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#12662416

20 August 2025

Leicestershire's Ben Mike prepares to bowl during the Metro Bank One Day Cup match between Leicestershire Foxes and Derbyshire Falcons at Uptonsteel County Ground in Leicester, England, on August 20, 2025.

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15 July 2024

Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar #14 is preparing bats and his Grogu stuffed toy before the baseball game against the New York Mets at Citi Field in Corona, N.Y., on July 14, 2024.

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#10471334

7 September 2023

Thomas Brail prepares himself to climb on his pine tree.Thomas Brail, the arborist-climber activist is on hunger strike for the 6th day in Saint-Germain-des-Pres (near Castres) as the planned and contested highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres is underway. He tried with other opponents to block the destruction of platanes by the 'Soins Modernes des Arbres' (ie 'Modern cures for trees') firm. The cutting went ahead heavily protected by police. Thomas Brail wants public authorities to react to the ecological consequences of this highway. Thomas Brail and other people stand in the trees to be cut for the highway. He's ready to continue his hunger strike until the works stop. The collective 'La Voie est Libre' (ie 'The Way is Free'), opponents and Thomas Brail want the building of the highway to be stopped until all the justice decisions on the content to be given. Supporters and four others climbers stand with him. Dozen of climbers say they will come to support him and his fight for the tress He also says that he's compelled to go on hunger strike for the future of his son. Oppponents This highway would cost (at date) EUR512millions for 54 kilometers, half of the money will be public. Opponents at this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be suffisant for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. More than 100 protected species and 400ha of agricultural field would be destroyed if the A69 highway is built. Saint-Germain-Des-Pres. Tarn. France. September 6th 2023.

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#10471356

7 September 2023

Thomas Brail prepares to climb his pine tree. A placard reads 'Trees fall, let's rise up !'. Thomas Brail, the arborist-climber activist is on hunger strike for the 6th day in Saint-Germain-des-Pres (near Castres) as the planned and contested highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres is underway. He tried with other opponents to block the destruction of platanes by the 'Soins Modernes des Arbres' (ie 'Modern cures for trees') firm. The cutting went ahead heavily protected by police. Thomas Brail wants public authorities to react to the ecological consequences of this highway. Thomas Brail and other people stand in the trees to be cut for the highway. He's ready to continue his hunger strike until the works stop. The collective 'La Voie est Libre' (ie 'The Way is Free'), opponents and Thomas Brail want the building of the highway to be stopped until all the justice decisions on the content to be given. Supporters and four others climbers stand with him. Dozen of climbers say they will come to support him and his fight for the tress He also says that he's compelled to go on hunger strike for the future of his son. Oppponents This highway would cost (at date) EUR512millions for 54 kilometers, half of the money will be public. Opponents at this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be suffisant for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. More than 100 protected species and 400ha of agricultural field would be destroyed if the A69 highway is built. Saint-Germain-Des-Pres. Tarn. France. September 6th 2023.

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#9959872

23 April 2023

Protesters prepare to go to the march with a banner reading 'Let's rejoin the bush'. The collectives 'La Voie Est Libre' (ie 'The Way Is Free'), the farmers organization Confederation Paysanne, XR Toulouse (Extinction Rebellion Toulouse) and 'Les soulevements de la Terre' organized a week-end of mobilization in Saix neart Castres (Tarn) against the beginning of the works on the decried future highway Toulouse-Castres, the A69. Thousands of people stayed in the camp with tents. They assisted to speeches, press conferences, information points before going protesting along places to be destroyed by the highway and on the N126 . This highway would cost (at date) EUR512millions for 54 kilometers, half of the money will be public. Opponents at this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be suffisant for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. More than 100 protected species and 400ha of agricultural field would be destroyed if the A69 highway is built. The A69 highway is already nicknamed 'Fabre highway' as it's this compagny which wants the A69 to be built. Saix. Tarn. France. April 22th 2023.

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27 October 2021

A farm in Groesbeek, close to Nijmegen is selling pumpkins for Halloween but also to prepare Pumpkin soup, on October 24th, 2021.

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#6166188

7 November 2020

Ground staff prepare to cleanup the pitch at innings break during the Women's Big Bash League WBBL match between the Brisbane Heat and the Adelaide Strikers at North Sydney Oval, on November 07, 2020, in Sydney, Australia

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#6166190

7 November 2020

Ground staff prepare to cleanup the pitch at innings break during the Women's Big Bash League WBBL match between the Brisbane Heat and the Adelaide Strikers at North Sydney Oval, on November 07, 2020, in Sydney, Australia

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