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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev, 1936

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Soldiers of the Zimbabwe Army on parade at Harare's Rufaro Stadium, 1984.

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Lt Audie Murphy wearing his Medal of Honor at the Hohenwerfen Castle where the headquarters of the US 15th Infantry Regiment was located, Werfen, Salzburg, Austria, 2 Jun 1945

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Hwang Jang-yop and his aide Kim Duk-hong saluting after arriving at Seoul International Airport. As the co-creator of Juche Ideology, Hwang was the highest ranking North Korean official to have defected to the South. 1997. .

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Nowy Świat Street in Warsaw, Poland at night in 1935. Photo by Henryk Poddębski.

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Mao's designated successor during the Cultural Revolution, Field Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lin Biao reads the little red book, taken on June 9, 1971 by Mao's wife and Gang of Four leader Jiang Qing herself. Lin would die from a plane crash less than 4 months later.

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An Egyptian Coptic Christian woman in black robes and wearing a habarah veil poses for a picture, circa 1918.

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Fidel Castro with Malcom X in Harlem (1960)

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Last known photo of the Barbary (Atlas) lion by Marcelin Flandrin in the Atlas Mountains, 1925.

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Emperor Hirohito greets citizens during a tour of Yokohama, Japan, February 1946

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Canadian actor Donald Sutherland posing with his Czechoslovak Jawa 250. 1974. Jawa 250 was exported to more than 120 countries around the world, even Dalai Lama was driving one of those. Jawa 250 is one of the oldest motorcycle seies in the world and is still in produce since 1935.

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Tattoo of Nicholas II (made during his eastern trip 1890-1891)

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