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Two of the most brutal dictators in the history of the continent of Africa meet. Idi Amin Dada of Uganda and Jean Bedel Bokassa of the Central African Republic. Uganda. 1972. 1436x992
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Photograph taken by Richard Drew, Associated Press photographer, showing a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Five years after the attacks, the man was identified as Jonathan Briley. (446x620)
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Abandoned boy holding a stuffed animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, 1945. Resolution -(1542x1600)
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Graves of a Catholic Woman and her protestant husband in Holland, c.1888 (1170x880)
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A young woman making adjustments on the lovely dress she has sewn with her singer sewing machine. 1920s
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Albert Dryden at the moment he shot Harry Collinson. The murder was captured on camera, 1991.
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American soldiers suffering from Shell Shock (PTSD) take up gardening to help them recover from the trauma they suffered on the front lines, Fort McPherson, Georgia, June 25, 1918 (1145x868)
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Fabio after getting hit by a goose on a ride at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1999.
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The first elected black woman of Brazil In 1934. Antonieta de Barros was a teacher, journalist and politician. A pioneer on the defense of Afro-Brazilians and woman rights, leaving a great legacy. In 05/01/2023 she officially entered by law into Brazil's Pantheon of National Heroes.
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The bodies of Sikh pilgrims lie on the ground after the Golden Temple massacre. Under Operation Blue Star, Indian soldiers raided the temple, the holiest site in the Sikh religion, and killed nearly 500 people. The troops executed hundreds of civilians after they came out hiding, 1984, .
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