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34 Photos Photos: Remembering the Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Images from the life of an iconic woman, and from the memorials in recent days

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28 Photos John Lewis: Photos From a Life Spent Getting Into Good Trouble Images from the long and storied life of a U.S. representative and civil-rights icon

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20 Photos The Influenza Masks of 1918 A collection of images from a century ago of people doing their best to keep others and themselves safe, during a global health crisis

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27 Photos The Statues Brought Down Since the George Floyd Protests Began Images of some of the dozens of statues that have been toppled, defaced, or slated for removal across the U.S. over the past month

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15 Photos Celebrating Ramadan Before the Pandemic A collection of historical Ramadan prayer services, dinners, and gatherings around the world, leading up to the coronavirus lockdown

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35 Photos The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13 Looking back on the averted tragedies and safe return of NASA’s Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970

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21 Photos The Great Sphinx of Giza Through the Years Images of the Sphinx over the past 170 years, from Maxime du Camp’s 1849 travel photo to 21st-century light shows

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33 Photos 100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1920 A collection of some of the events and sights from around the world a century ago

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16 Photos Kennecott Mines: An Alaskan Ghost Town The remaining structures of an early-20th-century mining town in Alaska’s Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve

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37 Photos The Flight of Apollo 12: Photos From 50 Years Ago A look back at the second mission to land humans on the moon, which blasted off on November 14, 1969.

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28 Photos Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a look back at the 28 years when it stood, separating a city and its people.

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43 Photos 30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1989 Take a step into a visual time capsule for a brief look at the world three decades ago.

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42 Photos Photos of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair In April 1904, St. Louis opened its doors to the world, welcoming millions to see the fascinating buildings and exhibits of art, technology, and history on display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

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28 Photos The Photography of Margaret Bourke-White A small collection selected from the thousands of remarkable images made by Margaret Bourke-White over a lifetime of pioneering photojournalism work

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25 Photos Photos: The Statue of Liberty, Mother of Exiles Images of Liberty Enlightening the World, taken over more than 130 years

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32 Photos Photos of Woodstock 1969, on Its 50th Anniversary Images from a cultural touchstone event that took place 50 years ago this week

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25 Photos Opening Day at Disneyland: Photos From 1955 A look back at the opening days of the Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, in 1955.

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50 Photos Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Photos From 50 Years Ago Fifty photos of the historic Apollo 11 mission on the 50th anniversary of that “giant leap.”

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30 Photos Bound for the Moon: Apollo 11 Preparation in Photos Images of some of the training, preparation, and daily life that occupied the Apollo 11 astronauts and their NASA support team in the months leading up to launch day

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30 Photos Weird, Wonderful Photos From Another Era A grab bag of interesting, seldom-seen historic images depicting myriad people, places, and things—from epic achievements to small moments.

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21 Photos Apollo Training: When Arizona Stood In for the Moon Arizona’s existing geology, coupled with man-made crater fields, hosted numerous moonlike sites for Apollo astronauts to train.

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21 Photos The Cold War Bunkers of Albania The paranoid worldview of Enver Hoxha, the leader of Albania during the Cold War, led to a massive “bunkerization” project that resulted in the building of nearly 175,000 concrete bunkers across the country.

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24 Photos Photos: The Battle for Women’s Suffrage in the U.S. Images of some of the brave women who worked tirelessly for years to demand equal rights, and finally succeeded by having them written into law