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A rebel soldier in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia holds an FN MAG during the first Liberian civil war, 1990. (1600x1067)

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A rebel soldier in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia holds an FN MAG during the first Liberian civil war, 1990. (1600x1067)

Russian survivor liberated by U.S. Army in Buchenwald camp in Germany identified a former guard from SS who was brutally beating prisoners and was probably involved in the crime of the Holocaust. (April 14th, 1945)

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Russian survivor liberated by U.S. Army in Buchenwald camp in Germany identified a former guard from SS who was brutally beating prisoners and was probably involved in the crime of the Holocaust. (April 14th, 1945)

Navajo girl on an Arizona reservation (1948)

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Navajo girl on an Arizona reservation (1948)

Mugshot of Timothy McVeigh after his arrest taken by FBI on 19 April 1995 That day he parked a truck loaded with 2200 kg (4,800 pounds) of hand-made explosives under a federal administration building in Oklahoma-city. The explosion killed 167 people, injured 684 and damaged 300 buildings

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Mugshot of Timothy McVeigh after his arrest taken by FBI on 19 April 1995 That day he parked a truck loaded with 2200 kg (4,800 pounds) of hand-made explosives under a federal administration building in Oklahoma-city. The explosion killed 167 people, injured 684 and damaged 300 buildings

Spinning blame (2004)

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Spinning blame (2004)

"Nazi Harvest", from American Vogue, 1945

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"Nazi Harvest", from American Vogue, 1945

My dad at about 8 years old getting a boxing lesson in the backyard, 1930. Fourteen years later he was the second man out the door behind Dick Winters on the D-Day jump. T/Sgt. Pat Christenson, Easy Company, Band of Brothers.

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My dad at about 8 years old getting a boxing lesson in the backyard, 1930. Fourteen years later he was the second man out the door behind Dick Winters on the D-Day jump. T/Sgt. Pat Christenson, Easy Company, Band of Brothers.

Eight Children on the Overloaded Green Metal Swing of Danger, 1975

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Eight Children on the Overloaded Green Metal Swing of Danger, 1975

Yukio Mishima's severed head after his ritual suicide by seppuku, 25 November 1970.

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Yukio Mishima's severed head after his ritual suicide by seppuku, 25 November 1970.

Group of Polish children after leaving work in Henin-Lietard mine, France, 1930s.

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Group of Polish children after leaving work in Henin-Lietard mine, France, 1930s.

Brother and sister in Chicago. 1945

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Brother and sister in Chicago. 1945

When Jane Kendeigh touched down on Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945, she became the first Navy flight nurse in an active combat zone.

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When Jane Kendeigh touched down on Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945, she became the first Navy flight nurse in an active combat zone.

International Women's Day: we congratulate you, dear women! - Soviet cartoon, 1963

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International Women's Day: we congratulate you, dear women! - Soviet cartoon, 1963

Marine PFC Francis "Bud" Kenney died from his wounds on a hospital ship off of Peleliu after being wounded on September 20, 1944, he was 20 years old.

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Marine PFC Francis "Bud" Kenney died from his wounds on a hospital ship off of Peleliu after being wounded on September 20, 1944, he was 20 years old.

An exhausted Mao Zedong at the end of the "The Long March," the Chinese Communist Party's historic 1935 retreat from the Kuomintang that lasted just over a year & saw CCP forces travel over 6,000 miles. They left Jiangxi with over 100,000 men & arrived in Yan'an with less than 8,000 (1168x1295)

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An exhausted Mao Zedong at the end of the "The Long March," the Chinese Communist Party's historic 1935 retreat from the Kuomintang that lasted just over a year & saw CCP forces travel over 6,000 miles. They left Jiangxi with over 100,000 men & arrived in Yan'an with less than 8,000 (1168x1295)

Father uses a little kitten to get his daughter attention while mother combs her daughter's hair, Toronto, Canada, 1961

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Father uses a little kitten to get his daughter attention while mother combs her daughter's hair, Toronto, Canada, 1961

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Today 'Rapper's Delight' turns 47

Ronald Gene Simmons, 47, is taken into custody after massacring 16 people, including 14 family members, in the deadliest familicide in U.S. history (Arkansas, 1987) .

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Ronald Gene Simmons, 47, is taken into custody after massacring 16 people, including 14 family members, in the deadliest familicide in U.S. history (Arkansas, 1987) .

Aerial photograph of Ground Zero, the remains of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. 23 September 2001

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Aerial photograph of Ground Zero, the remains of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. 23 September 2001

"Australia Screams", Imperial Japanese leaflet intended to provoke tensions among the Allies by targeting Australian soldiers fighting in New Guinea, demoralizing them and sowing distrust towards American servicemen stationed in Australia itself, c. 1942

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"Australia Screams", Imperial Japanese leaflet intended to provoke tensions among the Allies by targeting Australian soldiers fighting in New Guinea, demoralizing them and sowing distrust towards American servicemen stationed in Australia itself, c. 1942