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This year's Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention both saw passionate delegates in outrageous costumes – but that's where the similarities mostly end. Reuters photographer Jim Young gives a look at what it's like to be on the convention floor and talks to the delegates who make the conventions memorable. Here: George Engelbach, delegate from Missouri, Impersonator of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, poses for a photograph at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, United States July 20, 2016. Engelbach's message to the presidential nominee is: “I hope you will appoint all Conservative Supreme Court Justices”. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)

This year's Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention both saw passionate delegates in outrageous costumes – but that's where the similarities mostly end. Reuters photographer Jim Young gives a look at what it's like to be on the convention floor and talks to the delegates who make the conventions memorable. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)
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29 Jul 2016 12:10:00
A participant runs on stairs during a vertical run event at China World Summit Wing hotel in Beijing, China, September 19, 2015. About 800 runners took part in the event on Saturday, which takes runners up 82 floors, covering a total of 2,041 steps to a height of 330 metres, the organizer said. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A participant runs on stairs during a vertical run event at China World Summit Wing hotel in Beijing, China, September 19, 2015. About 800 runners took part in the event on Saturday, which takes runners up 82 floors, covering a total of 2,041 steps to a height of 330 metres, the organizer said. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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21 Sep 2015 11:47:00
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A light railway train passes through a residential building on March 18, 2017 in Chongqing, China. Chongqing Rail Transit No.2 and a 19-storey residential building have been built across each other. The railway set its Liziba Station on the sixth to eighth floor in the building with noise reduction equipment. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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20 Mar 2017 09:50:00
A riot policeman uses a baton to hit a rioting University of Nairobi student in Kenya's capital Nairobi, in this May 20, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Noor Khamis/Reuters)

A riot policeman uses a baton to hit a rioting University of Nairobi student in Kenya's capital Nairobi, in this May 20, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Noor Khamis/Reuters)
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03 Dec 2014 14:10:00
A plume of smoke rises above Gaza City as Israeli air strikes hit on August 18, 2011 in Gaza City, Gaza

A plume of smoke rises above Gaza City as Israeli air strikes hit on August 18, 2011 in Gaza City, Gaza. The airstrikes came hours after attacks by militants killing Israelis in a cross border operation near Eilat, Southern Israel. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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19 Aug 2011 09:23:00
Teens got their glad rags on as they hit the town in Newcastle city centre, United Kingdom on August 16, 2018, as they celebrate their exam results. (Photo by North News and Pictures/NNP)

Teens got their glad rags on as they hit the town in Newcastle city centre, United Kingdom on August 16, 2018, as they celebrate their exam results. (Photo by North News and Pictures/NNP)
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17 Aug 2018 10:21:00
A house that was slammed off its foundation by Hurricane Isabel sits precariously on the beach one month after it hit Rodanthe, North Carolina October 18, 2003. (Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters)

A house that was slammed off its foundation by Hurricane Isabel sits precariously on the beach one month after it hit Rodanthe, North Carolina October 18, 2003. (Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters)
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17 Sep 2015 10:55:00
A Macedonian police officer hits a stranded migrant attempting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, Macedonia December 2, 2015. Picture taken from the Greek side of the border. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)

A Macedonian police officer hits a stranded migrant attempting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, Macedonia December 2, 2015. Picture taken from the Greek side of the border. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)
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04 Dec 2015 08:04:00