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Roberto Girón Mendoza, 49, and Pedro Castillo, 39, are tied to posts minutes before their executions by firing squad for the rape and murder of 4-year-old Sonia Marisol Álvarez García (Guatemala, 1996) .

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Roberto Girón Mendoza, 49, and Pedro Castillo, 39, are tied to posts minutes before their executions by firing squad for the rape and murder of 4-year-old Sonia Marisol Álvarez García (Guatemala, 1996) .

The New York city subway in 1980

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The New York city subway in 1980

Art Spiegelman and his wife Françoise Mouly looking at his comic ‘Maus’ in a book store, 1986

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Art Spiegelman and his wife Françoise Mouly looking at his comic ‘Maus’ in a book store, 1986

Serbian warlord Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović holding a live tiger cub mascot alongside his paramilitary unit during the Yugoslav Wars (1991)

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Serbian warlord Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović holding a live tiger cub mascot alongside his paramilitary unit during the Yugoslav Wars (1991)

"Hydration" break for a German footballer in 1994

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"Hydration" break for a German footballer in 1994

Father runing behind his kid on a bike while learning to ride, 1960s.

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Father runing behind his kid on a bike while learning to ride, 1960s.

India surpasses China as the world's most populous nation // Germany // 2023

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India surpasses China as the world's most populous nation // Germany // 2023

Photograph by Sebastião Salgado of the Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil, depicting miners, known as garimpeiros, carrying heavy bags of ore. (1986)

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Photograph by Sebastião Salgado of the Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil, depicting miners, known as garimpeiros, carrying heavy bags of ore. (1986)

After hurricane Katrina, Jabbar Gibson stole a bus and drove 70 survivors to Houston, September 2nd 2005

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After hurricane Katrina, Jabbar Gibson stole a bus and drove 70 survivors to Houston, September 2nd 2005

Public hanging of twelve German war criminals in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 2, 1946. Photo by Georgy Ugrinovich.

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Public hanging of twelve German war criminals in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 2, 1946. Photo by Georgy Ugrinovich.

My Grandma as a 16 year old teenager, circa 1952, Kolkata, India

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My Grandma as a 16 year old teenager, circa 1952, Kolkata, India

Diana, Princess of Wales visits a badly injured man at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. June 5, 1996.

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Diana, Princess of Wales visits a badly injured man at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. June 5, 1996.

Edward Earl Johnson, 26, eats his last meal of shrimp before his execution (Mississippi, 1987) .

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Edward Earl Johnson, 26, eats his last meal of shrimp before his execution (Mississippi, 1987) .

“But those were foreign children and it really didn’t matter”. Dr Seuss, PM Magazine, October 1941.

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“But those were foreign children and it really didn’t matter”. Dr Seuss, PM Magazine, October 1941.

Me with one of my great, great aunts, she was born in 1880. Maryland 1971

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Me with one of my great, great aunts, she was born in 1880. Maryland 1971

Keanu Reeves visiting his paternal grandmother in Hawaii (1996).

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Keanu Reeves visiting his paternal grandmother in Hawaii (1996).

A set of triplets enjoying ice cream cones in Harlem, New York, May 1965

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A set of triplets enjoying ice cream cones in Harlem, New York, May 1965

A M50 Ontos tank destroyer drives past a medic treating a wounded Marine. Hue, Vietnam February 23rd 1968

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A M50 Ontos tank destroyer drives past a medic treating a wounded Marine. Hue, Vietnam February 23rd 1968

My mom typing up her master's thesis, late 1970s

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My mom typing up her master's thesis, late 1970s

The detonation of Priscilla during Operation Plumbbob, 1957. Instead of being housed in a shot cab, the Priscilla device was held 700 feet aloft by a balloon with steel cable mooring. This rapatronic image captures the burst of explosive and thermal energy equivalent to 37000 tons of TNT.

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The detonation of Priscilla during Operation Plumbbob, 1957. Instead of being housed in a shot cab, the Priscilla device was held 700 feet aloft by a balloon with steel cable mooring. This rapatronic image captures the burst of explosive and thermal energy equivalent to 37000 tons of TNT.