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Photo of the Lykov family who lived in isolation for 40 years. They weren’t discovered until 1978.

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A merchant being pushed in a wheelbarrow down a street in Shanghai. China, 1938

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The final photo of Christopher McCandless, taken before his death in August 1992, was found on his undeveloped camera

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Funerals of Enrico Berlinguer, General Secretary of the PCI, Italy, 1984. over 1 million people attended.

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Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield Aprile 1957

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Port of Thessaloniki, Greece exploding by German troops before their withdrawal, October 1944 ( 1080x596)

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Members of the National Peacekeeping Force (NPKF) being pointed by civilians towards gunmen from the Inkhata Freedom Party (IFP). Thokoza Township, South Africa, April 18th 1994.

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Evenk (Russian minority) shaman early 1900s (500x662)

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1996 photo of Marshall Applewhite, the Heaven’s Gate Cult leader.

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B-17 Flying Fortress “Queen of Hearts / Li'l Satan” of the 379th Bomb Group sustained serious damage over German targets on June 28, 1944. Despite extensive structural damage, pilot Lt. Karl Becker (shown here examining the wreckage) managed to bring her back to base in England.

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Errol Flynn's only son, photojournalist Sean Flynn (far right) was credited with saving an Australian platoon and fought alongside Green Berets before going missing in Cambodia while reporting for TIME in 1970 (750x447)

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Sophia Loren at the Cannes film festival, April 26 to May 10, 1955

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