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German woman sitting around piles of rubble and in front of a SdKfz. 234/4 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 234) armoured car - in Berlin, Soviet occupation zone of east Germany, c. 1945 - 1946.

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Leader of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek, who was a Methodist, reads a Bible - 1940s

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August 1910: The steamship Princess May after running aground on rocks in the Lynn Canal, Alaska. The passengers, crew and cargo were all evacuated safely. Photo by UIG.

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Man cutting crying child's hair with garden shears (United Kingdom c1920)

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A Dutch woman refused to leave her husband, a German soldier, and goes with him to Allied captivity. Walcheren, November 1944

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Photo of Spanish republican fighter Federico Borrell García the moment he is shot, 1936 (1050x741)

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Looking out from 2 World Trade Center (South Tower) towards the Austin J Tobin Plaza, with 1 WTC (North Tower) to the left, during the September 11, 2001 attacks

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A father and son from the same German regiment reading a letter from their wife and mother, 1915. The son is a volunteer in the same company in which his father is a regular.

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Protestors shove a giant inflatable penis into the entrance of a bank in a protest during the 2001-2002 Argentine economic crisis (896x600)

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WWE wrestlers Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero celebrate their victory at WrestleMania 20, March 14th, 2004

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1968 portrait of Pavel Batitsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union and 1965 recipient of the "Hero of the Soviet Union" title, considered the greatest honor in Soviet society. In 1953 he personally shot Internal Affairs minister Lavrentiy Beria during an inter-party power struggle. (1126x970)

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1940 portrait of Hugo Sperrle, Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe. He survived WWII and was tried at Nuremberg, but was acquitted (2782x3780)

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