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From July 26-29, 1950, U.S soldiers in Korea murdered up to 250-300 war refugees, including women and children. Bullet holes are still visible and marked at the tunnel bridge where most people died, 50th Anniversary Memorial Service, 2000.

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From July 26-29, 1950, U.S soldiers in Korea murdered up to 250-300 war refugees, including women and children. Bullet holes are still visible and marked at the tunnel bridge where most people died, 50th Anniversary Memorial Service, 2000.

Tibeto-Mongolian gangster following the collapse of USSR in the 1990s.

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Tibeto-Mongolian gangster following the collapse of USSR in the 1990s.

My friend and me posing after being voted “Most Spirited” in high school, 1971

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My friend and me posing after being voted “Most Spirited” in high school, 1971

"That's really scary" (Etta Hulme, 1999)

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"That's really scary" (Etta Hulme, 1999)

Former president of Iraq. Saddam Hussein laughs at the court in 2006.

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Former president of Iraq. Saddam Hussein laughs at the court in 2006.

Children cry after their parents were killed when U.S. soldiers with the 1st Battalion fired on their car when it failed to stop and came toward soldiers despite warning shots during a dusk patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq, 2005

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Children cry after their parents were killed when U.S. soldiers with the 1st Battalion fired on their car when it failed to stop and came toward soldiers despite warning shots during a dusk patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq, 2005

A family in front of their new house, 126 years ago. (1900)

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A family in front of their new house, 126 years ago. (1900)

Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, with his children, 1940s.

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Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, with his children, 1940s.

Robin Williams and George Carlin 1990

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Robin Williams and George Carlin 1990

Family going home after treatment, Hiroshima 1945.

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Family going home after treatment, Hiroshima 1945.

"Neighbors"-2022.

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"Neighbors"-2022.

My grandpa sometime in the 1950s stationed in Alaska

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My grandpa sometime in the 1950s stationed in Alaska

Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

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Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

A photo that can be never taken again. The Space Shuttle riding atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, while the Concorde slices across the sky in the background, 1983.

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A photo that can be never taken again. The Space Shuttle riding atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, while the Concorde slices across the sky in the background, 1983.

The back of a Namibian laborer covered in scar tissue from years of whipping by a German Farmer named Ludwig Cramer, 1912/13. Taken by the Rhenish Missionary Johann Jakob Irle.

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The back of a Namibian laborer covered in scar tissue from years of whipping by a German Farmer named Ludwig Cramer, 1912/13. Taken by the Rhenish Missionary Johann Jakob Irle.

My grandmother when she was young. I named my daughter after her — they never got to meet.

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My grandmother when she was young. I named my daughter after her — they never got to meet.

Portrait of Vance a Trapper Boy (15 years old), 1908. He has trapped for several years. $.75 a day for 10 hours work. All he does is to open and shut this door: most of the time he sits here idle, waiting for the cars to come. Photo by Lewis Hine

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Portrait of Vance a Trapper Boy (15 years old), 1908. He has trapped for several years. $.75 a day for 10 hours work. All he does is to open and shut this door: most of the time he sits here idle, waiting for the cars to come. Photo by Lewis Hine

"Our Goddess of Liberty" Cartoon from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, July 16, 1870

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"Our Goddess of Liberty" Cartoon from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, July 16, 1870

Winston Churchill moved to tears following a tribute to his legacy shortly after his resignation as Prime Minister, 1955. Churchill would remain a British MP until 1964, but would never again return to the position of Prime Minister (1200x980)

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Winston Churchill moved to tears following a tribute to his legacy shortly after his resignation as Prime Minister, 1955. Churchill would remain a British MP until 1964, but would never again return to the position of Prime Minister (1200x980)

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Ukraine 1997… An Icon Was Born