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A boy eating ice-cream while sitting on an underwater mine. England, 1945.

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German and Japanese military attachés pose with Finnish officers in Uhtua, April 5, 1943. Colorized by me.

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My Nana in the dress her mom made for her prom 1963

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John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg, 1946.

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An American punches a Vietnamese man in the face as the last, overloaded helicopter during the evacuation from Nha Trang, 1975 departs.

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My mother, 8 years old, in 1944

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"Here it is, your counter-offensive" — a 2023 Russian propaganda video.

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Jeffrey Epstein during his visit to Cuba. From left to right, Ghislaine Maxwell, unknown, Fidel Castro, Andrés Pastrana and Jeffrey Epstein. 2003 (1090×595)

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Protesters demand the expulsion of David Cash Jr. from UC Berkeley. During a trip with his best friend, Jeremy Strohmeyer, in Las Vegas, Cash saw him sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl at a casino. He did nothing and left. Strohmeyer raped and murdered the girl (California, 1998) .

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Catherine O’Hara with John Candy at opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival (1978).

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Mother to be, poses with all her gifts from her baby shower, I guess they were sure it would be a boy, circa 1950s.

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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at Waterloo Station - London in 1932

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