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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.
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East Asia

China

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212
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East Asia

North Korea

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine
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East Asia

Japan

Cuba's National Capitol Building, January 2010.
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Cuba

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959
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Soviet Union

Aerial view of National Mall
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United States

Egyptian Pyramids
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Egypt

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin
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Uyghur man in Xinjiang
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China

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

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