Daily Life in Britain(01 of09)
Open Image ModalA boy jumps over a row of lavender in a field in Carshalton, south London, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. (Sang Tan, AP) (credit:Sang Tan, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(02 of09)
Open Image ModalPeople are seen through windows as they work in a office building on the south bank of the River Thames, next door to City Hall, in central London, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(03 of09)
Open Image ModalA school boy offers a crisp to a friend as they sit in Trafalgar Square, London, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(04 of09)
Open Image ModalPedestrians are silhouetted against the setting sun as they walk past a fountain beside Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(05 of09)
Open Image ModalWorkers clean the side of the One Churchill Place skyscraper, of which 32 floors serve as the headquarters of Barclays Bank, in the Canary Wharf business district of London, Friday, May 6, 2011. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(06 of09)
Open Image ModalPeople standing on one of the pedestrian Golden Jubilee Bridges are silhouetted against the sky as the London Eye ferris wheel is seen in the distance in London, Monday, May 16, 2011. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)
(07 of09)
Open Image ModalFlags wave on a souvenir stall in front of visitors traveling on the London Eye in London, Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP) (credit:Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(08 of09)
Open Image ModalA police vehicle's headlights are seen as people are silhouetted in the fading light as the moon peers through the trees during unseasonal hot weather on Hampstead Heath in London, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Britain experienced the hottest October day on record Saturday, with the national weather service the Met Office saying the temperature reached 85.8 F (29.9 C) at Gravesend in southeast England. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)
Daily Life in Britain(09 of09)
Open Image ModalA street light marks a pedestrian crossing site, as the statue of a mythical dragon, stands guard at the boundary to the City of London, seen silhouetted against the early morning sky in London, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. The Tudor dragon is traditionally seen as an emblem to the City of London. (Matt Dunham, AP) (credit:Matt Dunham, AP)