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Lamentation for the Dead Christ. Fresco by the artist Giotto (1267-1337).
A street in London's central old town.
Athletes with flags from all nations make their way into the stadium as part of the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games. Credit: AMA/Corbis via Getty Images
BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 28: Dancers perform during a gala show to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the Great Hall of the People on June 28, 2011 in Beijing, China. This year's celebrations will mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the CPC.
ITALY - CIRCA 2003: National pathology, satirical cartoon with Francesco Crispi, Giovanni Giolitti and Giuseppe Zanardelli, from Pasquino magazine, 21 January, 1894. Italy, 19th century.
School children protest at a climate rally. Credit: Getty Images.
British Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher wipes crumbs off the table at 10, Downing Street, London, circa 1990. A painting of her predecessor Winston Churchill hangs on the wall behind her.
A 19th-century color lithograph
Castle Howard, Yorkshire, home of the Earl of Carlisle, c1880. Castle Howard was built between 1699 and 1712 to designs by John Vanbrugh. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume I, William Mackenzie, London, c1880.

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