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A pedestrian walks in the rain past a rough sleeper in their makeshift bed and camp outside a closed shop on Oxford Street, at daybreak in London on August 2, 2023. A report released by the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (Chain) on July 31, 2023, found that the number of new people sleeping rough in London in spring and early summer had risen by 12% on the same period last year. The report found that 3,272 people were recorded as sleeping rough in the capital, up 9% on the total figure for April-June 2022. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)
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