photo gives the illustration that it could be a business card.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
There was a protest by transgenders in Bristol, one of the many around the United Kingdom, in respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling.
I went there as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism of the event.
When I arrived, they were still gathering and building up, this would be why you notice in the background, some people are sitting down. They’re simply waiting for the start of the march into city centre.
Not much was happening, it was just mostly milling about and listening to some people taking turns to speak out.
I was looking around for interesting subjects to take photos of, I just noticed this placard of the British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. It looks like someone used photo editing software to create the illustration of the PM as being the devil.
What is more interesting about it, is that the person who made this placard had decided to create a border around the placard, so it looked like a framed picture.
Generally the majority of the people in any protests, strikes, parades, mostly don’t bother with a frame around the placards, which is why I was wondering about it, and decided to take a photo of it.
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High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on High Street, roughly near to the High St Arcade, entrance.
Those people were holding up the colourful balloons designed to spell out the word PRIDE. They are the ones at the front of the parade, and in this photo, they were not far from where High Street ends, and becomes St Marys Street.
Notice the security officers and police officers at the front escorting the parade leaders, and also notice the other journalist also at the front (like the cameraman seen in file 0240).
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
A march, like a parade, would take months and months of planning, and likely to involve the council closing some routes, and the police setting up road blocks. The organisers would spend some time attending meetings, to talk about the routes, and therefore would be already familiar with where to go.
But in this case, this protest was quickly set up within some days, in respond to a court ruling, thus would be hastily planned, with no road closures, and no police escort. Those guys appear to be unprepared for the route, so they look like they’re having an on-the-spot meeting, to talk about what routes to take.
Some of them are wearing high-visibility vests, and they are the ones likely to have organised the rally, and will be guiding the march through the street.
I was looking to see if I could get any interesting shots, and I figured that those guys having a quick meeting like this, may make an interesting story.
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Tesla Takedown movement protesting outside the Tesla Showroom, 860 Washington St, Manhattan, NYC. 22nd March 2025.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
This is one of the earlier shots I took of a protest outside the council offices in Bristol. At that point of the time, people were gathering around, and it was building up, so it would be a while before there’s something going on. In the meanwhile, I was like doing a warming up, getting into doing some shootings simply by looking around for anything interesting to take photos of.
I figured this flag will do nicely, but even thought there was a very light breeze, it was not enough to keep this flag flying, I was still trying to catch it showing the whole flag. It was best I could come up with, and in the background is the actual council building.
The protest was gathering at College Green, and building up until there was plenty of protesters before they march into the city centre.
I start off a new series with this photo, the series is about the transgender protests, I believe called Trans Resistance Rally, organised by various groups, the photos will be slotted in between other photos I’m still uploading.
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File: 2023006-0040
Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
Those two women are helping put on an elephant head, onto the guy whom is seen already wearing an elephant costume. What the two ladies were doing was actually helping to make adjustments for him, to make sure the head would be put on correctly.
Why do I give this photo the title The Hot Suit? Well, at that time, the weather was really hot and sunny, the temperature was really high, like over 25 degree Celsius (for those of you who use Fahrenheit, that would be around 77.)
I could possibility imagine how hot it would be under this costume suit, it would be very hot, so figure why not nickname it The Hot Suit.
The photograph was converted to Black and White in Adobe Lightroom, for a good old fashion newspaper like image.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
I attended the protest as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism kind of photography, in order to improvise my skills and to build up a portfolio.
At this stage, the gathering was still ongoing, the crowd was building up, and it would be some time before they start the march through the city centre.
I was looking around for interesting shots, and interesting stories to take photos of, when I noticed this person with a Jack Russell on her shoulder, coming along.
So I decided to take some shots of her, and the dog.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
While attending the Trans Resistance Rally event at Bristol as an out-of-work freelance photographer, looking to freshen up and improve my skills, I was looking around for anything interesting going on.
I saw this person with the short black T-shirt carrying a megaphone, and started speaking, but soon found there were problems with the megaphone. While trying to get it working, the other two came over to help out.
I was trying to get a better angle, and hope to include the troublesome megaphone in the shot, but figured that the problem could be short lived, they could simply have sorted it out within a matter of seconds, so I didn’t want to risk missing the photos by moving around and looking for a better angle.
I simply started taking the photographs, while at same time attempting to move around for a better viewpoint. But as I figured, they didn’t take too long to try to get it working.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, and cropped it while in Adobe Photoshop.
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File: 2023006-0226
High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on High Street, roughly near to the High St Arcade, entrance, in the background is the Cardiff Castle on Castle Street.
This is not very long after the start of the parade, which had started moving forwards and is turning into High Street, you can’t see them much, but they are behind the buggy vehicle.
What the photograph shows is just a few of the various people, both men and women, who are at the front. They’re police officers, security people, Pride management staff, and so on. They do have women somewhere.
Because there are some guys at the front, there’s those two police officers just to the right of the centre, and there’s that guy in polo T-shirt with sunglasses on the left side.
Maybe you’ve watched some Hollywood movies, or some television shows, and if they involve the military, you must’ve heard of “point” right?
Like when the person in change would say something like “You and you, take the point.” or say “Smith, you’re on point.” or “Guys, take up point.”
“Point” is kind of a military jargon meaning the person who is at the front of the group of people on the move, often the one who needs to watch ahead, and warn of dangers ahead.
So I figure those guys are on point, after all, they’re the ones at the front, leading the main parade behind them. Hence, I nickname this shot as “Point Men”
I figure to covert the photo, in Adobe Lightroom, into black and white, for a more photojournalism feels to it, and used Adobe Photoshop to crop it closer.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This street vendor is seen here carrying two bags full of long balloons, all of various colours, and he is seen trying to make his way towards the rear of the parade.
By strange coincidence, if you look in the background, near the top, you’ll notice the building’s shop front have three long strips of colours, just like the balloons.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Near Castle Arcade, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photo was taken on Castle Street, about half-way between the junctions of High Street and Womanby Street. This location is very near the Revolution restaurant and the Castle Arcade.
This was at the front of the parade, and those girls were doing a dance, while the parade was getting ready. I took some captures, and figured this one would look good in black and white for a dramatic feel.
Couldn’t think of a better title for this, so figured I’ll call this “Front Dancers.”
When I was a teenager attending college, I did a photojournalism kind of photography of students going on a march, in protest. Since then, I haven’t done anything like that, mainly due to the difficulties with my life, and later being a busy single parent.
Since 2020, with the kids now living independent, I decided to get back into doing photography, and this is my fourth attempt at photojournalism photography. I’ve been trying to rebuild my self-confident, and need to refresh my skills.
So this may have been 4th or 5th attempt at photojournalism, and my second Pride parade (the first one was in Bristol). When the parade started, I’ve been busy taking so many shots during the hot weather, and I ended up with a sunburn.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Cathedral Plaza, at the south end of High Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. Sunday 6th March 2022, at around 2pm to 4pm.
About the photograph.
This photo shows a guy taking his turn to speak out his option of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while a group of people are listening.
Notice the two people at the far left side of the photo, one of them holding a placard saying ”Tyrants always fail” and the other person with a Ukraine flag on shoulders. There is a closer photo of them in my Photostream.
The last time I attended a protest to try to do some photojournalism kind of photography, was back in 1987-89 during my college days.
Since then, been trying to get a job in photography or graphic design. Got married, started having kids, then got a divorce and became a very busy single parent and full-time carer. Now that my kids are older and left home, I’m free and independent, so I decided to try to get back into doing photography. I need to refresh my skills anyway.
In the first week of March, 2022, I heard that there was a planned protest in Worcester which is the nearest city, so the night before, I charged up my Nikon’s batteries, formatted the memory cards to make sure I have plenty of storage space left for more photos, and made sure my photography kit bag is ready.
On the afternoon of Sunday, I drove to Worcester, parked my car at the car park, and walked over to the Cathedral Plaza, which is where the protests were due to start. At that time (March 2022), the Knife Angel, a 27 feet tall sculpture made out of knives seized by the police, was on display.
As the 2pm start was approaching, more and more people arrived there, I would say there was around about between 50 to 75 people, or something like that. The protest was really more like a Speaker’s Corner kind of protest, with many people just standing around, rather than a march. At least 4 or 5 different guys took turns to speak out their statements, while some people held up their placards. There wasn’t much of a protest, but then again, it is because Worcester is a small city compared to other major cities where protests were taking part on massive scale.
I tried my best to do a photo-journalism kind of photography, I went around the crowd and took as many photos as I could. Those are just the few good photos I could find out of the approximately 400 photos I managed to take.
About the overall subject.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on the 24th of February 2022, and in a short space of time, many Europeans, Americans, mostly and mainly anyone of “Western” lifestyle, people living in free countries, with freedom of speech, of choice, of votes, many of them started taking to streets to protest against the Russian invasion.
There were so many signs in various languages, often advising that Russia should leave Ukraine, stop the war, Putin being a war criminal, and so on.
This protest that I attended to take the photos, was organised by the Worcester Trades Union Council, and was listed on the Stop the War Coalition website, under the No to War in Ukraine protests section. This was just one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of protests happening all around the world on Sunday 6th March, in respond to President Putin‘s decision to attack Ukraine.
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