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Winter Olympics in Sochi
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Sotchi, seaside town on the shores of the Black Sea, in the Caucasus. The Winter Olympics will be held in 2014. © Jerome Sessini / Magnum Photos |
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In 2008, Jerome Sessini travelled to Sochi, a seaside Russian town on the shores of the Black Sea to documents the city’s race against the clock to prepare for the Winter Olympics which begin next month. |
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35th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
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IRAN. Tehran. January 25 1979. After a pro-Shah and PM Chapour BAKHTIAR demonstration in favour of the constitution at the Amjadiyeh Stadium, a woman believed to be a supporter of the Shah is lynched by a Revolutionary mob. © Abbas / Magnum Photos |
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For two years, 1978-1980, Abbas covered the Iranian revolution and its aftermath. This is a selection of some of his now historic photos of the dramatic events that lead to the return of the Ayatollah Khomeini after 15 years in exile and to the fall of the Shah’s regime on February 11th 1979. |
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50 Years since Muhammad Ali became World Champion
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USA. Muhammad ALI, formerly Cassius CLAY, boxing world heavy weight champion in Chicago, jumping from a bridge over the Chicago River. 1966. © Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos |
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Thomas Hoepker’s intimate portraits of Ali captured the charisma and confidence of this boxing legend who famously defeated Sonny Liston to become World Champion in 1964. |
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Change in Afghanistan
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AFGHANISTAN. 2004. Voting during Afghan Presidential Elections. © Christopher Anderson / Magnum Photos |
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This year is an important one for Afghanistan with presidential elections to be held in April and the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of the year. Here are some of Chris Anderson’s remarkable images from the elections ten years ago. |
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20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide
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Rwanda in 1994 © Gilles Peress / Magnum Photos |
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As one of the most brutal and inhumane occurrences of the twentieth century, the atrocities that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 went virtually unnoticed by the Western world. Gilles Peress’s work from this time is one of the most harrowing collections of photographs ever published. |
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25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square
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CHINA. Beijing. Tien An Men Square. ‘The Tank Man’ stopping the column of T59 tanks. 4th June 1989. © Stuart Franklin / Magnum Photos |
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Pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing were suppressed by the Chinese government in June 1989. A number of Magnum photographers were there to cover the unrest. |
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70th Anniversary of the D-Day landings
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FRANCE. Normandy. June 6th, 1944. Landing of the American troops on Omaha Beach. © Robert Capa / Magnum Photos |
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As the sole photographer in the first wave of the Normandy beach landings by Allied troops in June 1944, Robert Capa’s infamous pictures are the only documents that capture the horror and heroism of the Allies as they disembarked from landing craft into a hail of bullets and shrapnel. |
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World Cup in Brazil
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BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2011. © David Alan Harvey / Magnum Photos |
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Across the world, it’s fair to say that after eating and breathing, football occupies a high place in the global unification table. More than just 22 men kicking a ball around a field, football stirs passions beyond enlightened rational thought. Governments rise or fall according to results, and even a war was started immediately after one match between El Salvador and Honduras. With this year’s World Cup kicking off in June, here are Magnum’s images of football in Brazil. |
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50th Anniversary of Hard Day’s Night
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G.B. ENGLAND. LONDON. The BEATLES during filming of ‘A Hard Days Night’. John, Paul, George and Ringo take time off, during the making of the film ‘A Hard Days Night’, for a meal on the train. Thousands of fans lined the route. 1964. © David Hurn / Magnum Photos |
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David Hurn photographed behind the scenes on the set of A Hard Day’s Night with the Beatles, released 50 years ago in 1964. |
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25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
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GERMANY. Berlin. November 11th, 1989. A young man bridges the wall between East and West Berlin. © Raymond Depardon / Magnum Photos |
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The Berlin Wall stretched over a hundred miles, separating East and West for 28 years. On the 9th November 1989 the wall finally fell. |
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30th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy
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INDIA. Bhopal. Foetuses which were aborted by pregnant women while escaping from the gas, were preserved by Dr. Satpathy, a forensic expert at the State Government’s Hamida Hospital, to establish the exact cause of death. 2001. © Raghu Rai / Magnum Photos |
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December this year will mark 30 years since the world’s worst industrial accident when a toxic gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India killed and maimed thousands of people. Raghu Rai captured the scale of the disaster firsthand. |
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