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A German and a Soviet officer shaking hands at the end of the Invasion of Poland, October 1939, 2000x1496

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Korean traditional shaman (or mudang) calling out spirits of the dead at a beach. Pohang, 1981.

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Members of the "Naftali Botwin" company raising their flag (between 1937-1939). This was a Jewish company of volunteers for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. The flag is emblazoned with the words "For your freedom and ours" in Yiddish and Polish.

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Mongolian men selling hawks in Beijing. China, around 1900

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Enver Pasha tries the new Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol for the first time, 1912

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Family members arrive at the New York City morgue to identify the bodies of victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire that killed 146 factory workers, mainly young immigrant women. 1911

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Aftermath of 1997 Central European Flood in Kłodzko, Poland. July, 1997.

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On this day 70 years ago, Marilyn Monroe stood over the subway grate (1954)

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Posessions of a captured North Korean spy confistigated by South Korean police, photographed by the press. Seoul, 1969.

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A teacher teaching Hebrew to a class of Ethiopian Jews, 1979.

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UN soldiers help N. Korean soldier read an issue of "Time" outside armistice conference hall. Korea, 1951.

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What is left of the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Ground Zero. 14 September 2001

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