Martin, 33, from Berlin, Germany, homeless after previously working in the logistics business, poses for a photograph near to Charing Cross station in central London on December 27, 2018, where he has spent many years sleeping rough. - Nearly 600 homeless people in England and Wales died the last year -- a 24 percent rise over the past five years, according to official estimates released last week. (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP)