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The former Royal Assurance Society office at 163 North Street, Brighton


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An emaciated child and adult

  • ... that emaciation (pictured) is referred to as "shosha roga" in India, where more than 200 million people are affected by malnutrition?
  • ... that the Prison Officers Association threatened a job action when it was announced that both Birmingham and Oakwood Prisons were to be contracted to security company G4S?
  • ... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania with his recitation of a verse by Goethe?

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Yuezhi king and attendants


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The city block across the street south of the bazaar halls burned down in 1858. The old firewatch building is seen behind to the left.


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Buryat people


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The Great Match by J F Herring: "Volti" is beaten by "The Flyer"


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The Quiapo Church, which is fronted by Plaza Miranda


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Eccentric flint on display in Brussels


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Ghana


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McLeave's Lock on the Lagan Canal

  • ... that the Lagan Canal (pictured) was once one of the most successful canals in Ireland but closed in the 1950s after succumbing to competition from road and rail transport?
  • ... that in response to the Norwegian butter crisis, Danish people have donated thousands of packs to butter-starved Norwegians?
  • ... that Natchez Indians attacked French colonists in Louisiana in 1729, killing over 240 people?

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Leiden


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Constitution of May 3, 1791


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Tuareg people


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Akershus Fortress


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Muscogee people


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The 1958 Honda Super Cub


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The pale wolfberry (Lycium pallidum)


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Rainforest ecosystems are rich in biodiversity. This is the Gambia River in Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park.


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Confederate Memorial Monument in Montgomery, Alabama


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Adriatic Sklavinia c. 800 AD according to Nada Klaić - the nucleus of the Zahumlje principality


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