A donkey is used to transport ballot materials to a remote polling booth.

Campaign posters for the Green Party (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen) featuring Annalena Baerbock (left) and Katarina Barley a candidate for the SPD for the May 2019 European election.

The Venator Chemical Plant. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' switched to the Conservatives fo...

People walking dogs towards the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, pri...

People walking dogs in the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, primaril...

People walking dogs on a beach with the turbines of the offshore windfarm at Seaton Carew rising from the sea beyond. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when...

People on a ride at a fun fair set up on waste ground on the edge of Hartlepool's marina district that was formerly a busy industrial port. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last G...

People at a fun fair set up on waste ground on the edge of Hartlepool's marina district that was formerly a busy industrial port. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Ele...

A family at a fun fair set up on waste ground on the edge of Hartlepool's marina district that was formerly a busy industrial port. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General E...

A Union Jack flag flies over the Heugh Battery Museum, on the Headland, marking the only WW1 battlefield on UK soil. It was here in 1914 that the first British soldier killed on British soil died as a...

A memorial tablet on the Headland marks where the first British soldier was killed on British soil during WW1 by shelling from a German battleship. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in t...

People on the beach which has been exposed by the receding tide. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red W...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

A man walks along a street, past a boarded up lock-up at the back of some terraced houses. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in...

Closed shops with the former industrial port area in the background. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Re...

Pigeons in the Old Town Square, where 25,000 crosses have been painted on the cobbles, one for each person who has died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million Moments for Democ...

A woman walks through the graveyard at Saint Hilda's church. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall'...

People walk along a path on the waterfront where the beach has been exposed by the receding tide. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring a...

Socially distanced customers drinking outside the Pot House, a waterfront pub. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-...

A pigeon flies in the Old Town Square, where 25,000 crosses have been painted on the cobbles, one for each person who has died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million Moments fo...

A woman walks through the Old Town Square, where 25,000 crosses have been painted on the cobbles, one for each person who has died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million Moment...

Georgian houses on the waterfront where the beach has been exposed by the receding tide. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in L...

A sign explaining COVID-19 restrictions in place at a fun fair (before opening) on waste ground. In the background, the three masts of a sailing vessel at the National Museum of the Royal Navy appear...

A cross painted on the cobbles in the Old Town Square where a relative has written 'Karel Svoboda' in tribute to a man who died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million Moments f...

A woman lights a candle in the Old Town Square, where 25,000 crosses have been painted on the cobbles, one for each person who has died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million M...

A couple sit among the 25,000 crosses painted on the cobbles in the Old Town Square, each cross a tribute to a person who has died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million Moment...

A discarded sign in a car park that reads: 'Investing In Our Town...Welcome to the home of your future multi-million pound leisure centre and events space'. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, includ...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' sw...

A tulip and a candle laid beside a cross painted on the cobbles in the Old Town Square. Beside the cross a relative of a woman who died from COVID-19 has written 'Grandmother Dasa' in tribute. The cro...

A woman lights a candle in the Old Town Square, where 25,000 crosses have been painted on the cobbles, one for each person who has died from COVID-19. The crosses were painted by the group a Million M...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

A banner supporting the The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill), hangs from Westminster Bridge, beside the The Palace of Westminster. The CEE Bill is supported by over 100 MPs from eight...

A banner supporting the The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill), hangs from Westminster Bridge, beside the The Palace of Westminster. The CEE Bill is supported by over 100 MPs from eight...

A banner supporting the The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill), hangs from Westminster Bridge, beside the The Palace of Westminster. The CEE Bill is supported by over 100 MPs from eight...

An anti-coup protestor looks through a monocular to monitor security forces' movements ahead of a protest crack down in Tharketa township.

Anti-coup protestors prepare molotov cocktails ahead of a crack down by the security forces in Tharketa township.

Anti-coup protestors in Tharketa township carrying home made shields, that might offer some protection against rubber bullets but not against the live rounds used by the security forces, as they wait...

A woman carries her dog as she walks past the frontline where anti-coup protestors have gathered in Tharketa township to wait for the security forces crack down.

Anti-coup protestors in Tharketa township carrying home made shields, that might offer some protection against rubber bullets but not against the live rounds used by the security forces, as they wait...

Anti-coup protestors raise a black flag over a barricade erected in Tharketa township ahead of a crack down by the security forces.

Anti-coup protestors raise a black flag over a barricade erected in Tharketa township ahead of a crack down by the security forces.

Anti-coup protestors, some who have come from different parts of the city, and local residents rest before they join together in attempting to block the security forces from entering Tharketa township...

An anti-coup protestor carries a black flag, a symbol of the more militant protestors, as he walks on a road strewn with broken bricks scattered to try and block the security forces from entering Thar...

Anti-coup protestors, some who have come from different parts of the city, and local residents eat and rest before they join together in attempting to block the security forces from entering Tharketa...

Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

A Buddhist monk, U Pyina Nanda, shows a wound on his arm from a bullet fired by the security forces as they chased anti-coup protestors in Tharketa township.

Anti-coup protestors, some who have come from different parts of the city, and local residents rest before they join together in attempting to block the security forces from entering Tharketa township...

Anti-coup protestors prepare molotov cocktails ahead of a crack down by the security forces in Tharketa township.

An anti-coup protestors look through binoculars to monitor security forces' movements ahead of a protest crack down in Tharketa township.

A frontline defender looks over the top of a wood and corrugated zinc panel barricade as anti-coup protestors get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tarmwe township.

A man aims a home made weapon as anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tarmwe township.

Anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tarmwe township.

Anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders light a smoke bomb ahead of the expected crack down by the security forces in Tarmwe township.

Anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders deploy steel cable across a road as they get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tarmwe township.

Anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders deploy steel cable across a road as they get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tarmwe township.

Friends and relatives of Aung Zin Myint, gather beside his coffin being transported in the back of a cart driven by his father. The 20 year old student was shot in the chest and arm by the security fo...

Friends and relatives of Aung Zin Myint, gather beside his coffin being transported in the back of a cart driven by his father. The 20 year old student was shot in the chest and arm by the security fo...

Friends and relatives of Aung Zin Myint, gather beside his coffin. The 20 year old student was shot in the chest and arm by the security forces who fired on anti-coup protestors earlier in the morning...

During a clash with security forces, protestors fire large homemade catapults as they try to stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa township.

During a clash with security forces, protestors fire a large homemade catapult as they try to stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa township.

During a clash with security forces, protestors use homemade catapults and slingshots, to try and stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa township.

Young protestors in Tharketa township prepare to confront the security forces and try to stop them entering their neighbourhood.

The mother of Aung Zin Myint, mourns beside his dead body. The 20 year old student was shot in the chest and arm by the security forces who fired on anti-coup protestors earlier in the morning in the...

Friends and relatives look at the dead body of Aung Zin Myint (20) a student protestor who was shot in the chest and arm and died, when the security forces fired on anti-coup protestors earlier in the...

Family members help as the mother of Aung Zin Myint, a 20 year old student protestor who was shot in the chest and arm and died, when the security forces fired on anti-coup protestors earlier in the m...

Blood marks the place where the body of Kyaw Htet Aung (19) lay at his home. The high school student was shot in the neck, earlier in the morning, by security forces who fired live rounds at anti-coup...

People look at coffins containing the dead bodies of victims killed by the security forces during a protest crack down in the Dala district.

Social workers load the coffin containing the dead body Kyaw Htet Aung (19), onto the back of avehicle. Kyaw Htet Aung was a high school student who was shot in the neck, earlier in the morning, by se...

Family member sit beside the dead body of Kyaw Htet Aung (19), a high school student who was shot in the neck, earlier in the morning, by security forces who fired live rounds at anti-coup protestors...

[NOTE: Please do not credit photographer] YANGON - March 28, 2021: Protestors clash with security forces in Tharketa township, Yangon, Myanmar. CREDIT: The New York Times

During a clash with security forces, protestors use homemade weapons such as airguns and slingshots, to try and stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa t...

Thick smoke rises ahead of a barrier erected by frontline defenders, flying their black flag, and anti-coup protestors as they clash with security forces in Tharketa township.

Anti-coup protestors gesture at security forces as they prepare to confront the police and military and try and stop them from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

Family members mourn as people take away the dead body of U Win Myint (46) who was shot in the chest when security forces fired live rounds at anti-coup protestors earlier in the morning in the distri...

Family members mourn as people take away the dead body of U Win Myint (46) who was shot in the chest when security forces fired live rounds at anti-coup protestors earlier in the morning in the distri...

The mother of Ye Myat Thu, 25, covers his face while a Buddhist monk waits to preach Buddhist sermons. Ye Myat Thu was shot in the back earlier that morning when security forces opened fire using live...

Police arrest an anti-coup protestor in downtown Yangon.

Anti-coup protestors carry a basket full of molotov cocktails as they prepare to clash with security forces.

Local residents block a street in their neighbourhood with logs to try and prevent the security forces from entering the area.

Young protestors gesture at the police from behind a barrier in Tharketa township where anti-coup protestors have gathered to try and prevent the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

Young protestors gesture at the police from behind a barrier in Tharketa township where anti-coup protestors have gathered to try and prevent the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

A young woman shouts at the police from behind a barrier in Tharketa township where anti-coup protestors have gathered to try and prevent the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

Volunteer medics jpoin hands as they get ready to treat the injured as anti-coup protestors clash with security forces.

Volunteer medics get ready to treat the injured as anti-coup protestors clash with security forces.

A young protestor, injured by rubber bullet during a clash with security forces, is treated by local women inside a house in Tharket township.

A man aims a home made weapon as anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tharketa township.