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March 1996, Kabul, Afghanistan --- The ruins of buildings destroyed both by Soviet attacks and the Afghan civil war.

March 1996, Kabul, Afghanistan --- The ruins of buildings destroyed both by Soviet attacks and the Afghan civil war

May 9, 2004, Ridgeland, South Carolina --- A wake for Essau Patterson at Bostick Funeral Home in Ridgeland, South Carolina

April, 2003, Baghdad --- At Al Asskan Hospital in Baghdad, two doctors perform cardiac massage on 10 yr. old Worood Nasiaf, who died a few minutes later.

04 Sep 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA --- Residents of New Orleans who had gathered at the New Orleans Convention Center are evacuated from the city and flown out to other U.S. cities for shelters

29 Jul 2006, Tijuana, Mexico --- A Mexican woman, on the Mexican side of the border fence, and a man on the American side, unable to cross the border to be with each other

31 Jan 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti --- With many churches and cathedrals destroyed in Port-au-Prince, Haitians pray in the streets near the Champs de Mars

02 Feb 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti --- Micheline Merius, 22, homeless since the earthquake, sleeps nightly on the streets of Delmas 10/12.

2003, Kuwait Border --- After an explosion near the Mutla Police Post checkpoint in Northern Kuwait, American ,British, and Kuwait soldiers quickly don their gas suits.

February 1991, Kuwait --- February 1991: A US soldier stands in the desert as a Kuwaiti oil rig burns out of control in the distance.

13 Apr 2003, Baghdad, Iraq --- Three days after the fall of Baghdad, Iraqis moved en mass today both coming and going from Baghdad.

Baghdad, Iraq --- The Bereaved Mourn the Dead In America and Iraq

The Bereaved Mourn the Dead In America and Iraq

The Bereaved Mourn the Dead In America and Iraq

12 Sep 2001, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA --- A firefighter rests after a long night of fighting fires and searching for victims in the rubble at Ground Zero

May 1990, Romania --- A portrait of a farming couple in a field outside of Bucharest. A series of factories spewing smoke can be seen in the distance

1993, West Bank --- Walking past flames in the street, an Orthodox Jewish settler wearing phylacteries prays during a morning demonstration in the West Bank

1988, Ramallah, West Bank --- Two Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian during the Intafada in Ramallah on the West Bank.

1988, Gyumri, Armenia --- A corpse in Leninakan, Armenia, the victim of an earthquake in 1988.

ca. 1989, Beijing, China --- A demonstrator reads aloud from the hood of a military truck during a student protest in Tiananment Square.

1989, Bucharest, Romania --- A Romanian secret policeman, part of the notorious Securitatae, lies in a hospital, still handcuffed to his bed.

1992, Baidoa, Somalia --- The back and legs of Mohammed, a starving Somali boy who died the day after this photograph was taken during the famine that struck Somalia in 1992.

1994, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo --- A Hutu boy holds an IV bag for a cholera-stricken adult, possibly his parent, in a Rwandan refugee camp in Goma, Zaire

February 1996, Kabul, Afghanistan --- A young woman wounded from a land mine sits in bed at a Red Cross hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

1994, Port-au-Prince, Haiti --- An alleged member of the Tonton Macoute has been stoned to death a few days before the return of Aristide to power in Haiti.

15 Dec 1992, Mogadishu, Somalia --- Two Muslim men kneel and pray at a Mogadishu airport as international troops arrive with aid

August 1992, Hawaye, Somalia --- Somali militamen, part of a factional group fighting during the civil war, stand in line at the village of Hawaye, near Baidoa

12 Feb 1990, Soweto, South Africa --- Crowds of South Africans rally at a stadium to show their support and happiness for Nelson Mandela, who spoke at the rally, after his release from prison.

May 1994, South Africa --- A South African man displays his identification card in a polling station. He is voting on South Africa's first post-apartheid election

March 1996, Kabul, Afghanistan --- A double-amputee land mine victim is pushed in a wheelchair by his young son through the streets of Kabul

May 1994, South Africa --- A South African man displays his identification card in a polling station. He is voting on South Africa's first post-apartheid election.

September 1994, Port-au-Prince, Haiti --- Residents of Port-au-Prince stand near an American soldier.

16 May 1990, Gradinari, Romania --- A patient at the mental hospital in Gradinar, Romania sits chained to a cot.

1989, Bucharest, Romania --- A man holds up a small Romanian flag attached to a rose during a rally for Ion Iliescu and the National Salvation Front during the elections of 1990.

1989, Bucharest, Romania --- During the 1989 revolution, Romanian soldiers and civilians take cover behind a tank in Bucharest's Palace Square.

December 1989, Bucharest, Romania --- Grieving family members gather around a loved one's coffin to say goodbye during a burial ceremony at Bucharest's Belo Cemetery.

1990, Bucharest, Romania --- At a church funeral, grieving family members gather around a loved one's coffin to say goodbye. The dead man was killed in fighting during the December 1989 revolution.

December 1989, Bucharest, Romania --- Romanian revolutionaries occupy Nicolae Ceausescu's own office in December 1989, following his failed attempt to flee the country.

Three U.S. soldiers walk towards a CH-46 Chinook transport helicopter near an American base in Saudi Arabia. The allies are preparing to liberate the Iraqi-occupied Kuwait.

ca. December 1990, Saudi Arabia --- An American soldier takes a few moments to write home while stationed in Saudi Arabia.

16 Mar 1988, West Bank --- Palestinians throw rocks at a helicopter of the occupying Israeli military forces.

28 Sep 1993, Gaza, Gaza Strip --- In the streets of Gaza, tens of thousands of Palestinians celebrated the signing of the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Accords

28 Jul 1994, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo --- A young Rwandan Hutu refugee stands with other refugees. They have fled the civil war in Rwanda and suffer from a cholera epidemic.

28 Jul 1994, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Dead bodies line the road near a refugee camp in Zaire, where thousands of Rwandans have come seeking refuge from the fighting in Rwanda.

July 1988, Gaza, Gaza Strip --- A Palestinian refugee in a refugee camp looks out over barbed wire into another camp across the border between Gaza and Egypt.

July 1988, Gaza, Gaza Strip --- A Palestinian who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by an Israeli lies in Shifa Hospital with concerned visitors by his bedside.

22 Aug 1991, Moscow, Russia --- A huge Russian flag is unfurled by mourners at a mass funeral for victims of the failed coup attempt.

04 Oct 1993, Moscow, Russia --- A man sits in a street after being arrested by soldiers during the violent conflict at the Russian White House on October 4, 1993.

30 Apr 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA --- Fires burn in South Central Los Angeles, set off in the riots which ensued after Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King.

10 Jan 1995, Grozny, Russia --- A Chechen rebel patrols the streets of Grozny at dusk. The rebels are fighting Russian troops for the independence of Chechnya.

ca. 1995, Grozny, Russia --- Chechen rebels hide inside the Presidential Palace during heavy shelling by the Russians. The rebels are fighting Russian troops for the independence of Chechnya

03 Nov 1984, New Delhi, India --- A group of women and a girl, mourners watching the funeral procession of Indira Gandhi.

31 Mar 1992, Elbasan, Albania --- An Albanian man sits on the windowsill of a dingy room with neatly made beds in the Elbasan Psychiatric Hospital.

1989, Bucharest, Romania --- A man holds a Romanian flag with the Communist symbol torn from its center on a balcony overlooking the tanks, soldiers, and citizens filling Palace Square

02 Sep 1992, Mogadishu, Somalia --- A Somali militiaman, part of a factional militia group fighting in the civil war, casually holds his gun while guarding the port where all food aid enters the city

April 1994, Vryheid, South Africa --- Dozens of Zulu men protest against elections in the town of Vryheid.

12 Nov 1989, West Berlin, West Germany --- A crowd of West Germans welcome the first travelers from the east since reunification of the country.

07 Dec 1993, Gaza Strip --- Masked members of the extremist group Hamas, called Azzediwi warriors, take part in a demonstration protesting the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord of 1993.

20 Apr 1988, Damascus, Syria --- Throngs of mourners follow the coffin of Abu Jihad, a PLO commander assassinated by the Israelis, through the streets of Damascus

1989, Afghanistan --- Afghans Injured by Land Mines

October 1993, Moscow, Russia --- Funeral for victims of the siege on the Russian Parliament in which Pro-Yeltsin forces fired on the parliament building in order to force out Communist hard liners

4 Oct 1993, Moscow, Russia --- Pro-Yeltsin soldier during the siege on the Russian Parliament in which Pro-Yeltsin forces fired on the parliament building in order to force out Communist hard liners

30 Apr 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA --- An African American woman from Los Angeles raises her hands high, taking in the burning buildings and looting all around her during the LA riots of 1992.

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