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General election 2019: The campaign trail in pictures

Party leaders and politicians are drawing their election campaigns to a close before polling day on Thursday.

Here are a few of some of the most striking campaign images from around the UK.

News imageMatthew Horwood / Getty Images A man compares his beard with Jeremy CorbynMatthew Horwood / Getty Images
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Wales shortly after he was called "a Marmite figure" by Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford. Mr Corbyn's response? "A lot of people like Marmite, it's good for them."
News imageKen McKay / ITV / Shutterstock Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby and Boris Johnson take a selfie togetherKen McKay / ITV / Shutterstock
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby joined Boris Johnson for a selfie following his interview on ITV's This Morning.
News imageDavid Cheskin / PA Media Jo Swinson with a puppet of Prime Minister Boris JohnsonDavid Cheskin / PA Media
Jo Swinson looked less than impressed with this puppet of Boris Johnson during a rally in Edinburgh.
News imageJane Barlow / PA Media Nicola Sturgeon is interviewed by a journalist dressed as a Christmas elfJane Barlow / PA Media
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon took questions from a journalist dressed as an elf during a visit to Crieff in Perth and Kinross.
News imageNiklas Hallen / AFP Nigel Farage poses with British boxer Dereck ChisoraNiklas Hallen / AFP
British boxer Dereck Chisora posed with Brexit party leader Nigel Farage. Jo Swinson and Boris Johnson also donned boxing gloves during the campaign.
News imageToby Melville / AFP Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to save a shot whilst in a football goalToby Melville / AFP
Boris Johnson opted for goalie gloves during a warm up before a football match in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester.
News imageAnthony Devlin / Getty Images Jeremy Corbyn at an arts and crafts session at Sandylands Community Primary School in Morecambe.Anthony Devlin / Getty Images
Jeremy Corbyn took part in an arts and crafts session at Sandylands Community Primary School in Morecambe.
News imagePA Media Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Ronnie (right) and party general election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton skip down a streetPA Media
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Ronnie (right) and party general election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton bounced down a street in Edinburgh in the first week of campaigning.
News imageJeff J Mitchell / Getty Images Nicola Sturgeon strums a guitarJeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
Nicola Sturgeon did her best Wild Rose impression as she picked up a guitar while campaigning in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.
News imageDanny Lawson / PA Media Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage looks out from a window on the Kestrel crabbing boat in Grimsby fish dock. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday December 11,Danny Lawson / PA Media
Nigel Farage was pictured looking out from a window on a crabbing boat in Grimsby.
News imagePA Media Jo Swinson speaks to Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed as bees glued to a busPA Media
Jo Swinson spoke to Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed as bees after they glued themselves to the party's battle bus during a visit to Knights Youth Centre in London.
News imageDan Kitwood / Getty Images Boris Johnson is interviewed on a balcony as he visits Darts Farm Shopping Village in Topsham, Devon.Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
It was on this farm shop's balcony in Topsham, Devon, that Conservative leader Boris Johnson was asked several times whether he would take part in a BBC interview with presenter Andrew Neil.
News imageJoe Giddens / PA Jeremy Corbyn at The Oatcake Boat cafeJoe Giddens / PA
Jeremy Corbyn visited a canal boat cafe serving bacon butties - a sandwich his predecessor Ed Miliband was famously pictured eating in 2014.
News imageJane Barlow / PA Media Nicola Sturgeon joins in with playtime at a nursery in Gilmerton, EdinburghJane Barlow / PA Media
Nicola Sturgeon was not shy when it came to joining in at playtime during a number of visits to nurseries around Scotland during the campaign.
News imageChristopher Furlong / Getty Images Boris Johnson shakes hands with supporters after a speech at a factory on December 10Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
The main parties focused on the key messages in the final days of campaigning as their tours around the country intensified.
News imagePA Media Jo Swinson with a tennis racketPA Media
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson hit the courts at Shinfield Tennis Club in Reading.
News imageJoe Giddens / PA Media Jeremy Corbyn next to a statue of Robin HoodJoe Giddens / PA Media
Jeremy Corbyn campaigned next to a statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham.

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