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A starving Irish family from Carraroe, County Galway, during the Famine (1845-1852). Source: National Library of Ireland .

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"We need your land as a buffer for the Imperialist" Bill Mauldin 1983

Posted 8 hours ago
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Vietnamese women and children in Mỹ Lai photographed by U.S. Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle moments before they were killed during the My Lai Massacre, March 16, 1968 .

Posted 12 hours ago
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My great-grandmother holds my mother (1981), and later, me. Both in Kyrgyzstan.

Posted 15 hours ago
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Egyptian president anwar sadat at the great pyramids in March 1979, if you look closely you'll notice he's sitting on a replica of one of the thrones of tutankhamun (1072×1500)

Posted 20 hours ago
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I was possibly the most rootinest tootinest cowgirl in all of the (mid)West 🤠 (1995)

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Canadians in Yukon territory celebrates the end of the 19th century with a Masquerade Ball at Pioneer Hall on December 31, 1899

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Holding my first very own cat, 1959

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Future leader of North korea Kim Jong il inspecting high heels, (Kim himself was known for wearing shoes with a heel to increase his height) 1980s (4032×3024)

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'10 years of NATO' — Swiss cartoon (May 1959, Nebelspatler magazine) celebrating the tenth anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty

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Crowds of thousands in the North Korean capital Pyongyang watch the funeral motorcade of founder Kim il sung drive past 1994, his funeral was one of the biggest recorded in history (3028×2181)

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An australian soldier shooting a submachine gun at portraits of kim il-sung and stalin in 1950

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