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Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.

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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.

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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

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Also Known As	Unie van Zuid-Amerikaanse Naties • União das Nações Sul-Americanas • South American Community of Nations • Union of South American Nations • Unión de Naciones Suramericanas
Date	2008 - present

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