Warning: Constant WP_DEBUG already defined in /customers/1/e/7/athena-pictures.com/httpd.www/wp-config.php on line 154 castle | Athena Picture Agency https://www.athena-pictures.com Swansea based Photographer Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:29:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 https://www.athena-pictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-logo-4-32x32.png castle | Athena Picture Agency https://www.athena-pictures.com 32 32 Our best news pictures for 2021 https://www.athena-pictures.com/our-best-news-pictures-for-2021/ https://www.athena-pictures.com/our-best-news-pictures-for-2021/#respond Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:29:56 +0000 https://www.athena-pictures.com/?p=1831 It wasn’t just the Covid-19 pandemic that made the news, there were severe floods, politics, gigs, a riot, a double-decker bus and a man who loves baked beans…

A day before Storm Christoph affects parts of the United Kingdom, fire service rescue personnel wade through the a flooded section of Dynevor Road, Skewen, Wales. Thursday 21 January 2021

Two young men run into the sea at the end of an unusually warm day, just before sunset in Swansea, Wales, UK.  Sunday 28 February 2021

 

A woman has her hair washed at Boosh Hair Salon on the day lockdown measures were eased off with barbers’ and hairdressers’ opening in Swansea, Wales, UK. Monday 15 March 2021

 

Adam Price, leader of Plaid Cymru during his Senedd (Welsh Parliament) pre-election campaing in Ton Pentre, Wales, UK in Ton Pentre. Tuesday 27 April 2021

 

Cardiff West independent candidate, Captain Beany speaks to two women outside the Senedd, during his pre-election campaign in Cardiff Bay, Wales, UK. 

 

Palestinian people and local supporters hold a rally in Swansea, Wales, UK. Sunday 16 May 2021

 

The immediate aftermath of a riot, two burned-out cars  in the Waun-Wen area of Mayhill in Swansea, Wales, UK. Thursday 20 May 2021

 

A young couple take a selfie on the beach as the sun rises, marking the beginning of the meteorological summer, Swansea Bay, Wales, UK. Tuesday 01 June 2021

 

Investigation into the death of five year old Logan Mwangi. A police diver surfaces from the river Ogmore in the Sarn area of Bridgend, Wales, UK. Monday 02 August 2021

 

Emergency services attend the scene of an accident in which a First Cymru Coaster open top bus lost its roof after crashing onto a tree while travelling on Mumbles Road near Swansea, Wales, UK. 

 

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis on stage at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Sunday 26 September 2021

 

GB News live broadcast Farage at Large, in which, Nigel Farage spoke with local MP Stephen Kinnock at the Twelve Knights pub in Port Talbot, Wales, UK. Thursday 15 October 2021 

 

A band of five drummers, part of the Christmas Parade in Swansea, Wales, UK. Sunday 21 November 2021

 

Vistors of Luminate Live at Margam County Park, Wales, UK. Monday 29 November 2021

 

Two men fool around during Mad Friday in Wind Street, Swansea, Wales ,UK. Friday 17 December 2021

 

 

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People queue outside a Boots pharmacy in the Uplands area of Swansea, south Wales, UK. Thursday 19 March 2020

 

A man removes his facemask to light a cigarette in the city centre of Swansea, south Wales, UK. Friday 20 March 2020

 

Manager Levente Jakab and owner Noah Redfern, kill time after doing some light maintenance work at Noah’s Yard bar and cafe, which had to close following instructions from Government, in the Uplands area in Swansea, Wales, UK. Saturday 21 March 2020

 

Ewan Donaldson who is self-isolating in his flat in Neath, Wales, UK. Friday 27 March 2020

 

Two mounted police officers inspect the deserted car park in Bracelet Bay near Swansea, Wales, UK. Friday 10 April 2020

 

Workers build the temporary Bay Field Hospital near Swansea, Wales, UK. Thursday 16 April 2020

 

Nikolas Ioan, 15, is doing homework at his home while isolating with his family during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, Swansea, Wales, UK. Friday 24 April 2020

 

Two police officers and a Coastguard officer speak to a man who was swimming in Langland Bay near Swansea, Wales, UK. Sunday 26 April 2020

 

A man creates giant soap bubbles at the end of a warm sunny day, just before sunset on the sandy beach of Swansea Bay, Wales, UK

 

Local residents Hayley Francis (R) with daughter Evie who is an army cadet, celebrate VE Day by social distancing in the Loughor area of Swansea, Wales, UK. Thursday 26 March 2020

 

A Stay Home graffiti on a wall at St Helen’s Ground in Swansea, Wales, UK. Saturday 16 May2020

 

Protests for NHS pay take place in Castle Square, Swansea, Wales, UK. Saturday 08 August 2020

 

Layla, one of the young women whose work at the For Your Eyes Only club has been affected because of the Covid-19 pandemic in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Tuesday 29 September 2020

 

Barber Maz Kamal gives customer Paul Phillips a haircut in Narberth, Wales, UK. Friday 23 October2020

 

A woman waves while standing outside Chick-o-land take-away in Wind Street during Beaujolais Day, Swansea, Wales, UK. Thursday 19 November 2020

 

A member of staff tests himself before the Covid-19 mass testing facility opens for the public at the Leisure Centre in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK. Saturday 21 November 2020

 

Shoppers during the Tier 4 lockdown in the almost deserted Oxford Street, Swansea, Wales, UK.

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