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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
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Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.
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earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
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Born November 12, 1780 • South Africa
Died February 6, 1838 (aged 57) • Natal • South Africa
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Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Boer leader
Andries Pretorius, portrait (artist unknown).
Andries Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Theophilus Shepstone.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
British South African statesman
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Joubert, Petrus Jacobus
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
South African politician
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
de la Rey, Jacobus Hercules
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Boer leader
Isaac Schapera
South African anthropologist
Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
Boer general
Salomon Gerhardus Maritz
South African general
Robert Broom
South African paleontologist
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma
president of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
president of South Africa
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Mmusi Maimane
Mmusi Maimane
South African businessman and politician
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
president of South Africa
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger
South African statesman
Tyla
Tyla
South African singer
Albert John Luthuli
Albert John Luthuli
South African leader
Julius Malema
Julius Malema
South African politician