One minute you could be the prime minister, the next you're a stock photo.
Spare a thought for former Labour leader Ed Miliband who has apparently got a new career as a flu risk after a photo of him blowing his nose was used by US news channel NBC.
It was part of a feature about cold and flu season where viewers were promised everything they need to know about this year's flu.
Everything it seems, apart from knowledge of British politics.
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And the internet being the glorious thing that it is, the error didn't go unnoticed.
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To make matters worse, Ed actually met with Barack Obama at the White House in 2014, but clearly he didn't make enough of an impression to avoid being used as a stock photo.
The soon-to-be-iconic photo was taken at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool back in 2011 and can be found on Getty Images by typing in the search term "sneeze".
We guess it could be worse, they could have used this one of the Queen from the same search term.
Still, we think Ed could have a blossoming career as a stock photo. And it seems he's definitely keen for that very career change!
Just imagine how many news reports he could appear on with his infamous sandwich-eating technique.
Last year, a #JeSuisEd campaign was launched after The Sun tried to shame Ed by using the photo on a front page. The campaign saw Twitter users post their own creative food experiences in support of the then-Labour leader.
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