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an Ottoman lady lay with her head resting on the tombstone of her daughter (İstanbul, 1880)
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First Supreme leader of North korea kim il sung meets with soviet leader konstantin chernenko (1980s) this is one of the rare photos that shows the large calcium deposit that grew on the back of il sung's head which caused north Korea to only allow photos of him at a certain angle (582×758)
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Soldier guarding confiscated grain from Ukrainian peasants, Kharkiv 1933.
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Photograph of a barricade during the Paris Commune, April 1871; the blurred figures are a result of the long exposure times required by early cameras.
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Twins Celebrating Their 35th Birthday in 1967, Each Holding Their Newborn Daughters
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Mass graves at the edge of Grozny where men deposit the hundreds of unidentified bodies found in the city following the Russian invasion and bombardments of December and January 1994-1995.
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Two of the Wealthiest Merchants in 19th-Century Persia, Executed After Refusing to Renounce Their Faith. circa 1875
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An ACT up protester holding a sign depicting Donald Trump as Freddie Krueger, 1989
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