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The last Mughal emperor – King of Delhi Bahadur Shah Zafar. Only two photographs of him are known, this one was taken around 1860, shortly before his death in 1862, when he was in exile in Rangoon after the Indian Uprising (1857-1859). Most of his sons were executed by the British.

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Surrender of German troops, Courland (May 9-10, 1945)

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Women (two wearing high heeled leather boots), sitting on a stone wall at the University of Sulaymaniyah – Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Ba'athist era, c. 1979.

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A Chinese lady whose feet were bound from childhood. Late 1800s.

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An American soldier at Saddam Hussein's palace (Iraq) in 2003

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Leaders of “Karpatska Sich” Khust, March 1939

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The future king of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck with chicken, 1960s.

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Canadian soldiers swimming and relaxing nude on the Ottawa River, 1916

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Hirohito, 124th emperor of Japan, signing the guestbook of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in 1971. In the back, ICRC President Marcel Naville, his wife, and Empress of Japan Kôjun. Photo: ASL Actualités Suisses Lausanne (1954-1999)/Swiss National Museum

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Imperial Japanese ships, burning after hit by bombs dropped from U.S. Navy carrier-borne aircraft - off Dublon Island in Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands - north of New Guinea, Operation Hailstone on February 17th - 18th, 1944.

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A Donkey somewhere in Countryside of Greece 1941

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^Europe^ Soldiers of the Czechoslovak legion/corps at the obelisk on the Europe-Asia border (Russia 1919

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The last Mughal emperor – King of Delhi Bahadur Shah Zafar. Only two photographs of him are known, this one was taken around 1860, shortly before his death in 1862, when he was in exile in Rangoon after the Indian Uprising (1857-1859). Most of his sons were executed by the British.

Surrender of German troops, Courland (May 9-10, 1945)

Women (two wearing high heeled leather boots), sitting on a stone wall at the University of Sulaymaniyah – Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Ba'athist era, c. 1979.

A Chinese lady whose feet were bound from childhood. Late 1800s.

An American soldier at Saddam Hussein's palace (Iraq) in 2003

Leaders of “Karpatska Sich” Khust, March 1939

The future king of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck with chicken, 1960s.

Canadian soldiers swimming and relaxing nude on the Ottawa River, 1916

Hirohito, 124th emperor of Japan, signing the guestbook of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in 1971. In the back, ICRC President Marcel Naville, his wife, and Empress of Japan Kôjun. Photo: ASL Actualités Suisses Lausanne (1954-1999)/Swiss National Museum

Imperial Japanese ships, burning after hit by bombs dropped from U.S. Navy carrier-borne aircraft - off Dublon Island in Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands - north of New Guinea, Operation Hailstone on February 17th - 18th, 1944.

A Donkey somewhere in Countryside of Greece 1941

^Europe^ Soldiers of the Czechoslovak legion/corps at the obelisk on the Europe-Asia border (Russia 1919