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Meet the G8 'yarnbombers' - in pictures

Yarnbombers: Yarnbombers Purl 1 and Knit 1
Yarnbombers Purl 1 and Knit 1 display some of the guerrilla knitting and crocheting which they plan to use when they target next week's G8 summit. Yarnbombing uses knitting or crochet work to make a statement in public, rather than graffiti or street art. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Yarnbombers: A woman known as Purl 2, 40, originally from Bergen, Norway and part of a g
A woman known as Purl 2, originally from Bergen, Norway, and part of a group of 'yarnbombers' based in rural South Down. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Yarnbombers: Purl 1, 47, originally from Essex and part of a group of 'yarnbombers'.
Purl 1, originally from Essex and now part of a group of 'yarnbombers'. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Yarnbombers: Purl 6, 31, originally from Newcastle.
Purl 6, 31, originally from Newcastle. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Yarnbombers: Purl 3, 53, originally from Hertfordshire
Purl 3, originally from Hertfordshire Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Yarnbombers: Purl 4, 32, originally from Athlone, Ireland.
Purl 4, originally from Athlone, Ireland. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Yarnbombers: Purl 5, 48, originally from Bedfordshire.
Purl 5, originally from Bedfordshire. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
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