Exeter, UK. 1st July 2016. The Battle of the Somme is commemorated in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, UK, by 19,240 shrouded figures created by artist Rob Heard laid out to represent all the Allied servicemen who died on the first day of battle in 1916. Each plastic figure is wrapped in a hand-stitched shroud. Theo Moye/Alamy Live News

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Size: 4900px × 3261px
Location: Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, UK
Photo credit: © Theo Moye / Alamy / Afripics
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