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2018 - Year in Pictures

Luke Dray

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2018 - Year in Pictures

My 2018 in pictures

The Super Blood Moon illuminates the London skyline as it rises on the 31/01/2018.

The Kankurang marks the start of adulthood for the Mandika people of west Africa. Between four and fourteen years old, the youngsters have their genitalia ritually circumcised. The Kankurang masquerade moves alone during the ceremony, chasing the adults and children, making loud ear-piercing screams and slamming two sharp machetes together in order to scare away evil spirits and witches. Besse, central Gambia.

Theresa May arrives in Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting.

Two leather traders haggle in Chouara Tannery, Fez, Morocco.

A rioter stands on top of a burning Police nationale van in central Paris.

The Gambia has suffered terrible amounts of deforestation. Wildfires and uncontrolled wood collection have reduced wooded areas of the country from about 70% in 1960s to less than 9% in 2000.

A young boy dresses as a Wuri Kankurang during a ceremony in Janjanbureh, central Gambia.

Cars burn during protests by Yellow Jackets in central Paris.

A Foot Guard from the Irish Guards Regiment outside Buckingham Palace during Storm Emma which covered the UK in snow in the winter of 2018.

Yellow Jackets protesters react to teargas canisters at the Place de l'Étoile.

Thousands join the Fund Our NHS demonstration in central London, February 2018. London, England - February 3 2018.

A trained bird ringer removes a Reed Warbler from a mist net at a privately owned ringing station in Steyning, West Sussex. Bird ringing generates information on the survival, productivity and movements of species, helping scientists understand why populations are changing, and identify areas that need protecting on migration routes. Steyning, West Sussex - May 12 2018.

Pixie Lott performs at Brighton Pride Festival 2018.

The People’s Walk for Wildlife with Chris Packham marches though central London to hand in the 'Peoples Manifesto for Wildlife' into No. 10 Downing Street.

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