Confrérie des Arquebusiers, illustration by Félix de Vigne, circa 1887-1891.
Askari flag carrier of the Schutztruppe, the African colonial armed forces of imperial German East Africa, 1906.
Mexican forces give the what-what to French zouaves at the Battle of Puebla. May 5, 1862.
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Happy May Day! Long Live the Comintern!
A student protest seeks recognition of the Armenian genocide. Little Armenia, Los Angeles, 1988. From the Shades of L.A. collection of the Los Angeles Public Library.
A man comforts a victim at the scene of the first explosion near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon. Photo by John Tlumacki.
MAKING “IRON LADY” MORE LITERAL — Margaret Thatcher in a tank, Germany, 1986. Photo by Jockel Fink/AP.
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SCENES FROM THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION — In the first image, the Soviet flag and the flag of the Russian Republic fly side by side over the Kremlin in Moscow. December 21, 1991. In the second, a woman stands by the Soviet hammer-and-sickle. December 25, 1991.
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Italian troops raise the flag over Macalle, Ethiopia in 1935.
Palestinian intifada poster, circa 1990, published by PLO Unified Information.
Hirohito/Emperor Shōwa of Japan as an infant waving a flag, 1902.
awwwwwww!!! Its a little baby Emperor!
Les Misérables (2012) — Another view of that weird elephant butt.
