Around the world -- Photos

Around the world -- Photos

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The only recognizable structure remaining is a ruined Roman Catholic Cathedral in background on a destroyed hill, in Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.
 
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People walk through the charred ruins of Nagasaki, shortly after an atomic bomb destroyed much of the city. The explosion generated heat estimated at 3,900 degrees Celsius (4,200 K, 7,000 °F).
 
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Soviet soldiers on the bank of the Songhua River in Harbin. The Japanese-occupied city was liberated by Soviet troops on August 20, 1945. Some 700,000 Soviet troops occupied Manchuria by the time Japan surrendered,
 
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The scene aboard the battleship Missouri as the Japanese surrender documents were signed in Tokyo Bay, on September 2, 1945. Here, General Yoshijiro Umezu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Armed Forces of Japan, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (behind him, in top hat) had earlier signed on behalf of the government. Both men were later tried and convicted of war crimes. Umezu died while in prison, Shigemitsu was paroled in 1950, and served in the Japanese government until his death in 1957.
 
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A huge crowd in New York's Times Square jubilantly welcome the news that the Japanese had accepted the Allies terms of surrender on August 14, 1945.
 
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American servicemen and women gather in front of "Rainbow Corner" Red Cross club in Paris, France to celebrate the unconditional surrender of the Japanese.
 
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An allied correspondent stands in the radioactive rubble in front of the shell of a building that once was an exhibition hall in Hiroshima, Japan, one month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped on the city by the U.S. The explosion took place almost directly above the dome.
 
afrodenzi Cutest and the most identical Twins of this Universe
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jamii hii ya watu huwa wanafanana hata kama si twins, sasa wakiwa twins ndo inakuwa balaa.
Thanx
 
nilidhani mambo ya kutowajali walemavu ni Tanzania tu!!! kumbe hata kwingine duniani!anaemsaidia huyu dada kupanda na kushuka hizo ngazi lazima awe baunsa.
 
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A red carpet, rolled out during the independence ceremony of the Republic of South Sudan, in Juba, South Sudan, on Saturday July 9, 2011.​
 
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People celebrate South Sudan's independence day in Juba July 9, 2011
 
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Salva Kiir, the President of the freshly declared Republic of South Sudan, waves to supporters prior to declaring independence in the capital city of Juba on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
 
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A South Sudanese riot policeman bearing tribal markings on his face stands guard during celebrations marking South Sudan's independence in Juba on July 9, 2011.
 
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Colin Powell arrives at Juba airport for the Independence Day celebrations in South Sudan's capital Juba, July 9, 2011.
 
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A woman cries tears of happiness near the newly-unveiled statue of Dr. John Garang de Mabior, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, before the independence ceremony of the Republic of South Sudan in Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, 2011.
 
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Southern Sudanese celebrate their first independence day in front of a statue of the late John Garang, the former leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, in the capital city of Juba on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
 
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Injured members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, SPLA, march in a parade during the independence ceremony in Juba, South Sudan, on Saturday July 9, 2011.
 
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A young cattle keeper from the Dinka Rek sub-tribe poses for a portrait in a remote cattle camp in Wunlit County, southern Sudan. He holds an AK-47 assault rifle, a common weapon among young cattle keeping males. This image was made at the border between southern Sudan's Lakes and Warrap states where cross-border cattle raiding is extremely common. Photo taken on April 21, 2011.
 
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South Sudanese members of the Mundari ethnic group wrestle where the tribe brought cattle and sheep for sale in Juba on July 7, 2011, two days before South Sudan secedes. The Mundari are cattle keepers who live in the south and pride themselves in being good wrestlers
 

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