In pictures: Counting the King's swans on the Thames
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Image caption, Swan uppers make their way up the River Thames during the annual swan upping.
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The annual census of the swan population living on the River Thames has been carried out.
Swan Upping involves the King's swan warden collecting data and assessing the health of young cygnets.
Brightly-dressed crews of swan uppers in rowing boats travelled along the River Thames taking swans and their young cygnets ashore to be weighed, measured and checked for any injuries.
The five-day count started on Monday from Sunbury Lock and finished at Abingdon in Oxfordshire on Friday evening.
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- Published15 July