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Sourcing images for GOV.UK
Images used on GOV.UK should be:
- public-domain and royalty free
- relevant to the news story or page content
- suitably generic in style, suitable for a mass audience
- clean and free of text - except where campaign or PHE branding is mandatory
There are several websites you can use to source images for the site:
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Using Flickr images with a Creative Commons license
When using images from Flickr, they are often made available under a Creative Commons license.
This means they are free to use, as long as we give credit to the original photographer.
This is the attribution that should be added to the page, underneath the image:
Photo by [Ken Funakoshi](https://www.flickr.com/photos/trektrack/). Used under [Flickr Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/).
Just replace the details of the photographer's name and his unique Flickr URL.
Learn more
- See the GOV.UK guidelines on publishing images (and videos)
- Guidance from GOV.UK on image copyright standards
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