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The Guardian - UK
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Summer solstice 2012 celebrated at Stonehenge - in pictures

summer solstice: People gather around the Ancestor monument at Stonehenge
People gather around the Ancestor monument at Stonehenge Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Morris dancers
Morris dancers perform before dawn Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Jugglers and firebreathers
Jugglers and firebreathers take part in the celebrations Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Stonehenge is relected in the glasses of a morris dancer
Stonehenge is relected in the glasses of a morris dancer Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: stonehenge
More than 14,000 people attended the celebration despite heavy rain and cloud cover Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
summer solstice: Revellers wearing garlands
Participants in the celebration watch the overcast dawn Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: A couple sleep on a slope overlooking the A303
A couple sleep on a slope overlooking the A303 Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Rollo Maughfling, the Archdruid of Glastonbury and Stonehenge
Rollo Maughfling, the archdruid of Glastonbury and Stonehenge, conducts a solstice celebration service Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: revellers at stonehenge
A drummer celebrates the arrival of the midsummer dawn Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
Druids conduct a solstice celebration service Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: A woman performs a ritual
A woman performs a sunrise ritual Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: music played at stonehenge
Musicians take part in the celebration to mark the start of the longest day of the year Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
A man lays his head on one of the standing stones Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
summer solstice: Solstice celebrations are recorded on a laptop and a video camera
The solstice celebrations are recorded on a laptop and a video camera Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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