Dirty Collection (page 7)

Bullet impacts are seen on the heavy truck the day after it ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice

The Wider Image: Chernobyl - return to Pripyat
Trees stand outside a window of an apartment which was evacuated after an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine April 18, 2016

A view shows an empty classroom at the school in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, where dozens of school girls went missing after an attack on the village by Boko Haram, Nigeria February 23

A shoe is seen near blood stains following a car bomb attack in Hasaka province
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A shoe is seen near blood stains following a car bomb attack in Hasaka province, Syria, October 13, 2017

A farmer shows his hand as he harvests wheat on Qalyub farm in the El-Kalubia governorate, northeast of Cairo, Egypt May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A fisherman prepares to catch ray fish at Meireles beach in Fortaleza, Brazil, May 1, 2017. Picture taken May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A voters finger is marked with ink at a polling station during the presidential election in Alexandria, Egypt March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian woman has her finger stained with ink after casting her vote at a polling
An Egyptian woman has her finger stained with ink after casting her vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Recently-harvested coffee fruits are pictured at a plantation in Tepezonapa, in Veracruz state, Mexico, August 14, 2019. Picture taken Agosto 14, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

The Norwegian Sea is seen from the window of an atmospheric research aircraft during a flight across the Arctic Circle from northern Sweden, July 30, 2019. Picture taken July 30, 2019

Palestinian worker makes clay pots at a pottery workshop in Gaza City
A Palestinian worker makes clay pots at a pottery workshop in Gaza City June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

A soldier pauses while cleaning plastic and other debris on the shores of Montesinos beach, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas

A shoe is seen among a pile of unexploded ordnance at the positions of the Iraqi forces at the frontline in Old City of West Mosul, Iraq June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Worker holds the body of an unborn baby whose mother was killed by an airstrike in
A worker holds the body of an unborn baby whose mother was killed by an airstrike in Hodeida, Yemen April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad

A child is seen on a balcony after being forcibly removed from a building where they had been living, in central Rome, Italy, August 20, 2017. Picture taken August 20, 2017

A dairy cow cleans her newly born calf on a dairy farm in Saint-Valerien-de-Milton, southeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

Athens Polytechnic school students carry a blood-stained Greek flag during a rally marking the 45th anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship that was ruling Greece

An informal gold miner adds mercury to panned material to suck the gold out of the dirt at the site of Nsuaem-Top in Ghana, November 23, 2018. Picture taken November 23, 2018

Monkeys collect lotus in a lake to eat as food, at a temple near Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap, Cambodia August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Spotlight: Nigeris floating school
Chalk is placed on a blackboard at a floating school in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria February 29, 2016

Hands of a man are pictured as he makes earthenware in Bhaktapur
The hands of a man are pictured as he makes earthenware in Bhaktapur, Nepal, September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Monika Deupala

The Wider Image: Frustration of surviving pricey Hong Kong stirs protest anger
A general view shows pipes on the outside wall of a residential apartment block in Hong Kong, China, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH " YOUNG HK" FOR THIS STORY

A worker picks coffee fruits at a plantation in Pueblorrico, Colombia March 11, 2019. Picture taken March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Guns hang with a hammock on the wall of a Tembe indigenous tribes house, who are facing a conflict with illegal loggers on their land, in Teko-haw indigenous village near Paragominas, Para state

South East Asia, Thailand, Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) wallowing in mud

Old Wine Bottles at Costanti Winery, Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy

Africa, Namibia, Caprivi, Elephant in the Bwa Bwata National Park

Elephant at waterhole, Etosha National parrk, Namibia, Africa

Old Wine Bottles, Costanti Winery, Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy

Old Dirty Persian Background
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Persian Wallpaper
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Floral Wallpaper
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Asian Wallpaper
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Dirty Indian Background
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J

Traditional Assyrian Wallpaper
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J

Ornaments Italy 16th Century
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Dirty Chinese Painting
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Wallpaper Italy 16th Century
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Dirty Chinese Ornament
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Old Dirty Chinese Wallpaper
Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian

Wallpaper 17th Century
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Old glasses collect dust in an old general store, California, USA

Comic Postcard - Dirty Collar - Donald McGill
A collar for your Father? Yes Miss - like the one I'm wearing? No - a clean one. Date: circa 1925

Cries of London, coal heaver
Cries of London, Coal Heaver Date: 19th century

Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, WW2
Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, featuring a warden doing dirty wartime work, WW2 Date: 1943

Dirty Father Thames 1848
Dirty Father Thames stands in the river water hooking detritus and rubbish that's floating there: old shoes and boots, dead fish, bottles, dead mice and rats

Bankside Power Station, South London
Side view of Bankside Power Station, an oil-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, London, 30 April 1975. The power station generated electricity from 1952 to 1981

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"Unearthing the Dirty Secrets: A Glimpse into Coal Miners' Lives in South Wales and Cornwall" Step back in time to witness the gritty reality of coal miners as they ascend from the depths of shaft lifts, their faces smeared with soot. In South Wales, these brave souls toiled tirelessly, risking their lives daily for a livelihood that sustained communities. Venture further into Folly Ditch at Jacobs Island, circa 1878, where an unknown creator captures a scene shrouded in mystery. The air thick with grime and uncertainty, this image hints at a world hidden beneath layers of dirt. At Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen, Cornwall, a lone miner stands amidst rugged terrain. His weathered face tells tales of perseverance and determination against all odds. These men battled darkness and filth to extract precious minerals that fueled industries far and wide. The coalface was their battleground - blackened hands digging deep into the earth's core. In South Wales, miners worked relentlessly under treacherous conditions to meet the insatiable demand for coal during an era when energy needs knew no bounds. Travel across oceans to New Zealand through an antique map from 1873. As explorers navigated uncharted territories on distant shores, they encountered lands untouched by civilization's cleansing touch – raw beauty concealed beneath layers of untamed wilderness. In Sweden's Volvo 240 GL lies another tale entwined with dirt – not just physical but metaphorical too. This iconic vehicle symbolizes resilience; its sturdy frame defying weariness despite traversing rough terrains year after year. A Punch cartoon depicts Faraday offering his card to Father Thames – perhaps suggesting that even great minds recognize the inherent connection between science and nature's dirty secrets flowing within rivers' veins. But cleanliness is also elusive; it slips through our fingers like grains of sand as we strive for godliness.